Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Loading Alamo

Aboard a U.S. Air Force "Hurricane Hunter" airplane at 5,000 feet, WHOI scientist Steve Jayne (right) and Chief Master Sergeant Mike McDonald load an ALAMO (Air-launched Autonomous Micro Observer) profiling float into the launch tube. The floats drop by parachute to the ocean, then travel between the surface and 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) depth, recording water temperatures as they go and reporting back to shore by satellite.

First Observations of Rare Omura's Whales Recorded

An international team made the first-ever field observations of one of the least-known species of whales in the world off the coast of Madagascar.

TurtleCam

Technology developed to track great white sharks is being adapted to better understand endangered sea turtles.

Why scientists are so worried about the ice shelves of Antarctica

Washington Post

Changing coastal ocean affects Cape economy
Cape Cod Times

'Whalecopter' drone swoops in for a shot and a shower
Science News

El Faro Sinking a Reminder of a Decades-old Disaster
WCAI

WHOI Elects New Officers to its Board and Corporation

The three new officers are also members of the WHOI Executive Committee and sit on one or more of the Institution’s committees.

James M. Clark

Advisor to and benefactor of WHOI for more than thirty years, Jim died at his home in Woods Hole on October 24.

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