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Into the Sunset
In May 2013, R/V Knorr sailed through a spectacular sunset on the western Atlantic Ocean near the equator. On the trip, Knorr took a group of scientists from WHOI and…
Read MoreGoing Home
Human occupied vehicle Alvin rests on the surface after a dive to the seafloor as its support ship, R/V Atlantis, stands by to tow it in and bring it back…
Read MoreSub With a View
Alvin pilot Mike Skowronski (center) and pilot-in-training Jefferson Grau (left) peer out onto the seafloor in the Gulf of Mexico during the recent Alvin Science Verification Cruise. One of the…
Read MoreReaching For Answers
ROV Jason reaches its manipulator arm into a diffuse hydrothermal flow known as Shrimp Gulley on the Mid Cayman Rise. In January 2012, WHOI geologist Chris German led a team…
Read MoreApply Carefully
WHOI Engineer Rod Catanach positions a block of syntactic foam above the titanium personnel sphere of the Alvin submersible during its recent overhaul and upgrade, which included the addition of…
Read MoreSpecial Deliveries
WHOI research assistant Steve Pike unpacks some of the first water samples collected as part of a citizen-science initiative started by chemist Ken Buesseler to track the spread of radiation…
Read More50 Years Strong
On February 11, WHOI received an award of excellence from the Marine Technology Society (MTS) during the Underwater Intervention conference in New Orleans for 50 years of operating Alvin. The…
Read MoreNew Chief
WHOI geologist Adam Soule reviews images shot by a deep-sea time-lapse camera, nicknamed “ElevatorCam,” provided by the Multidisciplinary Instrumentation in Support of Oceanography (MISO) Facility during the Alvin Science Verification…
Read MoreHot Wired
Distributed temperature sensing (DTS) is a new technique for measuring temperature using fiber optic cable. Researchers from the labs of WHOI scientist Anne Cohen and UC Irvine’s Kristen Davis recently…
Read MoreTank Test
Members of WHOI’s Deep Submergence Lab took the new Nereid Under Ice (nUI) vehicle through tank tests in 2013. The vehicle uses the same fiber optic technology first used in…
Read MoreBleached and Barren
Researchers from the lab of WHOI scientist Anne Cohen are currently working on Dongsha Atoll in the South China Sea to study how coral reef ecosystems are affected by internal…
Read MoreFollowing the Bloom
WHOI physical oceanographer Bob Pickart stepped out onto the Arctic sea ice recently to help a team he is leading that is studying massive phytoplankton blooms below the ice. Until…
Read MoreBringing Alvin Back on Board
Going Down
Diver Peter Leonard, chief mate on research vessel Atlantis, rides Alvin as it is lowered into the water during the sub’s Science Verification Cruise (SVC) in March, 2014. During each…
Read MoreHappy World Oceans Day
The global ocean is one of the keys to life on Earth. It helps regulate our climate and our water supply, supplies oxygen to the atmosphere, provides food for billions…
Read MoreSingular Population
WHOI biologist Hal Caswell works through some modeling equations with his 2008 WHOI Summer Student Fellow Kiva Oken. Caswell recently received the 2014 Mindel C. Sheps Award for his contributions…
Read MoreHappy 50th Alvin! Long may you run
Push to Plankton
To get through heavy ice cover, the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy sometimes has to back up, get a running start, and ram its way forward. During an ongoing cruise…
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Alvin
Since its formal commissioning on June 5, 1964, the human-occupied vehicle Alvin has been probing the world’s oceans, providing an up-close look at hydrothermal vents and other features of the…
Read MoreChecking In
Able-bodied seaman Raul Martinez and SSSG technician Allison Heater prepare the human-occupied vehicle Alvin for a dive during its Science Verification Cruise in March 2014. After communicating with the sub’s…
Read MoreWhat a Drag
A bright yellow sea anchor trails in the water as the huge A-frame and winch aboard research vessel Atlantis lift the human-occupied vehicle Alvin. Divers attached the sea anchor to…
Read MoreWeighty Subject
WHOI technicians Rick Sanger (left) and Phil Santos load iron plates onto the research submersible Alvin before a dive. The plates help Alvin descend through the water to the seafloor…
Read MoreExpert Analysis
In 2008, WHOI chemist Scott Doney (pictured) testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology’s subcommittee on Energy and Environment about the Federal Ocean Acidification Research…
Read MoreDialysis for Diatoms
WHOI scientist Krista Longnecker built this small-scale electrodialysis system to remove salt from seawater collected during the DeepDOM reseach cruise in the spring of 2013. After running samples from the…
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