Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Receives $25 Million to Accelerate Search for Ocean-based Climate Solutions
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) announced today a $25 million gift to support ocean-based climate solutions from the chair of the Institution’s board of trustees, Paul Salem.
- The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) announced today a $25 million gift to support ocean-based climate solutions from the chair of the Institution’s board of trustees, Paul Salem.
- The gift comes as humanity closes out the warmest year on record and faces the possibility of rapid, unregulated efforts to mitigate climate change.
- Recent funding announcements signal a long overdue shift in attention into the role of the ocean in addressing climate change.
- “I am very pleased that my commitment will accelerate efforts by WHOI to improve humanity’s vital understanding of the ocean,” said Salem.