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A SEA-worthy Reunion
Four WHOI employees who are alumni of the Sea Education Association’s SEA Semester, found themselves aboard the R/V New Horizon in 2012. From left, mooring technician Meghan Donohue, […]
Read MoreServing Up Synechococcus
Kristen Hunter-Cevera cultured different types of colorful phytoplankton called Synechococcus, found in seawater samples from WHOI’s Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory (MVCO). Hunter-Cevera, who recently earned her Ph.D. in […]
Read MoreLearning by Jetyak
Students in a small motorboat (left) use a gas-powered kayak known as a Jetyak to measure dissolved methane and other water properties of the North River in Marshfield, Mass., this […]
Read MoreSeeing Into the Arizona
WHOI Alvin pilot Mike Skowronski (left) took time off from his “day job” to pilot a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, as […]
Read MoreHigh-pressure Sip
The manipulator arm of the remotely operated vehicle Jason positions an Isobaric Gas-Tight sampler (IGT) to collect bacteria-rich fluids flowing from a hydrothermal vent site in the Pacific […]
Read MoreCorals and Their Microbial Neighbors
Laura Weber, Ph.D. student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, studies the microscopic organisms that inhabit the seawater surrounding coral reefs. She wants to know how corals and microbes living […]
Read MoreWoman’s Work
After a long day deploying scientific equipment from the deck of the research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer, WHOI mooring technician Meghan Donohue waits in the darkness for the go-ahead […]
Read MoreJason Gets An Upgrade
WHOI engineers examine the underside of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason while prepping it for tests on the WHOI dock. A $2.4 million upgrade by the National Science Foundation (NSF) […]
Read MoreBig Fish Bite?
WHOI physical oceanographer Amy Bower uses Range and Fixing of Sound (RAFOS) floats like this one to track the movement of water in the ocean. The float Read More
Core Principles
WHOI biogeochemist Konrad Hughen (left) and research assistant Justin Ossolinski use a special underwater drill to take a core sample from a boulder coral off an island in the […]
Read MoreBack on Deck
MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Bennett Lambert (left) and senior engineering assistant Sean Whelan return topside to the coastal research vessel Tioga after diving at the WHOI-operated Martha’s Vineyard […]
Read MoreSetting Her Sights on Science
WHOI senior scientist Britt Raubenheimer gets help recovering an ultrasonic sensor she deployed near Duck, N.C., to measure beach erosion and waves during Hurricane Matthew. Raubenheimer lost her […]
Read MoreLeave a Light On
WHOI biologist Joel Llopiz sets a trap containing a small LED light above a coral reef in the U.S. Virgin Islands to capture fish and invertebrate larvae. During the […]
Read MoreRobots and Red Tide
Nauset Marsh on Cape Cod occasionally develops harmful algal blooms (HABs) that can shut down shellfishing. To better understand how blooms spread, WHOI biologists Read More
Ready for Research
During a rare appearance together at the WHOI dock one foggy day this summer, the research vessels Atlantis and Neil Armstrong are prepped to steam to their […]
Read MorePingo Bingo
Tuktoyaktuk means “Land of the Caribou” in the Inuvialuit language, which explains the sculpture, but it’s the landscape that interests MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Lauren Kipp. Kipp traveled to […]
Read MoreGobbling Deep-sea Robot
Even while conducting research out in the Pacific Ocean, far from family and friends, it’s still Thanksgiving for U.S. scientists and crew members, and they always look for ways to […]
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving
On research cruises that overlap holidays, scientists and ship’s crew still try to mark the occasion with decorations, celebrations, and, most importantly, special meals. Former mess attendant Kathryn Eident […]
Read MoreInspiring the Next Generation
As part of Falmouth High School’s annual career day, WHOI scientists and engineers step up to inspire the next generation. Rather than travel to the classroom, the scientists and […]
Read MoreScience in All Sizes
Antarctic science comes in all sizes. In 2006 two research ships and an inflatable boat, all carrying scientists, were juxtaposed against the slopes of volcanic Deception Island off Antarctica: […]
Read MoreScience Close-up
Physical oceanographer Glen Gawarkiewicz (right), at WHOI’s Iselin Dock test well, is interviewed by CBS News correspondent DeMarco Morgan for a story about hurricanes. Over Labor Day weekend, […]
Read MoreThe Wind Cube
WHOI scientist Anthony Kirincich (right) and Matthew Filippelli from AWS Truepower, Inc., install a Wind Cube device atop WHOI’s 76-foot Air-Sea Interaction Tower two miles off Martha’s Vineyard. […]
Read MoreTwo Ships Passing
The research vessels Atlantis (foreground) and Thomas G. Thompson sailed the same seas for a brief time in the summer of 2009. If they seem to look a alike, […]
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