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Popular Articles\/News Releases<\/h1>\n

Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  1. News release: Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health Receives Additional Five Years of Funding<\/a>. April 19, 2024, WHOI Media Relations Office.<\/li>\n
  2. News release: Microplastics, Algal Blooms, Seafood Safety Are Public Health Concerns Addressed by New Oceans and Human Health Centers<\/a>. April 16, 2024, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.<\/li>\n
  3. News release: New research centers will investigate effects of ocean-related problems on human health<\/a>. April 16, 2024, U.S. National Science Foundation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Physical \/ biological processes at the shelf break front<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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    1. EOS Research Spotlight: Gulf Stream Intrusions Feed Diatom Hot Spots<\/a>. June 9, 2021, Eos.<\/li>\n
    2. News release: Massive Plankton Blooms with Very Different Ecosystem Impacts<\/a>. June 7, 2021, WHOI Media Relations Office.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Sargassum<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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      1. Study reveals dramatic decline in historic sargassum populations, with WHOI scientists helping unravel basin-scale changes<\/a>. December 4, 2025, WHOI Media Relations Office.<\/li>\n
      2. Scientists monitoring large seaweed mass that could be heading for Florida<\/a>. January 27, 2025. WTVT News, Tampa.<\/li>\n
      3. Could South Florida see a major seaweed event by spring 2025? Satellite imagery suggests so<\/a>. January 19, 2025. NBC Miami.<\/li>\n
      4. 2025 will likely be a ‘major’ seaweed year, experts say<\/a>. January 14, 2025. SunSentenial.<\/li>\n
      5. Stinky seaweed has spiked tremendously. Here’s why summer blooms now grow so huge<\/a>. November 2, 2023, SunSentinel.<\/li>\n
      6. Scientists Confirm Chemical Cause Of Huge Sargassum Belt<\/a>. October 23, 2023, weather.com.<\/li>\n
      7. What drives the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt?<\/a> October 16, 2023, Earth.com, by Eric Ralls Earth.com staff writer.<\/li>\n
      8. News Release: Study Clearly Identifies Nutrients as a Driver of the Great Atlantic Sargassum<\/em> Belt<\/a>. October 11, 2023, WHOI Media Relations Office.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Harmful Algal Blooms<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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        1. As algae blooms increase, scientists seek better ways to predict these toxic tides<\/a>. August 28, 2018, Science News<\/em>.<\/li>\n
        2. News Release: Gulf of Maine Red Tide Bloom Expected to Be Similar to Past Three Years<\/a>. May 11, 2015, WHOI Media Relations Office.<\/li>\n
        3. News Release: New Sensor Array to Monitor Impacts of Changing Gulf of Maine Conditions on New England Red Tide<\/a>. May 7, 2014, WHOI Media Relations Office.<\/li>\n
        4. News Release: New Robotic Instruments to Provide Real-Time Data on Gulf of Maine Red Tide<\/a>. May 7, 2013, WHOI Media Relations Office.<\/li>\n
        5. News Release: Research Enables Fishermen to Harvest Lucrative Shellfish on Georges Bank<\/a>. April 10, 2013, WHOI Media Relations Office.<\/li>\n
        6. With support from NOAA, Woods Hole scientists see moderate spring, summer red tide for Gulf of Maine<\/a>. March 25, 2013, NOAA.<\/li>\n
        7. News Release: Researchers Issue Forecast for ‘Moderate’ New England Red Tide in 2013<\/a>. March 25, 2013, WHOI Media Relations Office.<\/li>\n
        8. News Release: Researchers Report Potential for a “Moderate” New England “Red Tide” in 2012<\/a>. April 4, 2012, WHOI Media Relations Office.<\/li>\n
        9. Forecasts Aid HABs Response<\/a>. December 1, 2011, K.S. Freeman, Environmental Health Perspectives,<\/em> 119:a510-a510.<\/li>\n
        10. News Release: Researchers Report Potential for a Moderate New England ‘Red Tide’ in 2011<\/a>. April 8, 2011, WHOI Media Relations Office.<\/li>\n
        11. News Release: Researchers Issue Outlook for a Significant New England ‘Red Tide’ in 2010<\/a>. February 24, 2010, WHOI Media Relations Office.<\/li>\n
