Posts by Ken Kostel
Oceans capture more carbon than expected
Scientists have long known that the ocean plays an essential role in capturing carbon from the atmosphere, but a new…
Read MoreThe oceans’ twilight zone must be studied now, before it is too late
Nature
Read MoreThe Largest Mass Migration on The Planet Happens Every Single Day, And We Never See It
At night, they rise. As the Sun disappears over the horizon, a vast movement takes place in the world’s oceans,…
Read MoreEnter the Twilight Zone: Scientists dive into the oceans’ mysterious middle
Nature
Read MoreOpen ocean diving observations
Watch and learn how Ocean Twilight Zone fish biologist conducts blue- and black-water dives in the open ocean and what…
Read MoreThe Ocean Twilight Zone’s crucial carbon pump
Oceanus Magazine
Read MoreTagging sharks to study the twilight zone
Former MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student and current University of Washington post-doc Camrin Braun and his team on the charter…
Read MoreReport shows human benefits from ocean twilight zone
Did you know that there’s a natural carbon sink—even bigger than the Amazon rainforest—that helps regulate Earth’s climate by sucking…
Read MorePaul Caiger hunts for things that glow in the Ocean Twilight Zone
WHOI News and Insights
Read MoreSatellite Observes Massive Ocean Migration
Every night, under the cover of darkness, countless small sea creatures swim from the ocean depths to feed near…
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