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What’s That Sound?
While a coral reef may appear quiet and serene, it’s actually a noisy place. Sounds from different sources—biological, physical, geological, and human—influence life on the reef in a variety of […]
Read MoreTour and Telepresence
After the August 2016 Ocean Worlds 2 Meeting, some of the attending space and ocean scientists stayed to tour parts of WHOI, hosted by senior scientist Chris German. […]
Read MoreTo Be An Oceanographer
WHOI biologist Alfred Redfield (left) was among the first scientists to join WHOI in 1930. He wrote this about his first cruise aboard WHOI’s research vessel Atlantis: “There […]
Read MoreGoing Deep, Going Far
In August, space and ocean scientists gathered in Woods Hole, Mass., for the second annual Ocean Worlds Meeting, organized by scientists and engineers around the U.S. including […]
Read MoreGlacier Summer Camp
Yellow tents at the edge of a glacier were home to WHOI researchers for seven weeks in 2008. The researchers collected samples from glaciers on the western edge of the […]
Read MoreBright Lights in the Blue
In brilliant color, a peacock grouper (Cephalopholus argus) swims among corals in the Farasan Banks in the Red Sea in 2009. WHOI biologist Simon Thorrold and […]
Read MoreDeep-water Deployment
WHOI engineers Jim Ryder (center) and Mark Anderson (right) assist the U.S. Antarctic Program’s Ross Hein (left) to deploy a scientific mooring at the Read More
Alvin‘s Animals
Scientists exploring the ocean depths in the WHOI-operated Alvin submersible have discovered hundreds of previously unknown species. They include the Eptatretus strickrotti hagfish, named for Bruce Strickrott, […]
Read MoreFouled But Flowing
Ian Hanley, first mate on WHOI’s coastal research vessel Tioga, oversees offloading a FlowCytobot, which uses a laser to count and identify tiny marine plants called phytoplankton. The instrument spent several […]
Read MoreDive deeper: Let Alvin take you there
Originally published online October 25, 2016
Read MoreBringing the Buoys Home
Third mate Amy Biddle (right) and bosun Peter Liarikos prepare to tie up to a surface mooring to ready it for ship recovery on the R/V Neil Armstrong. The […]
Read MoreWorking Under Pressure
WHOI senior engineering assistant Dan Kot refurbishes one of the glass pressure housings from an ocean-bottom seismograph (OBS). This type of seismograph is used to measure the movement […]
Read MoreAlpine Field Trip
MIT-WHOI Joint Program students Min Xu (front) and Min Ding, trek in the Italian Alps on a study tour to examine a geologic formation called an ophiolite. This type […]
Read MoreFine Fellows
The 2016 Ocean Science Journalism Fellows stop for a group photo during a tour of the Laboratory for Ocean Sensors and Observing Systems building, which is home to offices, labs, […]
Read MoreGirls Build a Robot that “GOES”
Sixth-graders from Morse Pond Middle School in Falmouth, Mass., Mykyla Gallion, Alexia Morton, and Kyarra Lopes (left to right) test a remotely operated vehicle they built during a summer educational […]
Read MorePiercing the Ice
Scientists drill a hole through meter-thick sea ice to collect water samples in the Arctic Ocean. MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student Lauren Kipp was among scientists from several […]
Read MoreWind Report
WHOI physical oceanographer Anthony Kirincich (right) shows local NPR reporter Brian Morris data from an instrument that uses lasers to measure wind speeds. The instrument, called a Wind Cube, […]
Read MoreGray Scale
As a WHOI Postdoctoral Scholar in 2004, geologist Adam Soule, shown here on a cliff of hardened lava in Hawaii, helped to lead the Geodynamics study tour, the […]
Read MoreBuoy’s Eye View
WHOI engineer John Kemp (center) signals to the winch operator on R/V Neil Armstrong during the recovery of an Offshore Surface Mooring from the Ocean Observatories Initiative’s Coastal […]
Read MoreAre Reefs Resilient?
Hannah Barkley, a recent graduate of the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, presents her thesis research on coral reef health in the Rock Islands of Palau. Since 2011, Barkley has […]
Read MoreSpace-Ocean Connections
Former WHOI Director John Steele presents a model of WHOI’s first research vessel Atlantis to astronauts Woody Spring and Jerry Ross, who flew on NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis […]
Read MoreWomen Making Waves
The Society for Women in Marine Science (SWMS) held its annual symposium at WHOI in September, with more than 100 women—and a few men—attending the sold-out free event. Speakers […]
Read MoreAutumn’s Arrival
WHOI’s newest ship, the R/V Neil Armstrong, catches the late afternoon light as the harvest moon, the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox, rises above the ship. The […]
Read MoreAlvin‘s Basket
Every time the submersible Alvin returns to the surface after a mission into the deep sea, a trained team of people, called Alvin swimmers, dive into the water […]
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