        12. Researchers Issue Outlook for a Significant New England ‘Red Tide’ in 2010<\/a> February 24, 2010, NOAA.<\/li>\n
        13. Tioga Finds Reduction in Red Tide<\/a> August 6, 2009, The Herald Gazette Reporter, VillageSoup Community Network<\/em>.<\/li>\n
        14. Researchers Successfully Forecast 2008 Red Tide<\/a> August 8, 2008, New tool provides early warning of harmful algal bloom along New England coast, Oceanus<\/em>, Vol 46, No. 3, pgs. 6-7.<\/li>\n
        15. Pieces Are in Place for a New England Red Tide<\/a> May 12, 2008, Doyle Rice, USA Today<\/em>, Aaron Gouveia, Cape Cod Times<\/em>.<\/li>\n
        16. In Computer Models and Seafloor Observations, Researchers See Potential for Significant 2008 “Red Tide” Season<\/a> April 24, 2008, WHOI Media Relations Office.<\/li>\n
        17. ECOHAB-funded GOMTOX Findings Support Fisheries Management Decision<\/a> July 2007, NCCOS Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research.<\/li>\n
        18. NOAA Website on the 2005 New England HAB Event<\/a> February 2007, NOAA.<\/li>\n
        19. Building a Computer Model to Forecast Red Tides<\/a> May 31, 2006, A variety of variables goes into the mathematical mix that simulates harmful algal blooms Oceanus<\/em>, Vol. 45, No. 2, pgs. 34-35.<\/li>\n
        20. New Maps Provide Clues to the Historic 2005 Red Tide Outbreak in New England And Hints for 2006<\/a> April 13, 2006, WHOI Media Relations Office.<\/li>\n
        21. Red Tide–Gone For Now, But Back Next Year?<\/a> July 15, 2005, WHOI researchers extend investigations of Alexandrium<\/em> bloom of 2005 and look for signs of future trouble, Oceanus<\/em>, Vol. 44, No. 2, pgs. 4-5.<\/li>\n
        22. Seeing Red in New England Waters<\/a> June 1, 2005, WHOI researchers detect a massive bloom of algae before it hits the coast, Oceanus<\/em>, Vol. 44, No. 1, pgs. 8-9.<\/li>\n
        23. Risks and Remedies from the Sea<\/a> May 26, 2005, Scientists team up to study the ocean’s effect on health, Oceanus<\/em>, Vol. 44, No. 1, pgs. 8-9.<\/li>\n
        24. WHOI Scientists Monitor Largest Red Tide Outbreak in 12 Years in Massachusetts Bay<\/a> May 26, 2005, Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health cruise provided timely data for shellfish managers. WHOI Media Relations Office.<\/li>\n
        25. New Center for Oceans and Human Health Established in Woods Hole<\/a> April 22, 2004, WHOI Media Relations Office.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Mesoscale Eddies and Biogeochemical Cycling<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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          1. Great white sharks like to hang out in ocean eddies, new study say<\/a>, June 22, 2018, Bostonglobe.com<\/em><\/li>\n
          2. Great white sharks dive deep into warm-water whirlpools in the Atlantic<\/a>, June 18, 2018, ScienceDaily<\/em>.<\/li>\n
          3. Scientists Parse Ocean’s Dynamic Role in Climate Change<\/a>, April 11, 2013, Simons Science News.<\/li>\n
          4. Iron deficient<\/a>, May 25, 2012. Research cruise tracks down sources of trace element key to phytoplankton blooms, The Antarctic Sun.<\/li>\n
          5. Low tides explained by eddy patterns in the Sargasso Sea, BIOS press release<\/a> August 31, 2010. BDA SUN Online Edition.<\/li>\n
          6. ScienceWATCH<\/a> December 2008, Dennis J. McGillicuddy talks with ScienceWatch.com and answers a few questions about this month’s Fast Breaking Paper in the field of Geosciences.<\/li>\n
          7. Biological Hot Spots<\/a> May 19, 2007, ACCESSScience.<\/li>\n
          8. Spinning Up New Production<\/a> May 18, 2007, www.Sciencemag.org, Science<\/em>, Vol. 316.<\/li>\n
          9. Don’t Bet on the Bloomin’ Plankton<\/a> May 17, 2007, Sciencemag.org, Science<\/em>NOW.<\/li>\n
          10. Ocean Microscope Reveals Surprising Abundance of Life<\/a> July 25, 2006, Widespread bacterial colonies may play key role in ocean ecosystem, Oceanus<\/em>, Vol. 45, No. 2, pgs. 8-9.<\/li>\n
          11. Underwater Microscope Finds Biological Treasures in the Subtropical Ocean<\/a> June 26, 2006, WHOI Media Relations Office.<\/li>\n
          12. The Oceans Have Their Own Weather System<\/a> April 13, 2006, Pioneering expeditions investigate how eddies make life bloom in oceanic deserts, Oceanus<\/em>, Vol. 45, No.1, pgs. 18-21.<\/li>\n
          13. Oceanic Storms Create Oases in the Watery Desert:\n