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Four thousand years ago, the Harappan civilization thrived in what is now modern-day Pakistan. By 1800 BC their cities were abandoned. Now a team of scientists think they have discovered where they went. This video highlights the work of WHOI scientist Liviu Giosan and some members of NOSAMS (where his samples were analyzed). Video>> Why…

Who is WHOI?  is a short video highlighting different scientists and answering  what it means to work for WHOI.  Look for NOSAMS staff throughout the film: 00:56 Kalina Gospodinova, 00:59 Josh Burton and Brett Longworth, 01:07 Josh Burton, 03:27 Josh Burton, 04:05 Anne Cruz.

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Frenkel is the lead author on a paper recently published in the journal Deep Sea Research I. Research for her paper, “Quantifying bamboo coral growth rate nonlinearity with the radiocarbon bomb spike: A new model for paleoceanographic chronology development,” was done with the help of co-author Hannah Miller ’17; LaVigne served as senior author. Also…

Dear Friends of NOSAMS, I am writing to give you a brief NOSAMS news update.  First, we have not raised rates for 2017, which means that sample fees have remained constant for the past four years.  We are presently returning results in less than one month, so this is an excellent time to submit your…

Dear Friends of NOSAMS, -I am writing to let you know that we have not raised our rates for 2016, which means that our sample fees have remained constant for the last three years.  In addition, our turnaround-time is presently below one month, an all-time low, so this is an excellent time to submit your…

Dr. Kyle Van Houtan turns to an unlikely environmental marker to better understand the life of the world’s seven marine turtle species, all but one of which are endangered. Read more…