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Marie Curie
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Jellies
Jellyfish and other ocean “jellies” may be best known for their painful stings, but they play an important role in ecosystems from seagrass beds to the deep sea. Join us to hear about the techniques scientists are using to study these amazing creatures, and what jellies can teach us about the ocean’s health—and our own.
Read MoreDiscovering La Mer
Boston Ballet and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have joined forces to collaborate on Nanine Linning’s upcoming world premiere, La Mer, a contemporary ballet that explores the nature of threats facing the ocean, as well as the potential in the ocean to create solutions to our most challenging environmental and societal problems.
Read MoreMarie Tharp
There’s truth to the old clichés that a picture is worth a thousand words and that seeing is believing.
Read MoreKatherine Johnson
Like what you do, and then you will do your best.
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Hydrothermal Vents
Like geysers and hot springs on land, hydrothermal vents form in volcanic regions on the ocean bottom, gushing hot, mineral-rich fluids from beneath the seafloor. Join us to hear what scientists have learned about vents and the surprising organisms that thrive there— and what they can teach us about the origins of life on Earth.
Read MoreErnest Everett Just
We feel the beauty of nature because we are part of nature… Although we may deal with the particulars, we return finally to the whole pattern woven out of these.
Read MoreAlvin visits the wreck of the Titanic
This rare, uncut footage of the wreck of Titanic marks the first time humans had set eyes on the ill-fated ship since 1912 and includes many other iconic scenes. Captured in July 1986 from cameras on the human-occupied submersible Alvin and the newly built, remotely operated Jason Junior, most of this footage has never been released to the public.
Read MoreBooker T. Washington
If you want to lift yourself up, lift someone else.
Read MoreBernard A. Harris, Jr.
We are infinite beings with infinite possibilities. We have the power within ourselves to do anything we set our minds to.
Read MoreNeil deGrasse Tyson
The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.
Read MoreRobert Wyland
The sea lives in every one of us.
Read MoreHenry Wadworth Longfellow
My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me.
Read MoreKatharine Hayhoe
To care about climate change, all you have to be, pretty much, is a human being on planet earth.
Read MoreDrew Barrymore
I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times.
Read More2022 Year in Review
Re-live the best of 2022 with this montage showcasing just some of WHOI’s ocean science, technology, and engineering highlights. WHOI researchers are active in upwards of 800 projects around the world at any time, providing critical information about some of the most urgent challenges facing humanity and the planet we call home. As part of the WHOI community, we thank you for your dedication to our ocean, our future, and our planet. Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2023!
Read MoreJon Kabat-Zinn
You can’t stop the waves. But you can learn to surf!
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Sailing for Science
Despite extreme weather, spending months away from home, and the occasional pirate, these intrepid mariners are passionate about supporting research at sea. Find out about the diverse careers available in marine operations–and maybe join the crew!
Read MoreDave Barry
When you finally see what’s going on underwater, you realize you’ve been missing the whole point of the ocean.
Read MoreCynthia Ozick
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
Read MoreThe Ocean Pavilion at COP27
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is joining forces with Scripps Institution of Oceanography and 18 other oceanographic partners from around the globe to speak for the ocean at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). The Ocean Pavilion brings together world leaders in ocean science, technology, and policy to carry the message that the ocean matters to everyone, everywhere, and that science must lead the way in our quest for safe, long-term solutions to climate change. Because now – more than ever, the ocean needs us and we need the ocean.
Read MoreHope for Corals in Crisis
Coral reefs around the world are facing a dangerous decline, but there is still hope! This behind-the-scenes video highlights some of the novel technologies and approaches WHOI researchers are developing to detect and diagnose at-risk corals before any visible signs of damage when there is still time to intervene.
Read More360 video of coral reef scientists at work!
Dive in and join WHOI researchers as they survey a coral reef in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, in this immersive 360 video. During a reef survey, divers layout coordinates with a tape measure and travel up and down that line documenting coral species, size, and health. This particular survey was conducted by post-doctoral scholar Anya Brown, MIT-WHOI graduate student Lei Ma, and WHOI research associate, Jeanne Bloomberg as part of an ongoing project being led by WHOI Associate Scientist, Amy Apprill. This trip was made in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy. For more information about the work being done visit the Apprill Lab.
Read MoreGive Reefs a Chance
Coral reefs play a vital role in sustaining the health of our ocean and our planet, and they are dying at an alarming rate. But right now, WHOI researchers are jumping into action to develop real-time and scalable solutions–measuring chemicals to determine coral health, understanding how fish sounds may be the key to rebuilding impacted reefs, and innovating robotics to monitor and detect coral stress and disease, before it is too late. If we want to save coral reefs, we need to act now. We need to give reefs a chance!
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