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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, the Alvin pilot…
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 months at the Martha’s…
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 mooring…
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 of the…
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 of…
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 research institutions…
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, is…
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 culmination of…
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 Pioneer Array.…
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 worked with…
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 in 1986.…
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 described…
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 state-of-the-art,…
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 to help…
Read MoreMore Than a Little Bit
Like surgeons laying out scalpels, researchers prepare the bits they will use to drill holes through meters-thick sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. The holes provide access for instruments to…
Read MoreEducation at Sea
The WHOI Summer Student Fellowship (SSF) program and the Woods Hole Partnership Education Program (PEP) bring undergraduates to WHOI each summer to learn more about ocean science through seminars, field…
Read MoreSecuring Knowledge About the Ocean
On a recent visit, Admiral John Richardson (right), the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, toured a number of the Institution’s science and engineering facilities and heard from researchers about their…
Read MoreThe View from Here
Last August, WHOI hosted a visit by Dr. Tamara Dickinson, the Principal Assistant Director for Environment and Energy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. During her…
Read MoreMaking the Right Connections
WHOI engineering assistant Chris Judge rewires a junction box on the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason. This junction box, or j-box, houses the electrical wiring that connects the ROV’s cameras,…
Read MoreOysters to the Rescue
Stonehill College undergraduate Dan Stone measures oxygen in a sediment core taken this past summer from a coastal pond in Falmouth. Stone works for chemist Dan Rogers, who is collaborating…
Read MoreFree Fall
WHOI physical oceanographer John Toole (right) studies some of the ocean’s smallest features in order to better understand its inner workings. Toole, together with Kurt Polzin and an engineering team…
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