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The Overlooked Midwater: Deep Dive into the Twilight Zone – virtual event recording
June 4, 2020 – The OTZ Project team participated in the World Economic Forum & Friends of Ocean Action Virtual Ocean Dialogues event. Watch their recorded presentation here.
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Vital Coasts
Join us for a conversation about the science that helps us understand and protect these remarkable coastal ecosystems.
Read MoreArteries of the Ocean
Learn more about how the ocean’s complex and chaotic physics define life on our planet.
Read MoreChange your perspective
Athelstan Spilhaus proposed centering world maps on the ocean, arguing Earth is an interconnected ocean planet—not one defined by London-centric cartography.
Read MoreHow ocean robots keep tabs on the planet’s health
Learn how the next generation of ocean robots will help solve the planet’s most pressing problems.
Read MoreAntarctica’s ice shelf loss
Find out how Antarctica’s seven largest ice shelf collapses size up in this climate.
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Rethinking Ocean Predators
The ocean is home to many of Earth’s most iconic and often feared predators. But did you know that some of the largest are actually gentle giants that feed on the tiniest prey?
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 MoreCasting a wider net
The future of a time-honored fishing tradition in Vietnam, through the eyes of award-winning photographer Thien Nguyen Noc
Read MoreHow bacteria achieve a “quorum”
How bacteria achieve a “quorum” to coordinate collective behavior (Illustration by E. Paul Oberlander and Katherine Joyce, WHOI, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Read MoreArctic ecosystem
This abundant ecosystem supports large predators like walruses, polar bears, and whales.
Read MoreTangled Up in Fishing Gear
What scientists learned from a right whale named Eg 3911.
Read MoreJason to the Rescue
Using the dexterous mechanical arms of ROV Jason, pilots and scientists remove lava chunks from a singed ocean-bottom sesimometer
Read MoreSonic Seas: Using Sound to Understand and Conserve the Ocean
Experts discuss the many ways that ocean life uses sound and what those sounds can tell us about biodiversity, health, and our impacts to marine ecosystems.
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Titanic and Beyond
From the Titanic’s discovery in 1985 to the present day, deep-sea imaging has evolved, revealing breathtaking discoveries from the deep ocean and outer space.
Read MoreOcean Encounters: An Ocean of Sound
The ocean echoes with sounds from animals and humans alike. Discover how scientists decode these signals to protect marine life and restore habitats.
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Cities and the Sea
Join us as we explore impacts, adaptations, and new possibilities in urban ocean regions around the world.
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Ice!
Explore icy frontiers on Earth and beyond—discover how life survives, what ice reveals about our past, and where it might lead us next.
Read MoreCan multivitamins help save coral reefs?
WHOI scientists are testing “multivitamin” tiles that release trace metals like zinc and manganese to help corals resist heat stress and boost resilience.
Read MoreWhat is the biological carbon pump?
A WHOI study reveals we’ve underestimated how well the ocean captures carbon from the atmosphere.
Read MoreRepresenting the Ocean at COP29
WHOI & Scripps convene the Ocean Pavilion for a third year at the UN climate conference.
Read MoreHow does the ocean produce oxygen?
It’s easy to think of the world’s forests as the planet’s “lungs.” Trees pump out, but does all our breathable air come from just land?
Read MoreWhat makes the ocean salty?
If you go swimming in a lake, the water is fresh; when you dive into the ocean, it tastes salty. But why?
Read MoreWhy is the ocean blue?
People have wondered for centuries: Why is the ocean blue?
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