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Don Anderson
The Growing Problem of Harmful Algae
Tiny plants pose a potent threat to those who live in and eat from the sea

Carin Ashjian

Life in the Arctic Ocean
A unique, complex food web is fashioned by its distinctive species, and environmental factors

Michael P. Bacon
Geochemical Archives Encoded in Deep-Sea Sediments Offer Clues for Reconstructing the Ocean’s Role in Past Climatic Changes

Keir Becker
Plugging the Seafloor with CORKs
A window into the plumbing system hidden beneath the ocean’s floor
Seeding the Oceans with Observatories
Taking the next strategic steps to explore the Dynamics of Earth and Ocean Systems (DEOS)

Hugo F. Bezdek

North Atlantic's Transformation Pipeline Chills and Redistributes Subtropical Water
But it's Not a Smooth Process And It Mightily Affects Climate

Kenneth H. Brink
The Grass is Greener in the Coastal Ocean
Coastal waters teem with life, but sometimes scientists can't explain why

Ken O. Buesseler
A New Way to Catch the Rain

Rhett Butler
Putting H2O in the Ocean
The Hawaii-2 Observatory is the first long-term, mid-ocean seafloor observatory

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Johnson R. Cann
Mid-Atlantic Ridge Volcanic Processes
How Erupting Lava Forms Earth's Anatomy

Mike Carlowicz
Mistaken Identity
Two bromine compounds found in whale blubber are natural products, not industrial pollutants
The New Wave of Coastal Ocean Observing
Shore stations and seafloor nodes provide connections for long-term studies of coastal processes
Shifting Continents and Climates

Matt Charette
Water Flowing Underground
New techniques reveal the importance of groundwater seeping into the sea

Alan D. Chave
ALISS in Wonderland
Imaging Ambient Light at Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents
NEPTUNE: A Fiber-Optic ‘Telescope’ to Inner Space
Seeding the Seafloor with Observatories
Scientists extend their reach into the deep with pioneering undersea cable networks
Putting H2O in the Ocean
The Hawaii-2 Observatory is the first long-term, mid-ocean seafloor observatory

Dake Chen
The El Niño/Southern Oscillation Phenomenon
Seeking Its "Trigger" and Working Toward Prediction

Peter Clift
Moving Earth and Heaven
Colliding continents, the rise of the Himalayas, and the birth of the monsoons

Anne Cohen
The Secret Lives of Fish
Scientists learn to read the ‘diary’ recorded in the ear bones of fish

Maureen Conte
The Oceanic Flux Program
Twenty years of particle flux measurements in the Deep Sargasso Sea

A.D. Colburn

A Northern Winter

Preparing R/V Knorr for the North Atlantic and Labrador Sea

John A. Collins
Listening Closely to 'See' Into the Earth
A new national facility of cutting-edge seafloor seismographs probes Earth’s interior
Seafloor to Surface to Satellite to Shore
Moored buoys offer potential for continuous, real-time observations anywhere in the ocean

Vicky Cullen
"What a Year!"
WHOI's Deep Submergence Lab Brings Together Four Technologies to Serve Three Diverse Expeditions

Ruth G. Curry
Labrador Sea Water Carries Northern Climate Signal South
Subpolar Signals Appear Years Later at Bermuda

William B. Curry
Ground-Truthing the Paleoclimate Record
Sediment Trap Observations Aid Paleoceanographers

Earl E. Davis
Plugging the Seafloor with CORKs
A window into the plumbing system hidden beneath the ocean’s floor

John R. Delaney
Life on the Seafloor and Elsewhere in the Solar System
NEPTUNE: A Fiber-Optic ‘Telescope’ to Inner Space
If Volcanoes Plus Oceans Can Support Life at the Vents, Why Not on Other Planetary Bodies?

