Research Highlights
Physical Oceanography Dept.
February 22, 2013
The Synergy Project, Part II
More videos on collaborations among artists and scientists
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
February 15, 2013
The Synergy Project
A co-laboratory experiment among scientists and artists
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
November 1, 2012
Storms, Floods, and Droughts
The cycle that transports water around the Earth is intensifying
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
October 12, 2012
Calculating Evaporation from the Ocean
Scientists strive to unravel a mix of dynamic factors
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
October 11, 2012
Scientists Uncover Diversion of Gulf Stream Path in Late 2011
Warmer waters flowed to shelfbreak south of New England
SOURCE: News Release
July 20, 2012
A Robotic Albatross?
Soaring seabirds offer lessons on glider technology
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
July 5, 2012
Scientists Discover New Trigger for Immense North Atlantic Ocean Spring Plankton Bloom
Ocean eddies help jump-start plankton blooms that spread across hundreds of square miles
SOURCE: News Release
June 7, 2012
Beneath Arctic Ice, Life Blooms Spectacularly
Pools of water atop ice act as lenses to focus sunlight
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
March 23, 2012
A Newfound Cog in the Ocean Conveyor
Scientists confirm existence of a previously unknown current
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
March 9, 2012
Lessons from the 2011 Japan Quake
What have scientists learned about its cause and consequences?
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
February 14, 2012
The Great South Channel
Where marine life meets to feast every spring
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
January 25, 2012
Powerful Currents in Deep-Sea Gorges
What energy drives these currents in hundreds of seafloor Grand Canyons?
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
November 10, 2011
Between the Beach and the Deep Blue Sea
Student explores the dynamic gateway of the shallow inner shelf
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
August 11, 2011
The Ghost Mooring
WHOI engineers find equipment lost in the Antarctic a decade ago
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
May 13, 2011
Another Piece in the Arctic Puzzle
Latest Ice-Tethered Profiler installed to monitor polar conditions
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
April 28, 2011
Where Ocean and Ice Meet
An audio slideshow on working in Greenland's glacial fjords
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
March 23, 2011
Gliders Tracked Potential for Oil to Reach the East Coast
Finding the location shifting Gulf Loop Current was critical
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
March 17, 2011
Of Wings, Waves, and Winds
WHOI oceanographer explores the mysteries of albatross flight
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
February 25, 2011
When 'The Fish Are Biting' Is Bad News
Researchers found cause of mysterious damage to mooring lines
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
February 1, 2011
Where the Food Is in the Sea, and Why
Student unravels the physics at the fertile continental shelf break
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
January 19, 2011
Exploring the Arctic in the Midst of Change
The polar region's distinctive feature also makes it hard to study: ice
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
December 10, 2010
Building Them Tough, Bringing Them Back
WHOI's pioneering Buoy Group celebrates its 50th anniversary
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
November 24, 2010
WHOI Engineer Turns Author
An audio slideshow: New book chronicles fateful expedition
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
October 29, 2010
The Icebot
A video documents expedition to use robots under Arctic ice
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
August 25, 2010
Boy Scouts Get a Taste of Oceanography
WHOI engineer helps Scouts earn merit badges at national Jamboree
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
June 18, 2010
The Call of the Sea
An ocean engineer-turned-businessman returned to WHOI and the work he loves most
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
June 18, 2010
Basic Sea Cable Gets a High-tech Upgrade
WHOI engineer's discovery will help scientists track undersea contaminants from Gulf oil spill
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
March 25, 2010
Mysteries at High Latitudes
A WHOI graduate student explores tip jets and deep convection
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
February 4, 2010
Into the Wild Irminger Sea
WHOI ship, scientists, and crew probe strategic oceanic gateway
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
October 9, 2009
Floats Reveal Unknown Ocean Pathways
The North Atlantic's circulation is more complex than previously thought
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
February 20, 2009
As the World Turns and the Oceans Flow
In his lab, Jack Whitehead gets to the essence of complex phenomena
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
January 9, 2009
Ocean Conveyor's 'Pump' Switches Back On
How will climate warming affect ocean circulation? The answer isn't so simple.
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
December 23, 2008
What Makes the Great Ocean Currents Flow?
