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The world’s most abundant fish once thrived in an extreme climate
Fossilized teeth show bristlemouth fish evolved during one of the ocean’s hottest periods
Read MoreHow a cargo ship is tracking hidden ocean life in the Atlantic
With funding support from CMA CGM, ocean observations aboard Bermuda Container Line’s M/V Oleander now include a window into microscopic life
Read MoreAlvin vs. the swordfish
During a 1967 dive off Florida, a startled swordfish rammed the famed submersible Alvin—lodging its sword in the hull and forcing the crew to abort the mission
Read MoreInside Room 71: WHOI history in seven artifacts
Some of the technology, art, and gifts that tell the story of the institution’s early days
Read MoreA scientist’s quest to find Earth’s oldest ice
After recovering ice that dates back 6 million years, Sarah Shackleton hopes to dig deeper into Earth’s history from a remote Antarctic moraine
Read MoreIt’s the most ocean-friendly map ever created. Why haven’t more people seen it?
Discover the Spilhaus Projection, a radical world map that reveals Earth as one connected ocean—and reshapes how we see the planet.
Read MoreLuxury cruises with a side of climate science
A new partnership gives scientists rare access to remote Antarctic glaciers—and a new way to engage the public
Read MoreTiny drifters, massive impact
How salps shuttle carbon to the deep
Read MoreThe unseen toll of war on science
As the changing climate accelerates the spread of toxic algal blooms in the Arctic, the Russia–Ukraine war is cutting off critical international collaboration needed to understand and protect vulnerable ecosystems and communities.
Read MoreThree ocean robots that plunge into active volcanoes
Jason, Mesobot, and Nereid Under Ice are transforming our understanding of underwater volcanoes and the life they support.
Read MoreThe human cost of Brazil’s floods
New research maps social vulnerability after the 2024 deluge
Read MoreHealing on the High Seas
A look back at shipboard medicine on R/V Atlantis
Read MoreTracking the hidden currents of Cape Cod Bay
Scientists are using drifters and ocean models to better understand how water, nutrients, and pollutants move through the bay
Read MoreFrom ruin to reef
What Pacific wrecks are teaching us about coral resilience—and pollution
Read MoreOne researcher, 15,000 whistles: Inside the effort to decode dolphin communication
Scientists at WHOI analyze thousands of dolphin whistles to explore whether some sounds may function like words
Read MoreAs the ocean warms, a science writer looks for coral solutions
Scientist-turned-author Juli Berwald highlights conservation projects to restore coral reefs
Read MoreA new underwater robot could help preserve New England’s historic shipwrecks
WHOI’s ResQ ROV to clean up debris in prominent marine heritage sites
Read MoreInside the Solomon Islands’ hidden mega coral — a 300-year-old ocean giant
WHOI’s Reef Solutions team journeys to the world’s largest coral colony
Read MoreThe little big picture
WHOI senior biologist Heidi Sosik on the critical need for long-term ocean datasets
Read MoreLessons from a lifetime of exploration
Award-winning ocean photographer Brian Skerry shares insights from a career spent around ocean life and science
Read MoreThe ocean weather nexus, explained
The vital role of ocean observations in extreme weather forecasting
Read MoreBreaking down plastics together
Through a surprising and successful partnership, WHOI and Eastman scientists are reinventing what we throw away
Read MoreThree questions with Carl Hartsfield
Captain Hartsfield, USN retired, discusses the role ocean science plays in our national defense
Read MoreHooked on change
Charting a new course for fisheries in a warming world
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