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Planet tipping points pose 'unprecedented' threat to humanity: report

Manila Bulletin 06 Dec 2023

(Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP) ... Five of these are showing signs of tipping -- from melting ice sheets threatening catastrophic sea level rise, to mass die-off of tropical coral reefs -- the report warned ... Sarah Das, a scientist at the US Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, who was not involved in the report, said the science was now "crystal clear" ... .

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Penguin parents are power-nap champs

Beatrice Daily Sun 05 Dec 2023

They breed in crowded colonies, and all their predators are there at the same time," said Daniel Paranhos Zitterbart, who studies penguins at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and was not involved in the study.

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Study: Penguin parents survive on microsleeps to guard babies

Ravalli Republic 05 Dec 2023

They breed in crowded colonies, and all their predators are there at the same time," said Daniel Paranhos Zitterbart, who studies penguins at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and was not involved in the study.

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Rare lobster found in Maine is two sexes and two colors

Union Leader 05 Dec 2023

“Never seen one like it; never heard of one like it.”. People were immediately intrigued ... According to the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute, split-color lobsters are about one in 50 million ... “They can both occur separately or together,” explained Alex Ascher, a marine biologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, Mass ... ....

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Deep sea sensor reveals that corals produce reactive oxygen species

Phys Dot Org 04 Dec 2023

Just like us, corals breathe in oxygen and eat organic carbon ... "These are the first measurements ever of this chemical in the deep sea," said Colleen Hansel, senior scientist, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and senior author of the study ... DOI ... Provided by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ... ....

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Chinstrap penguins take thousands of 4-second naps a day so they can stay alert and ...

Business Insider 04 Dec 2023

They breed in crowded colonies, and all their predators are there at the same time," said Daniel Paranhos Zitterbart, who studies penguins at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and was not involved in the study.

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Penguin parents survive on tiny microsleeps thousands of times a day to guard newborns, study shows

The Grand Island Independent 04 Dec 2023

They breed in crowded colonies, and all their predators are there at the same time,” said Daniel Paranhos Zitterbart, who studies penguins at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and was not involved in the study.

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Federal agencies and academics have a new way to test unmanned sea systems

Federal News Radio 04 Dec 2023

... the National Oceanographic Atmospheric Agency, as well as U.S ... And so that’s connecting folks like Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Tufts University, Northeastern Massachusetts Maritime, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth and a couple others within the Massachusetts region.

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Europa Clipper Could Help Discover if Jupiter's Moon is Habitable

Universe Today 04 Dec 2023

The team consisted of researchers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL), the Beyond Center at Arizona State University, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Honeybee Robotics, the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), the Planetary ...

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Penguin parents sleep for just a few seconds at a time to guard newborns, study shows

The Daily Journal - San Mateo 02 Dec 2023

They breed in crowded colonies, and all their predators are there at the same time," said Daniel Paranhos Zitterbart, who studies penguins at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and was not involved in the study.

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Has The World's Loneliest Whale Finally Found A Friend?

IFL Science 01 Dec 2023

For those uninitiated in the tale of the 52 hertz whale, in 1989 a team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution heard a particularly unusual whale call, unlike anything that had been heard before or since ... Institution wrote in a report on whale call data in 2000.

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Penguin parents sleep for a few seconds at a time

Chico Enterprise Record 01 Dec 2023

They breed in crowded colonies, and all their predators are there at the same time,” said Daniel Paranhos Zitterbart, who studies penguins at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and was not involved in the study.

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Newborns keep penguin parents up all night —and day, study show

Penn Live 01 Dec 2023

They breed in crowded colonies, and all their predators are there at the same time,” said Daniel Paranhos Zitterbart, who studies penguins at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and was not involved in the study.

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Yessica Cancel Named President of Nonprofit Leader in Personalized Tutoring

Victoria Advocate 29 Nov 2023

BOSTON, Nov ... Cancel takes on the new role after an impressive 20 years of leadership experience in both nonprofit and for-profit sectors ... Her professional journey began as a dedicated teacher and has most recently served as the Chief People Officer for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ... About Saga Education ... For more information, visit saga.org.

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All the fish we cannot see

Popular Science 29 Nov 2023

“If you try to calculate how much carbon a single fish moves every day from the sea surface into the mesopelagic zone, there are roughly 30 different parameters,” says Helena McMonagle, a PhD candidate at the University of Washington and guest student at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).