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Coastal Evolution on Earth and Titan

…an uncertain future from climate change and anthropogenic redistribution of sediment. To evaluate barrier resilience to sea-level rise, I propose a novel dimensionless metric called the Washover Ratio which compares…

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Application Fee Waiver

…advisor. Interested applicants may submit inquiries to mit-whoi-www@mit.edu. The application fee is good for a single academic year only; applications reactivated in future academic years will require new fees.  …

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English Proficiency Exam Waivers

…through the online application system. Under the Language Exams and Languages of Instruction sections, check the box next to the statement: I request to have the TOEFL/IELTS exam requirement waived…

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Grassle Fellowship Fund

…The role of early life-stage bottlenecks in setting up along-fjord diversity gradients in benthic fjord communities Ciara Willis Establishing mesopelagic food web structure in the North Atlantic via simultaneous, multi-ship…

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Curriculum

Curriculum Biological Oceanography students are required to define a course of study for their first two years with the assistance of an Academic Advisory Committee of their choosing. The course…

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Areas of Study

…a combination of modern observations from instruments and satellites, data analysis, models, and high resolution records from geological archives such as corals, trees, ice sheets, marine and lake sediment, we…

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Climate Science

…its exchange of heat, water and compounds with the atmosphere, the lithosphere, and the cryosphere, it plays a key role in our climate system. The ocean also hosts a significant…

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