<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000099'>*Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution<br>Science Made Public*<br>/All talks held at the WHOI Ocean Science Exhibit Center/<br>/15 School Street//, Woods Hole/**<br><br>*<span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT390"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT391">July 7, 2009</span></span> at 2:30 PM<br>/New Deep Sea Robot Reaches the Ocean Depths/<br>Andy Bowen, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering*<br>Learn about a new type of deep-sea robotic vehicle called /Nereus/, a <br>unique hybrid vehicle designed to explore the ocean’s last frontiers, <br>and hear about its recent successful dive to the deepest part of the <br>world’s ocean—the Mariana Trench. To reach the trench, /Nereus /dove <br>nearly twice as deep as research submarines are capable of and had to <br>withstand pressures 1,000 times that of Earth’s surface—crushing forces <br>similar to those on the surface of Venus.*<br>*<br><br>*<span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT392"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT393">July 14, 2009</span></span> at 2:30 PM<br>/Recycled Clam Shells Help Seed a New Oyster Crop/<br>Diane Murphy, Woods Hole Sea Grant*<br>Oysters are not only an important fishery resource, they’re also an <br>important part of the ecosystem, providing habitat and filtering the <br>water column. In an effort to restore oyster populations around the <br>region, researchers work closely with municipal shellfish officers <br>within the shellfish aquaculture industry using a technique called <br>remote-setting that utilizes recycled clam and oyster shells. Learn more <br>about this restoration and marine life enhancement project.<br><br>*<span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT394"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT395">July 21, 2009</span></span> at 2:30 PM<br>/The Hearing and Travels of Icelandic White-Beaked Dolphins/<br>T. Aran Mooney, Biology Department*<br>Atlantic white-beaked dolphins are the most common dolphin species <br>around Iceland and are frequently seen riding the bow wave of vessels in <br>the summer. These dolphins are acoustically active, producing both <br>whistles and clicks with sound energy as high as 305 kHz, much above the <br>typical upper hearing frequency limit for toothed whales. Learn how <br>scientists use tags to track dolphin behavior in their natural habitat <br>to assess what these dolphins hear and how that relates to their role in <br>the environment.<br><br>*<span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT396"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT397">July 28, 2009</span></span> at 2:30 PM<br>/Planet Puddle: Surprising Complexity in a Simple Climate/<br>Rebecca Walsh Dell, Physical Oceanography*<br>Why is it so hard to predict the climate? Anyone who has ever been <br>surprised by the weather knows that it can be very complicated, but it <br>turns out that even very simple climate systems can have complex and <br>surprising behavior. We’ll discuss how a hypothetical planet with no <br>land and no weather can have huge changes in its climate because of ice <br>on the sea. Come and learn about ideas that have big implications for <br>our understanding of climate change and climate prediction.<br><br>For more information, contact Kathy Patterson, <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT398"><a href="callto:+1508-289-2700" onclick="window.top.Com_Zimbra_Phone.unsetOnbeforeunload()">508-289-2700</a></span> or <br><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT399">kpatterson@whoi.edu</span><br></div>
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