Clara Deser
A Century of North Atlantic Data Indicates Interdecadal Change

Robert S. Detrick
The Engine that Drives the Earth
Peering into the mantle to reveal the inner workings of our planet
Seafloor to Surface to Satellite to Shore
Moored buoys offer potential for continuous, real-time observations anywhere in the ocean

Henry J.B. Dick
Earth's Complex Complexion
Expeditions to remote oceans expose new variations in ocean crust
Indian Ocean's Atlantis Bank Yields Deep-Earth Insight
With the Ocean Drilling Program Leg 176 and RRS James Clark Ross Cruise 31 Scientific Parties

Robertson P. Dinsmore
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie...
Ocean Weather Ships 1940-1980


Jeff Donnelly
Lakes and Climates Have Their Ups and Downs
A history of water table changes reveals climate shifts and the potential for future drought


Scott C. Doney and Naomi M. Levine
How Long Can the Ocean Slow Global Warming?
How much excess carbon dioxide can the ocean hold and how will it affect marine life?


Fred K. Duennebier
Putting H2O in the Ocean
The Hawaii-2 Observatory is the first long-term, mid-ocean seafloor observatory

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James B. Edson
A New Coastal Observatory Is Born
Martha’s Vineyard offers scientifically exciting site

Katrina Edwards
The Deeps of Time in the Depths of the Ocean
Discoveries of unusual marine microbes are radically changing our views about the evolution of life
Living Large in Microscopic Nooks
Newly discovered deep-sea microbes rearrange thinking on the evolution of the Earth—and life on it

Timothy Eglinton
Follow the Carbon Trail
The movement and transformation of carbon in the ocean have large climate implications

Steve Elgar
Where the Surf Meets the Turf

Robert Evans
Rising Sea Levels and Moving Shorelines
New tools and techniques show promise for better predictions and decisions about coastline change
A Current Affair
A New Seafloor Technique Measures Electrical Conductivity Deep Within the Earth

John W. Farrington
Mixing Oil and Water
Tracking the sources and impacts of oil pollution in the marine environment

Michael J. Fogarty
Do Marine Protected Areas Really Work?
Georges Bank experiment offers new insights on age-old questions about closing areas to fishing

Daniel Fornari
Realizing the Dreams of da Vinci and Verne
A diverse fleet of innovative deep-submergence vehicles heralds a new era of ocean exploration

Donald W. Forsyth
The Big MELT
The Mantle Electromagnetic and Tomography Experiment was the Largest Seafloor Geophysical Experiment Ever Mounted

Roger François
Geochemical Archives Encoded in Deep-Sea Sediments Offer Clues for Reconstructing the Ocean’s Role in Past Climatic Changes

Daniel E. Frye
Seafloor to Surface to Satellite to Shore
Moored buoys offer potential for continuous, real-time observations anywhere in the ocean

Rebecca Gast
Revealing the Ocean's Invisible Abundance
Scientists develop new instruments to study microbes at the center of the ocean food web

Rocky Geyer
Where the Rivers Meet the Sea
The transition from salt to fresh water is turbulent, vulnerable, and incredibly bountiful

Scott M. Glenn
A Well Sampled Ocean
The LEO Approach

J. Frederick Grassle
A Well Sampled Ocean
The LEO Approach
"Nothing Could Diminish the Excitement of Seeing the Animals for the First Time"
Biologists' First Look at Vent Communities––Galápagos Rift, 1979

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Elizabeth Halliday
Elemental Journeys
Beneath Arctic Ice, Life Blooms Spectacularly
New Weather-Shifting Climate Cycle Revealed
Testing the Waters and Closing Beaches

Stan Hart
Conduits Into Earth’s Inaccessible Interior
Hot plumes surfacing from deep within the planet bring up telltale chemical clues about the mantle.

