Research Report from the Executive Vice President & Director of Research Science Highlights Research Departments Ocean Institutes Centers       Research > Ocean Institutes Ocean Institutes Coastal Ocean Institute and Rinehart Coastal Research Center  The Coastal Ocean Institute (COI) carries on the tradition of the Rinehart Coastal Research Center by fostering interdisciplinary coastal ocean research and education and by communicating findings to the world beyond Woods Hole. Deep Ocean Exploration Institute  The Deep Ocean Exploration Institute (DOEI) investigates processes that shape the planet’s surface, regulate the chemistry of its oceans, and impact its inhabitants. Ocean and Climate Change Institute  Pursuing greater understanding of the ocean’s role in climate change, the Ocean and Climate Change Institute (OCCI) launched support for several new research projects, an OCCI fellow, and two postdoctoral scholars, and also sponsored a conference on a key abrupt climate change in the past. Ocean Life Institute  The Ocean Life Institute (OLI) fosters new research on important biological and ecological questions in the ocean.