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EAGER at Work
A Coral in Hand
WHOI Biologist Tim Shank holds a deep-sea coral specimen collected from an unnamed canyon south of Martha’s Vineyard in May 2016. Deep-sea corals have evolved to survive without the […]
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Speaking for the Ocean
River of Ice
This is Kviárjökull, a glacier of the Vatnajökull Ice Cap in Iceland. Frequent volcanic eruptions in Iceland sprinkle a lot of black debris on glaciers’ white surfaces. Sometimes the glaciers’ […]
Read MoreHands on Deck
The WHOI Summer Student Fellowship program and the Woods Hole Partnership Education Program bring undergraduates to WHOI to learn more about ocean science, attend lectures by Woods […]
Read MoreDown to the Sea in Ships (and Satellites and Robots…)
WHOI President and Director Mark Abbott takes you inside Ocean Science 3.0 and the future of ocean exploration. Presentation given on July 29, 2016 at the Marine Biological Laboratory as […]
Read MoreLying Down on the Job
Sometimes lying down on the job is a good thing. One of the features of the new research vessel Neil Armstrong is the fact that its A-frame, the large […]
Read MoreGlobal River Samples
Summer Student Fellow Julia Paine of the University of Miami (middle) and guest student Soumita Boral from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur (left) analyze water samples from the […]
Read MoreFiltering Out Pollution
Excess nitrogen in coastal waters can cause rapid growth of algae—microscopic marine plants that can turn waters murky and, in some cases, toxic. Oysters can help remedy the situation. They […]
Read MoreBig Data
How do you approach the subject of your research if it is the largest animal in the ocean (and on the planet)? Very carefully—and from the air as well as […]
Read MoreLaser Focus
Engineers Jason Kapit and Anna Michel test a laser spectrometer designed to detect changing levels of methane in the atmosphere. The system shoots a laser beam between two points […]
Read MoreA Geophysical Gathering
It wouldn’t be summer in Woods Hole without this annual ritual photo on the front porch of the humble Walsh Cottage on the WHOI campus, documenting this year’s Geophysical […]
Read MoreView Into the Galley
Harry Burnett, steward on R/V Neil Armstrong, answered questions from a group of people touring the ship during WHOI’s recent “Welcome Home Armstrong” public event. Burnett is in charge […]
Read MoreGliding Home
Detecting Dolphins
WHOI researcher Alex Bocconcelli deploys a recording device in Wellfleet Harbor as part of a project to detect dolphins and whales before they strand themselves on shore. The […]
Read MoreGiant Leaps
Forty-seven years ago today, the astronaut Neil Armstrong took his “one giant leap for mankind” and became the first person to walk on the moon. Many people remember exactly where […]
Read MoreNet Maneuvers
WHOI biologist Gareth Lawson; Pete Liarikos, Bosun on R/V Armstrong; Mike Jech, scientist at the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center; and Armstrong crew member Connor McDonnell(L to […]
Read MoreThe Power of Waves
Graduate student Anna Wargula (above, at a 2014 open house) will speak on “The Power of Waves at Martha’s Vineyard” in the summer talk series, “Science Made Public,” July […]
Read MoreAll Aboard for Summer
Visitors to Woods Hole last month had a rare opportunity to tour the Ocean Class research vessel R/V Neil Armstrong before the ship set sail for its first long cruise into […]
Read MoreDaily Discussions
WHOI scientists in the lab of the R/V Neil Armstrong confer about the data collected in the previous 12-hour watch and plan for the next day. Because Armstrong is a […]
Read MoreScientists On Ice
A glaciologist, a physical oceanographer, and a geophysical fluid dynamicist walk onto a glacier….! WHOI scientists Sarah Das, Fiamma Straneo, and Claudia Cenedese all study ways the […]
Read MoreBallasting for Buoyancy
WHOI engineer Jared Schwartz “ballasts” an underwater glider to prepare it for a mission in the ocean about 100 miles off the southern coast […]
Read MoreSummer Studies
Each summer, undergraduates from around the world come to WHOI to learn about ocean science. The summer fellowship, which started in 1959, gives visiting students the opportunity to get […]
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