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First Computer at Sea
In 1961, WHOI scientist emeritus Carl Bowin was tasked with putting the first computer on a WHOI research ship. He initially rented computers because it was too expensive to buy […]
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WHOI mechanic Vic Miller applies a final coat of paint to a large piece of syntactic foam that will be installed on the human-occupied submersible Alvin. The foam, […]
Read MoreCold Water Bath
Jeff Pietro (left) and and WHOI scientist Fiamma Straneo prepare a mooring for deployment in a Greenland fjord in July 2012. Straneo and glaciologist Sarah Das led the trip, which […]
Read MoreFukushima and the Ocean
WHOI researcher Steve Pike packed some of the 3 metric tons of seawater collected during a 2011 cruise to study the spread, fate, and impacts of radionuclides released from […]
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Heavy Load
A shipyard rigger (left) joins Ronnie Whims (center) and Patrick Hennessy of the R/V Atlantis to observe a test of the ship’s new A-frame (not visible). Atlantis is the support […]
Read MoreToo Big for its Stomach?
Liz Drenkard, a student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, studies how nutrition affects corals’ responses to ocean acidification. Here, she photographed coral polyps under a microscope, one […]
Read MoreA Fine Touch
Technician Jefferson Grau daubs blue dye around the inside of holes on a viewport mounting rim that will be part of the newly rebuilt Alvin submarine. The dye […]
Read MoreOne Long Core
Researchers and crew aboard the WHOI research vessel Knorr tested a new long corer system for the first time in 2007. The WHOI long corer, developed by […]
Read MoreAre They What They Eat?
A three-week-old coral polyp (left), and its delicate skeleton (right) help MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Liz Drenkard study the way corals respond to increasing ocean acidification, which […]
Read MoreGot Your Back
A pilot whale sports a temporary electronic tag during a 2012 expedition in the Straight of Gibraltar. MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Nicholas Macfarlane, working with postdoctoral fellow Frants Jensen, placed […]
Read MoreHow Is Fukushima’s Fallout Affecting Marine Life?
Seeing Under the Sea
A pyramid-shaped multicorer sits on the deck of the R/V Melville off Santa Barbara, California in October 2012. Multicorers collect seafloor sediment samples without disrupting the uppermost sediment layers […]
Read MoreWelcome to Life at Sea
Before starting their first year as graduate students in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering, incoming students spend ten days at sea on a sailing […]
Read MoreABCs of Radioactivity
Reeling In
WHOI senior engineering assistant Jim Ryder (left) and senior research assistant Dave Dubois recover an ocean-bottom seismometer onto R/V Marcus Langseth in early 2012. The instrument was part of a […]
Read MoreBergs at Dawn
Heading south after a full week spent crossing from Australia to Antarctica, Peter Kimball awoke to the sight of icebergs all around the ship, and took this photo just after […]
Read MoreFollow the Leader
Before a 2009 research expedition that departed from Grand Cayman Island, MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Jill McDermott spent a day swimming and snorkeling, when she spotted these turtles, […]
Read MoreHere Comes SID
Postdoctoral fellow Bill Orsi and microbiologist Ginny Edgcomb assemble the SID-ISMS (Submerged Incubation Device-In Situ Microbial Sampler) in preparation for their cruise to the Mediterranean Sea […]
Read MoreExploring Acidification
Liz Drenkard, an MIT-WHOI Joint Program student assists participants of the Cambridge Science Festival in an activity that illustrates how ocean acidification affects […]
Read MoreSpare Part
A Penetrating Task
Research associate Alexi Shalapyonok, mechanic Brian Durante, and engineer Hugh Popenoe prepare to seal a pressure chamber they are using to test a penetrator that will become part of […]
Read MoreArts and Sciences
The Synergy project at the Museum of Science in Boston until June 2 highlights works of art created by artists paired with ocean scientists. Anastasia Azure collaborated with WHOI oceanographer […]
Read MoreTank Testing
Doug Mendes (left) and Brian Pepin inspect one of Alvin‘s eight ballast tanks during the continuing overhaul and upgrade of the human-occupied vehicle. They were looking for any […]
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