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woods hole oceanographic institution  

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  • The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), a world-renowned private, nonprofit organization founded in 1930, is the largest independent oceanographic research institution in the United States. WHOI is committed to multidisciplinary and collaborative higher-education and scientific research that furthers the understanding of the world's oceans and their role within the Earth's ecosystem as a whole. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution]

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