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Tradition and new beginnings
Tassel and hood! The MIT-WHOI Joint Program‘s 2009 Ph.D. candidates will be hooded (the academic hoods’ colors and fabrics signifying the degree and field of study) in a Read More
Seize the Day
In 2000, graduates from the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering lined up on the WHOI lawn at Commencement, and Ph.D. candidate Nicole Suoja Tervalon marked […]
Read MoreBeneath the Arctic sun – far beneath
Layers of change
Graduate student Evelyn Mervine traveled to Oman recently to study an area of uplifted ocean crust exposed to the atmosphere, the Samail Ophiolite. The photo shows accumulated layers of […]
Read MoreSpraying down copepods
Algae, ciliates, and other microorganisms get eaten by bigger creatures, like the zooplankton that WHOI biologist Phil Alatalo caught in his net. As part of the zooplankton team aboard the […]
Read MoreIce harvest
On an expanse of ice-covered ocean, Gigi Engel, a graduate student at the University of Washington, slips an ice core out the core. She took the core to find and […]
Read MoreFinding life in a harsh place
Rallying the troops for the season!
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has more than 60 volunteers who donate their time in the Ocean Science Exhibit Center, Information Office, Archives, Peanut Butter Club, and various other […]
Read MoreGone fishing for copepods
The zooplankton team aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy put their vertical net over the back of the boat during an April 2009 cruise in the Bering […]
Read MoreCoastal stalwart
Since its beginning, WHOI has maintained a dedicated coastal vessel used by researchers studying the coastal ocean or testing equipment. In Down to the Sea for Science, celebrating […]
Read MoreHole in the fabric of ice
In the middle of an expanse of ice, the U.S. icebreaker Healy came upon an unusual feature—open water, next to a large chunk of ice. Science writer Helen Fields […]
Read MoreNot in Nantucket any more
Nantucket?
“If I had realized this photo might appear as Image of the Day,” said researcher Jim Churchill, here waving at the camera, “I would have worn a different […]
Arctic inchworm
Photographer Chris Linder and writer Helen Fields accompanied scientists studying the Bering Sea ecosystem in April and May 2009. Together they chronicled the cruise aboard U.S. Coast […]
Read MoreRobo-sailor
WHOI engineer Greg Packard prepares an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) called REMUS (Remote Environmental Monitoring UnitS) for loading onto the research vessel Knorr in 2004. REMUS vehicles are […]
Read MoreProcess written in stone
“1” marks the spot. A marker, placed for the photo by MIT/WHOI Joint Program student Evelyn Mervine, indicates veins of altered rock in an ophiolite (uplifted, exposed former […]
Read MoreFive miles of cable
A CTD, which stands for Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth, is one of the most basic tools for understanding the ocean. The instrument is made up of a set […]
Read MoreAnchor aweigh
Moonwalking
Like a walk on the moon, geologist Robert Miller of San Jose State University descended into a barren, rocky wadi (valley) in Oman, at the eastern tip of the […]
Read MoreThe Earth turns and the ocean swirls
Jack Whitehead, in the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab he helped establish at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, sets up experiments to understand the formation of gyres or swirling, circular […]
Read MoreInterested in ocean science?
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Ocean Science Exhibit Center Manager Kathy Patterson chats with participants of the Cambridge Science Festival about ocean science. The Festival is sponsored by […]
Read MoreSediment scooper
The Van Veen grab collects sediment from the ocean floor. The instrument is lowered on a cable until it hits the bottom. When it closes, it scoops up sediment […]
Read MoreTransforming the way oceans are explored
At the MIT Museum during the recent Cambridge Science Festival, physical oceanographers Al Plueddemann, far left and John Lund, left, of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution explained […]
Read MoreReady for their close up
On board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Bering Sea, marine science technician chief Mark Rieg (at left) and WHOI researcher Phil Alatalo (right) prepare to deploy a […]
Read MoreAnywhere to go?
In 2002, researchers aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Healy in the Bering Sea saw this polar bear swimming far from any ice. WHOI biologist Hal Caswell and colleagues […]
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