In this premier marine science graduate program, students have the resources of two world-class institutions—Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution—at their fingertips. With unmatched access to instruments, ships, technology and scientific guidance, our students can tackle some of the biggest scientific and engineering questions of our world.
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Turning Carbon Dioxide Gas into Rock
Certain minerals readily react with carbon dioxide, effectively taking it out of the air and converting it into solid rock. Could this process be speeded up to help offset the buildup of the greenhouse gas in our atmosphere?
Hurricane Hunter
In a layer cake of mud cored from the bottom of lagoons, Jon Woodruff finds evidence for nameless unrecorded hurricanes and typhoons that throttled coastlines in the past—a record that can help scientists predict hurricane activity in the future.
What Makes the Great Ocean Currents Flow?
Powerful currents drive the oceans' circulation and Earth's climate. MIT/WHOI Joint Program graduate student Stephanie Waterman has investigated the underlying physics that drive the currents. (Production and audio by Ari Daniel Shapiro.)
Events and Announcements
Joint Program Applications
The application deadline to apply to the Joint Program was January 5, 2010.
Applications are currently being reviewed and applicants will be notified at the end of February regarding the decisions.
MIT/WHOI Joint Program Open House
The MIT/WHOI Joint Program will be holding an Open House from March 14 to March 16 for applicants accepted into the program. This Open House is by invitation only. Those invited will be notified at the end of February when final admissions decisions are made.
WHOI-Duke University Fellowship Program
NEW: Deadline for applications is February 15, 2010.
The WHOI Marine Mammal Center and the Nicholas School of the Environment of Duke University announce a fellowship program for graduate students studying marine mammal science at either institution to apply to work in the lab of an advisor from the other institution for periods of 3-6 months.