Prasher, a researcher at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, already knew Aequoria well.

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But it has been well dispersed by ocean currents, according to marine chemist Ken Buesseler at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts.

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The Coast Guard cutter ships Tybee and Sanibel are coming from Woods Hole near the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, along with the Hammerhead, a smaller 87-footer.

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Hal Caswell of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and his colleagues used projections of sea ice coverage from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) last report.

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Andrews in Scotland, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts, the Chicago Zoological Society and the Walt Disney World Resort, on the study of what they call "vocal copying" in dolphins.

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And she began to fixate on what she considered the cautionary tale of Douglas Prasher, a molecular biologist whose research funding dried up in 1992, when his tenure prospects at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution seemed in doubt.

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Because of the earthquake's proximity to the capital, and because the city is densely populated and has poorly constructed housing, "it could cause significant casualties, " said Jian Lin, a senior geologist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts.

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While manned exploration had until now seen a 52-year hiatus, scientists have used two robotic unmanned vehicles to explore the Mariana Trench: Japan's Kaiko made a dive there in 1995 and the US-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's vessel Nereus explored the deep in 2008.

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In addition to the bike paths and sandy beaches, the Cape Cod village offers a host of internationally acclaimed facilities, among them the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Woods Hole Science Aquarium, the National Academy of Sciences conference center and the Marine Biological Lab.

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One of those summers I spent in Woods Hole, home to the famous oceanographic institute and the ferry gateway to Martha's Vineyard.

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