Oceanus

By: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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  • From the depths of the sea and the pages of Oceanus Magazine, Oceanus brings you audible narratives of science and humanity around our blue planet. Dive in today!

    Oceanus is a production of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution—the world's largest independent marine research organization.

    Our Ocean. Our Planet. Our Future.
    © 2024 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Episodes
  • An Underwater Starfield

    An Underwater Starfield
    Aug 9 2024

    Oceanus writer Hannah Piecuch details an intimate encounter with creatures of the open sea while on a swim near Cornwall, England
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    7 mins
  • Will the Gulf Stream really shutdown?

    Will the Gulf Stream really shutdown?
    Aug 9 2024

    Startling scientific reports show how a warming planet could ground the Gulf Stream—a major cog in the Atlantic Ocean's circulation—to a halt. But is the likelihood of such a shutdown being exaggerated?

    WHOI physical oceanographer Robert Todd weighs in.
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    5 mins
  • An open polar sea?

    An open polar sea?
    Aug 9 2024

    Not long ago, Victorian-age explorers celebrated the notion of an ice-free Arctic in hopes of finding faster shipping routes between Europe and Asia. Instead, they would find an impassable ice field and treacherous glaciers.

    Today, warming from climate change is on track to create these once-fabled ice-free days in the Arctic.

    Has the once-celebrated prospect of an ice-less Arctic come back to bite us?
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    5 mins

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