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The 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 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
Read MoreReef RX
Using human health protocols to find and aid ailing reefs
Read MoreWhale aware!
New tech and industry partnerships help ships steer clear
Read MoreMusic for the Ocean
Immersive classical performances to spark global concern for the ocean
Read MoreBreakthroughs below the surface
How ocean science is reshaping our world
Read MoreThe Ocean (Re)Imagined
How expanding our view of the ocean can unlock new possibilities for life
Read MoreBody snatchers are on the hunt for mud crabs
WHOI biologist Carolyn Tepolt discusses the biological arms race between a parasite and its host
Read MoreA polar stethoscope
Could the sounds of Antarctica’s ice be a new bellwether for ecosystem health in the South Pole?
Read MoreSecrets from the blue mud
Microbes survive—and thrive—in caustic fluids venting from the seafloor
Read MoreDeep-sea musings
Roboticist Gwyneth Packard on the need for ocean exploration today
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