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Oceanography by the Numbers
Jessica Benthuysen, a recent graduate of the MIT/WHOI Joint Program, developed a sophisticated mathematical model of upwelling, the vertical motion of water that occurs in certain parts of the […]
Read MoreAlvin in the Gulf of Mexico–And Beyond
The human-occupied vehicle Alvin traveled to the Gulf of Mexico in late 2010, where it made its final series of dives before undergoing an 18-month upgrade. Far […]
Read MoreAt Work in the Gulf Stream
WHOI technicians and engineers from the Upper Ocean Processes Group deployed this CLIMODE (CLIvar MOde water Dynamics Experiment) buoy in the Gulf Stream in late 2005. Sensors […]
Read MoreBundle Up!
Over it Goes!
The massive metal frame connected to long collecting nets isn’t easy to handle. Here, WHOI summer student Jon Fincke (right) and University of Connecticut grad student Paola Batta-Lona take the […]
Read MoreCasting and Cleaning Nets
Researchers aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy gather samples collected from bongo nets during a May 2009 expedition to the Bering Sea. The nets—also known as twin plankton […]
Read MoreColorful Microbes
How do shrimp make a living at hydrothermal vents? They have help from a variety of microbes. This image shows two kinds of bacteria attached to a hair-like structure […]
Read MoreThe Reef and the Moon
Gliding over a Bermudan coral reef in October 2010, WHOI scientist Anne Cohen (center) and post-doctoral investigator Neal Cantin (left) were followed by a BBC cameraman. The group […]
Read MoreIce Capades
Tired of this winter’s ice and snow? They are nothing compared to the conditions encountered by WHOI researchers on an expedition in March 2010 off Barrow, Alaska. Physical oceanographer […]
Read MoreTubeworms Through the Years
Sentry in the Gulf of Mexico
The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Sentry, shown here in the Gulf of Mexico in July 2010 with WHOI’s (from left) Cameron McIntyre, Andy Billings, and James Kinsey. In […]
Read MoreUm, I Love It But I Hope It Comes With a Manual
A MODE of Studying the Ocean
A Match Made in Woods Hole
REMUS Gets Around
Drilling for Coral History
WHOI scientists Pat Lohmann (left) and Neal Cantin drill into a massive starlet coral on a reef north of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, to remove a […]
Read MoreAlvin Returns to Woods Hole
Alvin Returns to Woods Hole
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Read MoreShells in the Sands of Time
Taking in the Antarctic Sights
When scientists venture into a place as remote and spectacular as the Antarctic, no one is above a little sightseeing. During a recent trip through the Weddell Sea, this group […]
Read MoreKnorr and Lulu Head to Sea
A towline connects the crane of the R/V Knorr (right) to Lulu, a 105-foot catamaran that served as the Alvin submersible’s first tender, as the two ships prepared to take […]
Read MoreRosettes of the Deep
George Tupper (left) and Terry McKee (right) of WHOI’s Physical Oceanograpthy Department are assisted by Matt Wilkerson of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences as they prepare a rosette for […]
Read MoreAlvin’s New Quarters
At a public event in Woods Hole in October 2010, visitors get a close look at a mock-up of the new personnel sphere the research submarine Alvin will receive during […]
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