Press Room
At Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s (WHOI’s) Spring Joint Meeting of the Board and Corporation, leadership elected one returning Trustee, two Life Trustees, and sixteen new Corporation Members.
Study of Gofar transform fault on the Pacific seafloor points to mitigating effects of “barrier zones” that keep ruptures from spreading.
New underwater robot opens new possibilities in coral reef conservation by autonomously identifying biodiversity “hotspots”
New tracking research reveals Mediterranean storm petrels trade speed for information as they fly hundreds of kilometers across the sea
The research focuses on a poorly understood group of larger midwater fishes that the authors call the “dark web,” species, such as pomfrets and snake mackerels.
Global initiative expands Ocean Image Bank with critical Polar Imagery to advance research, education, and awareness
Research demonstrates how animal-borne sensors can work in tandem with traditional tools to improve ocean predictions
The honor, awarded in the Websites and Mobile Sites: Science category, is part of the 30th Annual Webby Awards, widely regarded as the Internet’s highest distinction.
ResilientWoodsHole outlines a guide for small coastal communities to advance climate resilience
From lazy ripples to towering breakers, waves should vary widely from one planet to another, according to a new model.
The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet
Over the next two years, these projects will generate new tools and data to support species economically and environmentally important to coastal Massachusetts.
Researchers from WCS and WHOI discover seasonal and daily patterns that could help reduce ship strikes and inform best practices and policies
Researchers have identified a diverse set of molecules released by marine phytoplankton that fuel microbial life and help drive Earth’s carbon cycle
New study reveals how microbes dissolve calcium carbonate ballast, altering the ocean’s biological carbon pump
A two-year mission across the Coral Triangle will probe how viruses and reef ecosystems could help some corals withstand rising ocean temperatures.
LOC-NESS project team shares findings at annual Ocean Sciences Meeting
Robert Nelson and Christopher Reddy recognized for pioneering use of GCxGC to track and understand marine pollution
Satellite measuring land, polar, and coastal regions could launch by 2030
The recording was discovered on a fragile but remarkably well-preserved audograph disc in WHOI’s archival collections.