{"id":612,"date":"2018-12-20T09:16:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T13:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/?page_id=612"},"modified":"2025-02-05T14:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T19:27:10","slug":"cafe-thorium-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/","title":{"rendered":"Cafe Thorium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading='false' src=\"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/ImageCarousel2.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading='false' src=\"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/ImageCarousel3.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading='false' src=\"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/ImageCarousel4.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading='false' src=\"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/ImageCarousel5.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading='false' src=\"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/ImageCarousel6.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" aria-label=\"previous\" role=\"button\">\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" aria-label=\"next\" role=\"button\">\n<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\tAbout the Caf\u00e9\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Caf\u00e9 Thorium is not really a caf\u00e9 although we have been known to serve espresso &amp; latte throughout the worlds major ocean basins. In fact, we are a serious scientific research team in the Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Thorium is just one of many radioactive elements we measure. 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