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WHRC Chairman Emeritus Lawrence Huntington presents Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland with the Lawrence S. Huntington Environmental Prize (read more) ...

"Barefoot ecologists" have been defined as community managers with basic training in fisheries data collection and analysis, who work with other community members to design and implement management regulations ...

Two WHRC scientists recently traveled to conduct field work in Ecuador - not collecting data with a view to publishing results, as is generally the objective of scientists like themselves, but rather as teachers ...

WHRC supporters give because they care about our work and understand that an investment in science-based solutions is one of the best they can make ...

As climate change continues, weather patterns we have known all our lives are becoming vastly different. Superstorm Sandy is being viewed as a wake-up call and has helped place climate change back on the nation's agenda ...

WHRC's Dr. Max Holmes recounts meeting 13 year old Anya Suslova of Russia and her interest in helping collect water samples for his research ...

The Grand Challenge:
The climate is changing at an unprecedented rate in human history, tropical forests are being cut, freshwater resources are at risk, and biological diversity is declining...

Solutions Require Science:
We at the Woods Hole Research Center are convinced that answers are possible and that science is crucial for framing the debate and finding the solutions...

What We Do:
Using satellite images of the Earth and field studies in ecology and economics, our scientists measure, model and map how humans are changing the world...

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Foster Brown

WHRC's Dr. Foster Brown awarded Chico Mendes Forest Citizenry Prize

Mendes was environmentalist and champion of human rights for Brazilian peasants and indigenous peoples.

Richard Houghton

Recarbonization of the Biosphere

A new paper by Dr. Richard Houghton, entitled “Historic changes in terrestrial carbon storage,” appears in the book, explores the potential for re-carbonization of the Earth.

COP18

Consensus on Emissions from Tropical Deforestation

Report emerges from analysis of two independent studies done earlier this year by WHRC and Winrock International.

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2012 Annual Report

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