Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Receives $25 Million to Accelerate Search for Ocean-based Climate Solutions

WOODS HOLE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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. Salem’s commitment builds on the momentum generated by recent gifts and grants to WHOI researchers from federal, corporate,