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All Stop

March 12, 2012

Communication is critical at sea. Here, a crew member from the U.S. Coast Guard iceabreaker Healy signals a winch operator to stop lowering at CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) […]

Dance the Arctic Blues Away

March 11, 2012

During long research cruises, particularly when bad weather keeps people indoors for periods, ship and science crews organize “morale events” to raise spirits and help keep the group working as […]

Whale of a Shark

March 10, 2012

Two whale sharks feeding with jacks in the Red Sea in May 2010. Whale sharks (Rincodon typus) are rare but widely distributed throughout the world’s tropical oceans. Despite their distribution, […]

Disaster on the Ground

March 9, 2012

Chen and Beardsley also used FVCOM to make finely detailed reconstructions of how the tsunami swept ashore in some locations. This simulation shows the series of waves hitting and flooding […]

To help devise effective strategies that protect endangered sharks, scientists need basic information about where elusive species live, mate, and give birth. MIT/WHOI Joint Program graduate student Li […]

Water Flowing Undersea

March 8, 2012

Concealed from view, the bottom of the ocean is covered with of mountains and canyons as steep and deep as the Grand Canyon. Scientists have had indications that powerful ocean […]

Indian Ocean Dipole

March 7, 2012

An Icy Burden

Clearing ice from the decks of the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy was a regular task for ship’s crew during a 2011 cruise in the Chukchi, Beaufort, and Bering Seas. Wintertime […]

Oil Gently Seeping from the Seafloor

North Atlantic Oscillation

Outreach Reaches Outer Space

March 6, 2012

Four students from Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School in Fitchburg, Mass., visited the lab of WHOI microbiologist Tracy Mincer (far right) in February to set up an experiment they […]

Psychotherapy for Plankton

Hurricane Cross Section

Fire and Ice

March 5, 2012

The U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy operates in the North Pacific and Arctic Oceans from late spring until early winter, helping scientists carry out research in the far north. […]

Hydrologic Cycle in Coastal Zones

Look Ma, No Lines

March 4, 2012

WHOI biologist Annette Frese Govindarajan (center, blue hard hat) and data manager Sarah Burnet (left), assisted with the launch of the autonomous underwater vehicle Sentry in the Gulf of […]

Go to Sea, Young Man

March 3, 2012

In 1965, WHOI microbiologist John Waterbury was a young researcher studying microorganisms in the upper ocean that convert inorganic nitrogen into a form that phytoplankton can use to drive […]

Smooth Sailing Through Pancake Ice

March 2, 2012

The icebreaker USCGC Healy opens a path through first-year pancake ice in the Amundsen Gulf during a 2011 mooring cruise in the Arctic Ocean. […]

A Swell Time on Healy

February 29, 2012

Icy Arctic swells rocked the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy during a six-week science expedition in 2011. WHOI biologist Carin Ashjian and colleagues Sam Laney and Krista Longnecker […]

Testing, 1, 2, 3

February 28, 2012

WHOI biologist Aran Mooney places a cuttlefish, a close relative of squid, into a tank to test how it responds to sound. Mooney previously showed that sounds provoke […]