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Heidi Sosik describes her research efforts at the Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory (MVCO) to visitors aboard the R\/V Tioga on site at the Air Sea Interaction Tower (ASIT). (Photo by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)<\/p><\/div>\n

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TED Speaker – Heidi Sosik: Ocean Scientist, Inventor, Explorer<\/a><\/h2>\n

April 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

Sosik leads a multidisciplinary team conducting long-term research on marine ecosystems and how they are changing in response to intersecting pressures from human activity, environmental variability and climate change. She discusses her bold plan to explore the ocean’s twilight zone is one of the first ideas of\u00a0The Audacious Project<\/a>, TED’s initiative to inspire global change.<\/p>\n

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Visitors From the Ocean Twilight Zone<\/a><\/strong>– The New York Times<\/p>\n

November 23, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

Researchers recently hauled up specimens from a layer of the world\u2019s seas that contains an abundance of aquatic life.<\/p>\n

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Phytoplankton Are Affecting Earth’s Climate in the Ocean’s ‘Twilight Zone’<\/strong><\/a> – Space<\/p>\n

August 14, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

NASA scientists are venturing into the ocean’s “twilight zone” to explore how phytoplankton are affecting Earth’s climate.<\/p>\n

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Expedition Probes Ocean’s Smallest Organisms For Climate Answers<\/a><\/strong> – Astrobiology Magazine<\/p>\n

August 10, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

NASA and the National Science Foundation are funding the Export Processes in the Ocean from Remote Sensing (EXPORTS) oceanographic campaign. With more than 100 scientists and crew from nearly 30 research institutions, EXPORTS is the first coordinated multidisciplinary science campaign of its kind to study the pathways, fates and carbon cycle impacts of microscopic and other plankton using two research vessels, a range of underwater robotic platforms and satellite imagery.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s \u2018the last frontier on Earth that\u2019s truly not well understood,\u2019 and scientists are about to explore it<\/strong><\/a> – Boston Globe<\/p>\n

August 4, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

A team of marine biologists, engineers, and other specialists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will embark on the first long-term study of this netherworld, a nearly lightless region believed to be teeming with life \u2014 perhaps more than the rest of the ocean combined.<\/p>\n

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Deep-sea project wins prestigious funding at Vancouver TED conference<\/strong><\/a> – The Globe and Mail<\/p>\n

April 12, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Heidi Sosik spoke at the annual TED conference in Vancouver to shed light on the secrets of the ocean\u2019s twilight zone. The Twilight Zone project is\u00a0among five recipients of money from the Audacious Project, an initiative launched at this year\u2019s TED conference to fund projects \u201cthat have the potential to create massive, global change.\u201d<\/p>\n

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With $35M grant, WHOI scientists will dive to the edge of ocean\u2019s light<\/strong><\/a> – Cape Cod Times<\/p>\n

April 12, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received one of the largest private grants in its history, $35 million, to explore one of the least understood areas on earth.<\/p>\n

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WHOI among first funding recipients of The Audacious Project<\/strong><\/a> – EurekAlert!<\/p>\n

April 11, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

The $35 million award to WHOI will catalyze a multi-faceted, multi-year effort to explore and understand one of the planet’s hidden frontiers: the ocean’s twilight zone, which extends around the world from about 200 to 1,000 meters below the surface of the ocean.<\/p>\n

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Heidi Sosik Selected as a Fellow of The Oceanography Society<\/strong><\/a> – ON&T<\/p>\n

January 29, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

Heidi Sosik, a senior scientist in the Biology Department at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has been named a 2018 Fellow of The Oceanography Society (TOS). Election as a fellow is bestowed upon TOS members by their peers to honor individuals who have attained eminence in oceanography through their outstanding contributions to the field of oceanography during a substantial period of years.<\/p>\n

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Heidi M. Sosik selected as a Fellow of The Oceanography Society<\/strong><\/a> – EurekAlert!<\/p>\n

January 11, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

The Oceanography Society (TOS) congratulates Dr. Heidi M. Sosik (Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) on her selection as as a Fellow of The Oceanography Society. The citation on Dr. Sosik’s certificate recognizes her for outstanding contributions to phytoplankton ecology, sensor development and graduate and undergraduate ocean science education<\/p>\n

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Imaging FlowCytobot Guides Operational Response for Aquaculture Farm<\/strong><\/a> – ECO Magainze<\/p>\n

September 2017<\/em><\/p>\n

McLane Labs partnered with Ward Aquafarms , a Cape Code (MA) based business, to deploy Imaging FlowCytobot at Ward Aquaculture Farm to monitor for\u00a0Cochlodinium polykrikoides\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>bloom in an effort to prevent damage to juvenile shellfish.<\/p>\n

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How Do Microbial Ecosystems and Climate Change Interact<\/strong><\/a> – EOS<\/p>\n

April 18, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n

The American Society for Microbiology and the American Geophysical Union offer insights form a transdisciplinary collaboration of their scientists regarding this question and areas for further study.<\/p>\n

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Long-term study examines ocean ecosystems off Vineyard<\/strong><\/a> – Boston Globe<\/p>\n

March 14, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n

Plankton are at the center of a long-term study in the waters south of Martha’s Vineyard that seeks a better understanding of how environmental changes are affecting the aquatic food chain.<\/p>\n

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Long-term study planned in ocean south of Martha’s Vineyard<\/strong><\/a> – Cape Cod Times<\/p>\n

March 12, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n

A group of scientists is taking a deep dive into the salty waters and food web south of Martha’s Vineyard.<\/p>\n

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NSF Grant Includes Observatory Off Edgartown<\/a><\/strong> – Vineyard Gazette<\/p>\n

March 7, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n

The Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory off South Beach in Edgartown has become part of a new long-term program aimed at better understanding ocean ecosystems and climate change in the Northeast, thanks to a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation.<\/p>\n

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WHOI Researchers to Take Part in Continental Shelf Study<\/a><\/strong> – CapeCod.com<\/p>\n

March 6, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n

A long-term study which will research the relationship between coastal ecosystems and human interaction with it in the Northeast will be conducted for at least fire years by scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), University of Massachusetts, and others.<\/p>\n

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NSF announces new Long-Term Ecological Research sites off Alaska, New England coasts<\/a><\/strong> – National Science Foundation<\/p>\n

March 2, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n

Scientists will expand research on ocean food webs in ecosystems that include recreational and commercial fisheries.<\/p>\n

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Warming Triggers Early Algae Blooms, Potential Ripple Effects to Come<\/strong><\/a> – Inside Climate News<\/p>\n

October 27, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

A common type of phytoplankton is reproducing earlier, research finds, pointing to wider impacts among marine life.<\/p>\n

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Researchers track effects of changing ocean temperature on phytoplankton<\/a><\/strong> – National Science Foundation<\/p>\n

October 20, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

New study shows changes could have major effects on global marine ecosystems.<\/p>\n

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Warmer waters bring earlier plankton blooms<\/a><\/strong> – Science News<\/p>\n

October 20, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

Long-term study reveals predation dynamics, raises questions about carbon fates.<\/p>\n

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Seeing the Small<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

February 20, <\/em>2009<\/em><\/p>\n

Heidi Sosik and Rob Olson describe how a shared frustration led them to develop a special underwater camera that takes pictures of tiny cells in the ocean. It has revolutionized how the ecology of the ocean is studied<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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