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Alvin’s Forebear
On January 20, 1961, in the midst of the Cold War, the bathyscaphe Trieste rolled down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., during the Inauguration Day parade of President John F. […]
Read MoreHappy World Oceans Day
Today is World Oceans Day, a worldwide celebration of the ocean and the benefits it provides to everyone on our blue planet. It helps regulate our climate and our Read More
REMUS 6000 Test
WHOI engineers Amy Kukulya and Mark Dennett tested a REMUS 6000 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) from the WHOI dock in 2014. Researchers have used the vehicle to locate […]
Read MoreFish Chatter
To our ears coral reefs may seem relatively quiet, but fish there make a variety of sounds that are often described by scientists as grunts, pops, chirps, hoots and more. […]
Read MoreUnderwater Wonders
Researchers at WHOI spend their time trying to understand the ocean—the physics of its currents, the chemistry of its water and sediments, the geology of its seafloor, […]
Read MoreShipping News
Ordinary seaman Derek Briggs (right) stands next to a surface buoy on the stern of the research vessel Neil Armstrong in April 2018. The ship had just docked in […]
Read MoreVehicle of Discovery
WHOI President and Director Mark Abbott (left) and Vice President for Marine Facilities & Operations Rob Munier (right) show the head of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate […]
Read MoreChomp!
Engineers in the WHOI Ocean Systems Laboratory developed REMUS SharkCam, an autonomous underwater vehicle that can locate, track, and film sharks in the wild. The vehicle is […]
Read MoreForecasting Future Hurricanes
To Sea
The research vessel Atlantis sailed from Bermuda recently with the human-occupied submersible Alvin, the autonomous underwater vehicle Sentry, and a science crew of geologists and geochemists. Read More
Multi-Pronged Coral Reef Research
WHOI scientist Amy Apprill led an first-of-its kind joint expedition with Cuban and American scientists in November 2017 to study the Gardens of the Queens in Cuba, one of the most untouched […]
Read MoreA Field Trip for the Alvin Sphere
National Geographic is hosting a Titanic exhibit from May 30, 2018, to Jan. 6, 2019, at the Society’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. The exhibit will include the old personnel sphere from […]
Read MoreTesting New Technology
Scientists and engineers are building a new vehicle that will be towed from research ships and able to transmit data in real time. The Deep-See will be equipped with instruments […]
Read MoreAn Unexpected Collaborator
American and Cuban scientists teamed up for an unprecedented joint expedition in November 2017 to explore one of the Caribbean’s most pristine coral reefs. WHOI microbial ecologist Amy […]
Read MoreBuilding on Past Experience
Before Henry Bryant Bigelow became WHOI’s founding director in 1930, the pioneering oceanographer and marine biologist conducted research aboard the U.S. Fish Commission vessel Grampus. Named for a […]
Read MoreTaking a Global Approach
A school of blue-green chromis swim in colony of coral in the Farasan Banks off Saudi Arabia. An international team of scientists, including WHOI biologist Simon Thorrold, conducted a […]
Read MoreGolden Anniversary
Students on Board
Preparing for emergencies at sea is a serious matter, and every research cruise starts with a safety training for the scientists on board. Still, it’s hard not to smile watching […]
Read MoreA Portal to Hurricanes—Past and Future
This is a bird’s-eye view of a blue hole in the Bahamas. In the middle of it, WHOI researchers in a pontoon boat prepare to extract cores of sediments that […]
Read MoreThe Outlook for Microplastics
Ecotoxicologist Marte Haave of Uni Research in Bergen, Norway, shows a vial of stormwater with paint fragments and other plastic particles to WHOI guest student Max Beaurepaire (front) and Rune […]
Read MoreBeach Bacteria
Megan May, graduate student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, collects specimens off rocks at a beach on Cape Cod, Mass. May has been researching bacteria in the […]
Read MoreTaking a Spin at Science
Maybe Not What You Think
The Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis) is infamous for its painful stinging tentacles that can extend up to 10 meters (33 feet) long down from the surface. They are used […]
Read MoreEndangered Species Day
Today is Endangered Species Day, and among the most endangered animals are North Atlantic right whales. Fewer than 450 remain. Above, WHOI biologist Michael Moore (red jacket) and […]
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