Audio slideshow: A graduate student explores the Gulf Stream and the Kuroshio
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
October 7, 2008
The Ultimate Fluid Environment for Scientists
An audio slideshow celebrates the 50th year of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program at WHOI
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
September 25, 2008
'Green' Energy Powers Undersea Glider
Thermal glider uses heat from the ocean to fly through the deep blue
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
September 17, 2008
The Spiral Secret to Mammal Hearing
... and other recent research findings by WHOI scientists
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
September 11, 2008
Corralling the Wild and Wooly Southern Ocean
Graduate student creates supercomputer model to tame a vast, remote ocean
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
November 30, 2007
OceanInsights for the Blind
WHOI scientist creates a bond with visually impaired students
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
October 25, 2007
A New Way to Monitor Changes in the Arctic
Ice-Tethered Profilers go with the floe, relaying daily data from the ice-covered ocean
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
September 24, 2007
A Warm Eddy Swirling in the Cold Labrador Sea
A conversation with WHOI physical oceanographer Amy Bower
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
June 27, 2007
The Ocean—Captured in a Box
An "experimentalist" encapsulates ocean fluid dynamics in the lab
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
March 30, 2007
Measuring Raindrops in the Ocean
A quest to engineer sensitive but tough meteorological instruments for buoys at sea
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
March 27, 2007
Letter from Kangiqsujuaq
A mooring in the remote Hudson Strait offers a finger on the pulse of unfolding Arctic change
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
March 15, 2007
Current Events off Antarctica
Graduate student helps discover a previously unknown ocean current
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
February 8, 2007
Why the West Wind Wobbles
Are changes in wintertime climate random or predictable?
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
January 31, 2007
Reaching Up Into Perilous, Icy Waters
The 'Arctic Winch' sends sensors toward the underside of sea ice—and back again
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
January 26, 2007
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
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
November 9, 2006
Four WHOI Researchers Recognized for Contributions to Science and Engineering
SOURCE: News Release
July 27, 2006
Chilly Scenes of Winter off Cape Cod
What happens in the coastal ocean when the winds blow and the waters cool?
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
February 3, 2006
Float 312, Where Are You?
In one week, people found two rarely seen ocean instruments
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
January 27, 2006
Under-ice Floats Offer a ‘Breakthrough’
New instrument proves its mettle in an icy ocean
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
January 23, 2006
Is Global Warming Changing the Arctic?
And will polar changes trigger climate shifts beyond the Arctic?
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
August 26, 2005
Where Currents Collide
Nineteen days at sea in the 'graveyard of the Atlantic'
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
June 7, 2005
Fathoming the Ocean Without Ever Going to Sea
A conversation with physical oceanographer Joe Pedlosky
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
March 24, 2005
A Glide Across the Gulf Stream
The remote-controlled Spray glider takes historic steps toward a new era of ocean exploration
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
December 14, 2004
Five WHOI Researchers Recognized for Contributions to Science and Education
SOURCE: News Release
May 15, 2003
WHOI Scientist Honored As Blind Employee of the Year in Massachusetts
SOURCE: News Release
March 27, 2003
WHOI Scientist To Receive Nansen Medal from European Geophysical Society
SOURCE: News Release
January 10, 2002
WHOI Scientist to be Honored January 16 by the American Meteorological Society
SOURCE: News Release
January 1, 2000
Outposts in the Ocean
A global network of moored buoy observatories to track oceanic processes that affect our climate
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
January 1, 2000
Launching the Argo Armada
Taking the ocean's pulse with 3,000 free-ranging floats
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
December 1, 1997
Monsoon Winds and Carbon Cycles in the Arabian Sea
One of the most significant natural phenomena that influences the everday life of more than 60 percent of the world's population
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
April 1, 1997
Adventure in the Labrador Sea
A Wintertime Cruise to the North Atlantic
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
December 1, 1996
Computer Modelers Stimulate Real and Potential Climate, Work Toward Prediction
Combining Equations and Data Pushes Computers' Limits
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
December 1, 1996
New Data on Deep Sea Turbulence Shed Light on Vertical Mixing
Rough Seafloor Topography has Far-Reaching Effect
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
December 1, 1996
Labrador Sea Water Carries Northern Climate Signal South
Subpolar Signals Appears Years Later at Bermuda
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
December 1, 1996
North Atlantic's Transformation Pipeline Chills and Redistributes Subtropical Water
But it's Not a Smooth Process And it Mightily Affects Climate
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
December 1, 1996
The Bermuda Station S—A Long-Running Oceanographic Show
Deeper Waters Show Warming Trend
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
December 1, 1996
Rain Falls on the Ocean—Does It Make a Sound?
Fresh Water's Effect on Ocean Phenomena
SOURCE: Oceanus magazine
December 1, 1996
The Ocean's Role in Climate & Climate Change
The Ocean's Role in Climate & Climate Change