The world’s oceans are becoming dangerously acidic. A controversial proposal would raise the pH — by mixing chemicals into ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...