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Ocean Termites
Those exploring the wreck of the Titanic have found none of the elaborate woodwork that was the hallmark of the luxury liner’s grand staircase. Any wood that does remain […]
Read MoreAll the Water on Earth
Originally published online January 1, 2012
Read MoreA Fine Balance
WHOI postdoctoral researcher Katie Shamberger makes adjustments to VINDTA (Versatile INstrument for the Determination of Total inorganic carbon and titration Alkalinity) in the lab of associate scientist Dan McCorckle. […]
Read MoreRed White Red, Restricted Ability Ahead
Under a full moon in May 2012, R/V Atlantis stopped in the North Atlantic to lower a rosette samper with a CTD sensor into the ocean as part […]
Read MoreThe Original Titanic Map
Following the 1985 French-American expedition that discovered the wreck of Titanic, WHOI researchers William Lange, Elazar Uchupi, and Bob Ballard examined all the still and video images captured […]
Read MoreTwo Leaders, One Boat
Two of WHOI’s original and most storied leaders teamed up to pull the Insitution’s pioneering original vessel Atlantis away from a Woods Hole dock. WHOI’s first director, Henry […]
Read MoreDeep Diver
Hidden Secrets
This seemingly solid expanse of ice actually presents a complex oceanographic problem. Surface meltwater flowing through and beneath Helheim Glacier on the left side of the cliff in the […]
Read MoreLimpet Pools
Students in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program spent 12 days exploring a remote Panamanian island in January 2011. As part of their coursework, (from left) Li Ling Hamady, Liz Drenkard, […]
Read MoreColor and Flash in the Depths
An Icy Ecosystem
In an April 2009 polar expedition, 41 scientists led by WHOI biologist Carin Ashjian set off on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy to […]
Read MoreOld School
Crew members sweated out hoisting the anchor on the original research vessel Atlantis, which supported oceanographic research at WHOI from 1931 to 1964. Hauling the anchor was also time […]
Read MoreThe Great South Channel
Around this time of year, whales and other marine animals find rich feeding areas in the Great South Channel, an undersea canyon between shallower Nantucket Shoals and Georges Bank. […]
Read MoreOcean Explorers Probe Gulf of Mexico
Salp Baby on Board
Water on Ice
During a 2008 expedition, glaciologists Sarah Das (WHOI), right, and Ian Joughin (University of Washington) trek toward a lake that formed as ice melts in summer and pools […]
Read MoreA Cyst in Time
WHOI researcher Kerry Norton uses fluorescence microscopy to identify and count dormant cysts of Alexandrium fundyense, the alga that produces a toxin that accumulates in shellfish and can cause paralytic […]
Read MoreTougher Than it Looks
This little jellyfish may look fragile, but in its own world it’s a predator, hunting unwary prey and well-adapted to a planktonic life suspended in water. Transparency helps […]
Read MoreSmiles Belie the Trials
Despite smiles on their faces, researchers studying the effects of the 160 million gallon Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in spring 2010 were having anything but […]
Read MoreCurrent Affair
A 2011 expedition led by WHOI physical oceanographer Bob Pickart confirmed the existence of a previously unknown ocean current called the North Icelandic Jet. It feeds cold, […]
Read MoreCounting Copepods Before They Hatch
Freshly-laid eggs of copepods crowd a petri dish. During a cruise to the Bering Sea in 2009, WHOI biologist Carin Ashjian and colleagues studied the reproduction of the […]
Read MoreMicrobes: Chemists of the Ocean
WHOI/MIT Joint Program PhD candidate Kim Popendorf filters seawater to collect microbial cells onboard R/V Oceanus in 2008. Each filter can hold more than 250 million cells—equivalent to […]
Read MoreGreen Turtle, Red Sea
While diving in the Red Sea in 2009, WHOI biologist Simon Thorrold encountered a green turtle on a reef about 25 miles from shore at the northern end of the Farasan Banks. […]
Read MoreSeldom Seen, Clearly Important
Salps are seldom seen by people, but these transparent animals are abundant plankton in the open ocean, and may affect the ocean’s carbon cycle. In alternating generations salps […]
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