Gerald H. Haug
How the Isthmus of Panama Put Ice in the Arctic
Drifting continents open and close gateways between oceans and shift Earth’s climate

Greg Hirth
Peering into the Crystal Fabric of Rocks

When you get right down to it, earthquakes and volcanoes have atomic-scale causes

Porter Hoagland
Which Way Will the Wind Blow?
Marine scientists have a key role to play in the debate over wind farms in the coastal ocean

Nelson Hogg
Outposts in the Ocean
A global network of moored buoy observatories to track oceanic processes that affect our climate

Susumu Honjo
Catching the Rain: Sediment Trap Technology
Deploying the Rain Catchers
Extreme Trapping
Marine Snow and Fecal Pellets: The Spring Rain of Food to the Abyss
Monsoon Winds and Carbon Cycles in the Arabian Sea
The Rain of Ocean Particles and Earth’s Carbon Cycle

Rui Xin Huang
Computer Modelers Simulate Real and Potential Climate, Work Toward Prediction
Combining Equations and Data Pushes Computers' Limits

Konrad Hughen
Sunspots, Sea Changes, and Climate Shifts
Does solar activity or ocean circulation—or both—drive changes in the atmosphere?

Susan E. Humphris
The Deep Ocean Exploration Institute
Investigating Earth's dynamic processes
The Cauldron Beneath the Seafloor
Percolating Through Volcanic Subsurface Rocks, Seawater is Chemically Transformed into Hydrothermal Fluid

William J. Jenkins
Transient Tracers Track Ocean Climate Signals

Mark Johnson

Playing Tag with Whales
Engineers overcome nightmarish specifications to create a dream instrument

Sönke Johnsen
Shedding Light on Light in the Ocean
New research is illuminating an optically complex environment

Terrence M. Joyce

The Bermuda Station S — A Long-Running Oceanographic Show
Deeper Waters Show Warming Trend

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Lloyd D. Keigwin
How the Isthmus of Panama Put Ice in the Arctic
Drifting continents open and close gateways between oceans and shift Earth’s climate
Sedimentary Record Yields Several Centuries of Data
The Little Ice Age and Medieval Warm Period in the Sargasso Sea
Ocean Circulation and a Clam Far From Home
Radiocarbon in deep-sea sediments reveals shifts in ocean circulation and climate

Peter Kelemen
Melt Extraction From The Mantle Beneath Mid-Ocean Ridges
Unraveling the Tapestry of Ocean Crust

Richard A. Kerr
A Sea Change in Ocean Drilling
Scientists launch a new drill ship and ambitious research plans

Darlene Ketten
How to See What Whales Hear
Biomedical imaging reveals new insights into marine mammal ears

Hauke Kite-Powell
Down on the Farm...Raising Fish
Aquaculture offers more sustainable seafood sources, but raises its own set of problems

Scott C. Doney and Naomi M. Levine
How Long Can the Ocean Slow Global Warming?
How much excess carbon dioxide can the ocean hold and how will it affect marine life?


Jian Lin
Earthshaking Events
New research on land and sea reinvigorates hopes of forecasting where earthquakes are likely to occur
Hitting the Hotspots

New Studies Reveal Critical Interactions Between Hotspots and Mid-Ocean Ridges

Laurence Lippsett
Where Are Mines Hiding on the Seafloor?
New research reveals how waves, currents, and swirling sands can bury mines
New Instrument Sheds Light on Bioluminescence
A WHOI engineer invents a device to measure a critical but elusive ocean phenomenon
The Cacophony on the Coast
The Navy’s deep-ocean acoustic detection methods don’t apply in complex shallow waters
Robo-Sailors
Navy-sponsored research spawns a new generation of underwater vehicles

Ken C. Macdonald
Exploring The Global Mid-Ocean Ridge
A Quarter-Century of Discovery

Laurence Madin
Scientists Muster to Help Right Whales
With time running out, an ambitious research plan is launched for an endangered species

Donal Manahan
Deep-Sea Diaspora
The LARVE Project Explores How Species Migrate from Vent to Vent

Michael S. McCartney
Labrador Sea Water Carries Northern Climate Signal South
Subpolar Signals Appear Years Later at Bermuda
North Atlantic's Transformation Pipline Chills and Redistributes Subtropical Water
But it's Not a Smooth Process And It Mightily Affects Climate
Oceans & Climate: The Ocean's Role in Climate and Climate Change
Outposts in the Ocean
A global network of moored buoy observatories to track oceanic processes that affect our climate

