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Bottled Water With a Bite

Bottled Water With a Bite

Water samples taken from deep in the North Atlantic wait outside WHOI’s Fye Laboratory for processing. They will be analyzed for trace elements such as neodymium and thorium, which provide…

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Joint Program Students Go With the Flow

Joint Program Students Go With the Flow

In an MIT/WHOI Joint Program class in Marine Chemistry, WHOI Senior Scientist Scott Doney discusses the chemical composition of seawater and how it varies geographically and with time. The course…

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Cast Adrift

Cast Adrift

WHOI engineers Jim Dunn (left in red jacket) and Kris Newhall (kneeling) prepare to deploy an ice-tethered profiler (ITP) during a cruise on the CCCG Louis S. St. Laurent in…

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A Flying Fish of Sorts

A Flying Fish of Sorts

Spray gliders, like this one deployed from the R/V Atlantis in September, are robotic submarines that “fly” underwater without a human controller. In September Chief Scientist Dr. Tim Eglinton and others undertook…

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A Sub Out of Water

A Sub Out of Water

Alvin, the deep-diving, three-person research submarine, is generally on the job, which means it’s at sea. But every few years, it returns to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for routine maintenance…

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Meet the Sub

Meet the Sub

WHOI scientist Susan Humphris (far right, seated) answers a question from a member of the audience about the Alvin submersible upgrade project during a public event held on Oct. 17,…

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Little Dipper

Little Dipper

WHOI scientist Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink demonstrates how to sample river water for participants in the Woods Hole Global Rivers project. The project addresses the flow of water, sediments, and nutrients into…

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Here Piggy

Here Piggy

On a 2009 expedition, WHOI biologist Tim Shank and WHOI’s hybrid robotic vehicle Nereus collected this animal 8.984 meters (5.58 miles) down in the Mariana Trench. A sea cucumber in…

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The Wide View

The Wide View

William Stelling Von Arx (1916-1999), shown here working with a wide-angle cloud camera and lens, first came to WHOI in 1945. He is known for his work in physical oceanography…

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The One that Got Away

The One that Got Away

Senior Scientist Christopher Reddy (center), director of the Costal Ocean Institute (COI), describes to guests aboard the R/V Tioga how dissolved oxygen levels are measured. In an effort to expand WHOI’s presence…

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Future Oceanographers

Future Oceanographers

Young visitors check out one of the most popular exhibits at the WHOI Ocean Science Exhibit Center, a full scale mock-up of the personnel sphere of Alvin. Visitors to the…

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Sound and Chemistry

Sound and Chemistry

Will ocean acidification interfere with the ability of whales and other animals to communicate, navigate, and find food? WHOI acoustic scientists Tim Duda and Ilya Udovydchenkov undertook a study in…

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Another Day, Another Dive

Another Day, Another Dive

On a foggy August morning swimmers, Ronnie Whims and Donny Collasius, dive into the water to remove the human occupied vehicle (HOV) Alvin‘s basket safety lines. Once all the pre-launch…

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A Little Crabby

A Little Crabby

Scientists collected this 8mm crab larva at a deep-sea hydrothermal vent site where an eruption of lava had recently covered the site. Adults of this species (Bythograea thermydron) were common…

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Journalism Fellows Follow REMUS

Journalism Fellows Follow REMUS

WHOI engineer Craig Marquette and Coastal Research Vessel (CRV) Tioga mate Ian Hanley prepare to deploy a Remote Environmental Monitoring Unit (REMUS) as 2010 Ocean Science Journalism Fellows look on…

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Now, In Studio…

Now, In Studio...

Hanu Singh, an Associate Scientist in Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering who focuses on underwater imaging and robotics, is interviewed for a story for WHOI’s Oceanus Magazine in the Graphic…

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Up, Up, and Away

Up, Up, and Away

After deploying an Arctic Ocean flux buoy and wind-driven generator, crew members from the CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent prepare to return the instrument crate back to the ship. The…

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Multi-purpose Ships

Multi-purpose Ships

Research vessels Crawford, Atlantis, and Gosnold tied up to the WHOI dock in 1963. The Crawford, a 125-foot Coast Guard cutter acquired in 1956, was mainly used for working on…

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Searching for Harmful Algae

Searching for Harmful Algae

WHOI researcher Bruce Keafer demonstrates the procedure for filtering water samples for Alexandrium fundyense prior to a research cruise on the R/V Oceanus in April 2008. A. fundyense is a…

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Measuring Mercury

Measuring Mercury

WHOI geochemist Carl Lamborg worked with Bill Martin of WHOI and Mike Bothner of the U.S. Geological Survey to determine the amounts of different forms of mercury in sediments from…

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What Does Dinner Sound Like?

What Does Dinner Sound Like?

Squid such as this Loligo pealii are a major prey item of many fish, whales, and human fishermen. WHOI researchers are using acoustics to study how whales use sonar to…

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Two for the Open Ocean

Two for the Open Ocean

Research vessels Bear and Atlantis docked at the WHOI pier in 1955. Built during WWII as a troop carrier in the South Pacific, Bear was chartered by the Institution in…

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