Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woods Hole researchers, Adam Subhas (left) and Chris Murray, conducted a series of lab experiments earlier this year to test the ...

A white shark swims across a sand bar off the Massachusetts coast of Cape Cod on Aug. 13, 2021. (Phil Marcelo/AP) Update: On August 14, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) pushed back the ...

To mitigate climate change, human-made carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions must be reduced as quickly and drastically as possible. Additionally, some of the CO2 already emitted needs to be safely removed ...

A controversial geoengineering experiment planned for an area of open ocean water southwest of Martha’s Vineyard will be delayed until 2025, the research institution leading the project announced ...

The first-ever field test of ocean alkalinity enhancement in the United States was pushed back to 2025 due to shipping issues. But the geoengineering experiment has also run into public opposition ...

Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution released 65,000 litres of sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine last summer, making it the first federally permitted test of whether adding ...

Increasing seawater alkalinity by adding an alkaline substance is a promising climate mitigation method that aims to enhance the oceans carbon dioxide (CO 2) storage capacity while simultaneously ...

An experiment exploring a way to overcome the climate crisis by pouring 65,000 liters of a strongly alkaline sodium hydroxide solution into the ocean is drawing the attention of scientists. On the ...

Later this summer, a fluorescent reddish-pink spiral will bloom across the Wilkinson Basin in the Gulf of Maine, about 40 miles northeast of Cape Cod. Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic ...