Policy
The Ocean Twilight Zone’s Impact on Climate
Scientists have long understood that the oceans can remove heat-trapping carbon from the atmosphere. As it does so, it can…
Read MoreEnvironmental threats of seafloor mining to the Twilight Zone
PNAS
Read MoreThe Overlooked Midwater
On June 4th, the OTZ Team participated in the World Economic Forum & Friends of Ocean Action Virtual Ocean Dialogues.…
Read MoreAria Finkelstein: crafting policy to manage the OTZ
Aria Ritz Finkelstein is a PhD candidate in Urban Studies and Planning at MIT, and is currently a guest student…
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 MoreWHOI returns to the United Nations
by Aria Ritz Finkelstein, WHOI Marine Policy Center Guest Student This week, Greta Thunberg has captivated the world by sailing…
Read MoreSummer of the Ocean Twilight Zone
Growing up near the coast of North Carolina, I gained immense respect for the marine animals I was able to…
Read MoreThe Lawless High Seas May Soon Gain Protections Under a Groundbreaking Ocean Treaty
Gizmodo
Read MoreSEA Collaborating with WHOI to Study the Ocean’s Twilight Zone!
This morning we sailed from the Bermuda exclusive economic zone (EEZ) into the “area beyond national jurisdiction” (aka the “high seas”) in deepwater (about 5,000 meters) on the Cramer.
Read MoreA New Paradigm for Funding Ocean Science
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is embarking on a journey to explore and understand one of our planet’s last hidden frontiers—the ocean twilight zone (OTZ), a shadowy region far below the ocean’s sunlit surface. The OTZ project is WHOI’s first major research initiative supported by a new, disruptive funding model: The Audacious Project.
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