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Prepare to Glide
Researchers deploy an underwater glider in the Mediterranean Sea in 2017. MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Mara Freilich and her advisor Amala Mahadevan have been investigating oceanic fronts—similar to meteorological fronts […]
Read MoreSWMS Takes on Diversity in STEM
The Society for Women in Marine Science (SWMS) is holding its 2018 Fall Symposium tomorrow (Sat., Sept. 22) in Woods Hole. Last year’s meeting (pictured) focused on women scientists finding […]
Read MoreBack to the Sea
The crew of the research vessel Neil Armstrong and WHOI mooring technicians return a seafloor tripod into the Labrador Sea southwest of Greenland for another two-year deployment as part […]
Read MoreA Road Map for the Ocean
Sam Levang, a graduate student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, investigates the pathways of ocean water circulating throughout the globe. The oceans circulate heat and have a significant role in […]
Read MoreTracking North Atlantic Currents
From left: WHOI engineer Andrew Davies, bosun Pete Liarkos, and WHOI engineers John Kemp and Brian Hogue recover a mooring aboard the research vessel Neil Armstrong southeast of Greenland. […]
Read MorePioneer Array
Animation of a coastal component of the Ocean Observatory Initiative.
Originally published online January 1, 2009
Read MoreGliding Beneath Florence
WHOI oceanographer Robert Todd launched a Spray glider like this toward the path of Hurricane Florence to measure the amount of heat stored in the ocean. Hurricanes are fueled […]
Read MoreCanyon Explorers
Yesterday, on the second anniversary of the founding of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument, WHOI deep-sea biologist Tim Shank, submersible pilot Buck Taylor, and photographer Read More
Measuring Fuel for a Hurricane
WHOI scientists, along with colleagues from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, deploy a meteorological buoy off the research vessel Neil Armstrong near Cape Hatteras in April, 2017. The […]
Read MoreRemember the ALAMOs
A U.S. Air Force “Hurricane Hunter” prepares to drop an ALAMO (Air-Launched Autonomous Micro-Observer) float into the ocean in front of a hurricane. WHOI oceanographer Steve Jayne routinely […]
Read MoreForecasting Hurricane Intensity
To forecast hurricane intensities more accurately, scientists need to know a critical piece of information: how much heat is stored in the in upper 1,000 meters of the ocean. Read More
Handle with Care
The sea raven, is a common bottom-dweller in ocean waters off New England. WHOI postdoctoral investigator Andrea Bogomolni (pictured) and WHOI researcher Alex Bocconcelli encountered this one earlier this […]
Read MoreThe Calm Before the Storm
WHOI dockmaster Mitch Medeiros hauls a thin “messenger line” tied to a much larger mooring line as part of the docking process for the research vessel Atlantis upon the […]
Read MoreThe Fascination of Discovery
WHOI recently concluded its first expedition to study life in the ocean twilight zone, a joint research cruise with scientists from the National Marine Fisheries Service and Read More
Shark Research at the Senate
WHOI engineer and SharkCam co-developer Amy Kukulya (center) testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in July. U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) convened Read More
Winging It
Sentry Returns
WHOI’s First Ocean Twilight Zone Expedition
The Ocean Twilight Zone abounds with life but has remained largely unexplored. A team of researchers led by WHOI acoustic oceanographer Andone Lavery recently returned from the first expedition to […]
Read MoreAll the Comforts of Home
Microbiologist Julie Huber participated on a research expedition on the exploration vessel Nautilus recently without leaving home. SUBSEA (Systematic Underwater Biogeochemical Science and Exploration Analog) is co-led by WHOI geochemist […]
Read MoreSome Heavy Lifting
WHOI mechanical engineer Kaitlyn Tradd (foreground) directs deck operations on the NOAA research vessel Henry B. Bigelow during a recovery of the towed vehicle Deep-See. Tradd helped to Read More
Melt Down
Summertime ice melt along the Greenland Ice Sheet has sped up in recent decades, more fresh water to flow into the surrounding ocean. The fresh water carries nutrients and […]
Read MoreA River in the Ocean
Scientists at WHOI have been studying the Gulf Stream for decades. Physical oceanographer Arthur Rocky Miller, shown here in 1960, came to WHOI in 1946 and was among the first […]
Read MoreLearning at Sea
Noa Randall (left), a 2018 Summer Student Fellow (SFF), prepares a submersible thermometer to take the temperature of the water in Buzzards Bay from the research vessel Gulf […]
Read MoreAlvin Makes an Exciting Coral Discovery
On August 23, a team made up of Erik Cordes from Temple University, Cathy McFadden from Harvey Mudd College, and HOV Alvin pilot Bruce Strickrott made an exciting discovery off the coast […]
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