The ocean naturally absorbs a quarter to a third of man-made CO 2 emissions, but this process also leads to the acidification of seawater. By increasing the alkalinity of seawater through the addition ...

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 ...

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 ...

To some it was a reckless experiment but scientists hope the dispersal of 65,000 litres of sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine could ease the climate crisis For four days last August, a thick ...

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 ...