Judith E. McDowell
Mixing Oil and Water
Tracking the sources and impacts of oil pollution in the marine environment

Thomas McCollom
The Cauldron Beneath the Seafloor
Percolating Through Volcanic Subsurface Rocks, Seawater is Chemically Transformed into Hydrothermal Fluid

Wade R. McGillis
A New Coastal Observatory Is Born
Martha’s Vineyard offers scientifically exciting site

Jerry McManus and Delia Oppo
The Once and Future Circulation of the Ocean
Clues in seafloor sediments link ocean shifts and climate changes

Susan W. Mills
Coral Gardens in the Dark Depths
Scientists seek to learn more about these abundant, fragile, and now-threatened communities

Michael Moore
Whither the North Atlantic Right Whale?
Scientists explore many facets of whales' lives to help a species on the edge of extinction

Ann Mulligan
Water Flowing Underground
New techniques reveal the importance of groundwater seeping into the sea

Lauren Mullineaux
Coral Gardens in the Dark Depths
Scientists seek to learn more about these abundant, fragile, and now-threatened communities
Deep-Sea Diaspora
The LARVE Project Explores How Species Migrate from Vent to Vent

Steven A. Murawski
Do Marine Protected Areas Really Work?
Georges Bank experiment offers new insights on age-old questions about closing areas to fishing

Michael Neubert
Can We Catch More Fish and Still Preserve the Stock?
Mathematical analyses offer new insights into age-old controversies on fishing restriction

Amy E. Nevala
A Glide Across the Gulf Stream
The remote-controlled Spray glider takes historic steps toward a new era of ocean exploration

Dennis Normile

A Sea Change in Ocean Drilling
Scientists launch a new drill ship and ambitious research plans

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Jerry McManus and Delia Oppo
The Once and Future Circulation of the Ocean
Clues in seafloor sediments link ocean shifts and climate changes


Dorinda R. Ostermann
Ground-Truthing the Paleoclimate Record
Sediment Trap Observations Aid Paleoceanographers

Robert S. Pickart
Adventure in the Labrador Sea
A Wintertime Cruise to the North Atlantic
Reaching Up Into Perilous, Icy Waters
The 'Arctic Winch' sends sensors toward the underside of sea ice—and back again

Jesús Pineda
Rites of Passage for Juvenile Marine Life
Learning from the life-or-death journeys of barnacle, lobster, and clam larvae


Richard F. Pittenger
Access to the Sea
Encompasses Ships, Submersibles, Autonomous and Remote Vehicles, Observatories, Drifters, Extreme Climate Capability, and Drilling
For the Navy, the Coast Isn't Clear
Oceanographers mobilize to help the Navy operate effectively in complex, shallow waters
Replacing the Fleet
15 years from Concept to Delivery
WHOI and Access to the Sea

James F. Price
A New Way to Catch the Rain

Britt Raubenheimer
Shaping the Beach, One Wave at a Time
New research is deciphering how currents, waves, and sands change our shorelines
Where the Surf Meets the Turf

Christopher M. Reddy
Oil in Our Coastal Back Yard
Spills on WHOI’s shores set the stage for advances in mitigating and remediating oil spills

Rob Reves-Sohn
Unique Vehicles for a Unique Environment

New autonomous robots will pierce an ice-covered ocean and explore the Arctic abyss

Laura Robinson
The Coral-Climate Connection
The skeletons of corals on the seafloor preserve records of how ocean circulation has changed

Lewis M. Rothstein
The El Niño/Southern Oscillation Phenomenon
Seeking Its "Trigger" and Working Toward Prediction

Raymond W. Schmitt
If Rain Falls On the Ocean—Does It Make a Sound?
Fresh Water's Effect on Ocean Phenomena

Mario R. Sengco
A Fatal Attraction for Harmful Algae
Tiny plants pose a potent threat to those who live in and eat from the sea

Timothy M. Shank
The Evolutionary Puzzle of Seafloor Life
Scientists are assembling critical pieces to reconstruct the history of life on the ocean floor

