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Megan Behnke, a senior from St. Olaf College (left), and Lina Davidson, a junior from Barnard College got up close with the human-occupied submersible Alvin during its current maintenance period in […]

In a recent study, WHOI scientists found that single-celled marine phytoplankton like these Melosira sp. can release “infochemicals” that signal marine bacteria to rev up their metabolisms and decompose […]

Rip currents pose a threat to public safety, so officials are interested in ways to predict when and where they form, but it’s difficult to study the dynamic and intermittent […]

Maggie Capooci from the University of Scranton spent her time as a WHOI Summer Student Fellow evaluating how marsh ecosystems respond to restoration of tidal connectivity. Under-sized culverts beneath […]

These marine snails are called pteropods (from the Greek words meaning “wing foot”) or “sea butterflies” because of their winglike swimming appendages. Masses of pteropods drift with currents in the […]

The Nereid Under Ice (NUI) vehicle is launched from the Alfred Wegener Institute’s ice-breaker Polarstern during an expedition in July of 2014. NUI is remotely operated by pilots aboard a […]

A surface buoy is prepared for deployment from the R/V Knorr. The buoy contains communications equipment and serves as flotation for a Coastal Surface Mooring in the Pioneer Array. […]

Mark Abbott, the tenth President and Director of WHOI, arrived at the Institution for his first official day on Thursday, October 1, to a welcoming committee of his new […]

In September 1938 ,a hurricane struck New England with little warning, bringing wind gusts to 186 mph. The intense storm killed hundreds and devastated Cape Cod, including Silver Beach […]

Turtles, dolphins, and seals are masters at maneuvering in the water. So it’s no surprise that vehicle deisgners occasionally look to them for inspiration when trying to make new generations […]

David Owen adjusted an early 70mm deep sea camera in the summer of 1959 aboard the sailing ketch R/V Atlantis, WHOI’s original research vessel built solely for marine science. […]

MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student Adam Sarafian (left) and geologist Horst Marschall test samples of meteorites in the Northeast National Ion Microprobe Facility. Last year, the pair […]

Zebrafish share almost 70 percent of genes with humans, so they are ideal models to study genetics of human development and disease. In addition, they are easy to maintain and […]

Dave Kulis and Liann Correia, research assistants in the lab of biologist Don Anderson, retrieve a CTD—an instrument that measures conductivity, temperature, and depth—from Salt Pond, part of […]