Seal Facts - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2024年4月11日 · Seals are pinnipeds, a group of animals with three separate families—phocidae (eared seals), otaridae (non-eared seals), and odobenidae (walruses)—that are the only mammals that feed in the water and breed on land. Where do they come from? Evidence suggests that pinnipeds evolved from a bear-like land animal that hunted in the water for food.
Is sea-level rise exaggerated? - Woods Hole Oceanographic …
2022年9月19日 · Cazanave, A., et al. 2018. Global sea-level budget 1993-present. Earth System Science Data, vol. 10. doi: 10.5194/essd-10-1551-2018.
Seagrass Meadows - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2021年7月26日 · What role do seagrass meadows play in helping mitigate the climate crisis? Because seagrass meadows trap sediment, organisms that die in the meadow are quickly buried in a submerged, anoxic environment.
How are seashells made? - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Calcium carbonate, the main mineral found in shells (including eggshells), binds to the protein. If you have ever seen construction workers build with concrete, this is similar.
Entangled Seals - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Northern fur seal with haul net being removed. Photo by J. Scordino, National Marine Fisheries Service.
In Tiny Ear Bones, the Life Story of a Giant Bluefin Tuna
2004年8月27日 · The Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, is one of the fastest, most powerful and most beautiful of fish. It is also the most expensive. Highly prized by sushi connoisseurs, a single giant fish of 1,400 pounds may sell for $40,000. The tuna’s high price has …
A New Deep-Sea Robot Called - Woods Hole Oceanographic …
2009年3月19日 · There’s been a changing of the guard among deep-sea exploration vehicles. Sentry, a new undersea robot built by engineers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), completed its first scientific mission last summer, scouting out sites for an undersea observatory network off the coast of Washington state. Sentry is the successor…
Sea Level Rise - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Sea levels could rise by 3 feet or more by the end of the century. Such rises would cause storm surges to travel farther inland, threatening buildings that once would have been a safe distance from the shore.(Courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Rivers, Estuaries, & Deltas - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2019年10月2日 · What are rivers, estuaries, and deltas?. The vast majority of freshwater that originates on land via rain, snowfall, and groundwater eventually reaches the ocean.
Scientists Find that Squid Can Detect Sounds
2010年10月15日 · The ordinary squid, Loligo pealii, is well known as a kind of floating buffet. “Almost every type of marine organism feeds somehow off squid,” said biologist T. Aran Mooney, a postdoctoral scholar at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Not just fish, but also many birds, seals, sea lions, dolphins, and…