Rhian Waller and Tim Shank
What Other Tales Can Coral Skeletons Tell?
Scientists strive to get into the genes of fossil corals to extract their evolutionary history

Nobu Shimizu
If Rocks Could Talk. . .
The ion microprobe extracts hidden clues about our planet’s history and evolution

Deborah K. Smith
Ears in the Ocean
Hydrophones reveal a whole lot of previously undetected seafloor shaking going on

Mid-Atlantic Ridge Volcanic Processes
How Erupting Lava Forms Earth's Anatomy

William M. Smethie, Jr.
Transient Tracers Track Ocean Climate Signals

Andrew R. Solow
Red Tides and Dead Zones
The coastal ocean is suffering from an overload of nutrients

Heidi Sosik
Shedding Light on Light in the Ocean
New research is illuminating an optically complex environment

Ralph A. Stephen
Ocean Seismic Network Seafloor Observatories

Kathryn D. Sullivan
The Women of Famous
Remembrance of Times Past

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Lynne Talley
The Bermuda Station S — A Long-Running Oceanographic Show
Deeper Waters Show Warming Trend

Andreas Teske
The Deeps of Time in the Depths of the Ocean
Discoveries of unusual marine microbes are radically changing our views about the evolution of life

Simon Thorrold
Tracking Fish to Save Them
The Reef Fish Connectivity and Conservation Initiative
The Secret Lives of Fish
Scientists learn to read the ‘diary’ recorded in the ear bones of fish

Robert Thunell
Continental Margin Particle Flux
Seasonal Cycles and Archives of Global Change

Ralf Tiedemann
How the Isthmus of Panama Put Ice in the Arctic
Drifting continents open and close gateways between oceans and shift Earth’s climate

Margaret Kingston Tivey
How to Build a Black Smoker Chimney
The Formation of Mineral Deposits At Mid-Ocean Ridges
The Remarkable Diversity of Seafloor Vents
Explorations reveal an increasing variety of hydrothermal vents

Maurice A. Tivey
The Magnetic Thickness Of A Recent Submarine Lava Flow
Data Collected by Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Paving the seafloor—brick by brick
New vehicles and magnetic techniques reveal details of seafloor lava flows

John M. Toole
New Data on Deep Sea Turbulence Shed Light on Vertical Mixing
Rough Seafloor Topography has Far-Reaching Effect
Outposts in the Ocean
A global network of moored buoy observatories to track oceanic processes that affect our climate

Brian E. Tucholke
Discovery of "Megamullions" Reveals Gateways Into the Ocean Crust and Upper Mantle

George Tupper
A Mooring Built to Survive the Irminger Sea
It takes a tough buoy to stand tall when tip jets howl off the Greenland ice cap


Peter Tyack
Run Deep, But Not Silent
A new tagging device lets scientists ‘go along for the ride’ into the underwater world of whales

James R. Valdes
A New Way to Catch the Rain

Christopher J. von Alt
The LEO Approach

Rhian Waller and Tim Shank
What Other Tales Can Coral Skeletons Tell?
Scientists strive to get into the genes of fossil corals to extract their evolutionary history

John Waterbury
Little Things Matter A Lot
Overlooked in the ocean until the 1970s, cyanobacteria are among Earth’s most important organisms

Robert Weller

Outposts in the Ocean
A global network of moored buoy observatories to track oceanic processes that affect our climate

Jean K. Whelan
When Seafloor Meets Ocean, The Chemistry Is Amazing
In more and more places, scientists are finding large amounts of natural gas on the ocean bottom

Sheri N. White
ALISS in Wonderland
Imaging Ambient Light at Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents

Stan Wilson
Launching the Argo Armada
Taking the ocean’s pulse with 3,000 free-ranging floats

Carl Wirsen
Is Life Thriving Deep Beneath the Seafloor?
Recent discoveries hint at a potentially huge and diverse subsurface biosphere
Jiayan Yang
Computer Modelers Simulate Real and Potential Climate, Work Toward Prediction

Combining Equations and Data Pushes Computers' Limits

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