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Safe Haven

January 18, 2016

An anemone fish finds refuge in its namesake location–an anemone. This pair were photographed in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), a place that has drawn attention from scientists of…

Grabbing Sediment

January 17, 2016

A Van Veen grab is lowered to the seafloor, where the two halves of the scoop will close, “grabbing” a large scoop of sediment and any organisms living in it.…

Oceanographer Emeritus George Hampson (right) contributed to many studies of invertebrates in marine systems, ranging from the intertidal zone to deep water. He was also one of the pioneering scientists to study…

REMUS 6000 Animation

January 15, 2016

Testing the Water

WHOI supporter Harry Hollum (left) holds a sampling kit that marine radiochemist Ken Buesseler (right) developed to help citizen scientists on the West Coast collect water to be tested for…

Ice Base

January 14, 2016

Data from the ice-covered Arctic Ocean are hard to come by because the region is extremely remote and the environment hostile. Scientists and engineers are overcoming these challenges by deploying…

Roaring Forties

January 13, 2016

A wave breaks over the fantail of the research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer, drenching several people working on deck during a WHOI-led equipment recovery operation in November 2015. The ship…

Carried by the River

January 12, 2016

The world’s river systems sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide by transporting decaying organic material from land to the ocean. Although river transport of carbon to the ocean is not large enough to…

Mysterious Microbes

January 11, 2016

WHOI microbiologist Amy Apprill, shown here giving a presentation in 2013, studies the relationships between microorganisms and marine animals. Like humans, marine animals have bacteria living on their skin. While…

Revisiting History

January 10, 2016

In 2002 WHOI scientists re-visited the seafloor near the Galápagos Islands, where in 1977 hydrothermal vents were found to support thriving communities of diverse organisms that survive on a foundation of chemosynthesis. Diving…

Life on Seamounts

Microbial Life

Breaking Ground

January 9, 2016

The Institution’s fourth director, Paul Fye (left) presided over a period of major change during his tenure in office from 1958 to 1977. It was a time of national interest…

Doors Closing

January 8, 2016

Gates in the Miraflores Lock of the Panama Canal close behind R/V Neil Armstrong as the ship passed from the Pacific to the Atlantic recently on its inaugural voyage. In one…

Class In Session

January 7, 2016

WHOI engineer Marshall Swartz (right) instructs Louis Clement, a post-doctoral scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, on the technical intricacies of a CTD rosette equipped with a lowered acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP). The two were…

Ocean Robots: What is a Robot?

The word ‘robot’ means a lot of things to a lot of people. So what exactly is an ocean robot and what do they do? Find out what they are…

Sampler for Shallow Seas

January 6, 2016

WHOI engineer Kaitlyn Tradd works on a new sampling system called SUPR-REMUS. The device consists of a multi-sampling Suspended Particulate Rosette sampler (SUPR) mounted on a REMUS autonomous underwater vehicle. A…

Ocean Robots: The Future of Marine Robotics

The word ‘robot’ means a lot of things to a lot of people. So what exactly is an ocean robot and what do they do? Find out what they are…

Serene Squid

January 5, 2016

Squid such as this Dortyteuthis pealeii are common prey for many fish, whales, and even humans. WHOI researchers have studied how whales use sonar to find squid, how humans might…