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Vice President for Academic Programs and Dean Jim Yoder (left) gave U.S. Senator Scott Brown (Mass.) an overview of WHOI’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) program in August 2011. On…

Sediment trap samples, such as these recovered from a mooring off Cape Hatteras by the R/V Oceanus in October 2011, offer scientists a glimpse into the complex and often hidden…

After three weeks in the northern Atlantic in August 2010, WHOI researchers Jeff Hood and Kathryn Rose were greeted at the Woods Hole dock by colleagues, friends and family. They…

In September 2011, Bob Weller prepared to depart the WHOI dock on R/V Oceanus, on a cruise to deploy a crucial test buoy as part of the Ocean Observatories Initiative.…

Senior Scientist Lloyd Keigwin, whose research focuses on climate and oceanographic change based on studies of deep-sea sediments, is among 14 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement…

Scientists need to get inside the heads of whales to learn how they sense sound. Even before they study a whale’s ears, scientists examine its anatomy to get a sense…

WHOI research technician Steve Pike is shown packing water samples on board the R/V Ka’imikai-O-Kanaloa in June 2011 off the northeast coast of Japan. Pike was part of an international…

Captain Arthur Dickson Colburn examined a gyrocompass repeater mounted on the deck of the original research vessel Atlantis in the 1950s. The repeater was connected to the main compass inside the…

A team from R/V Knorr prepares to deploy a mooring in the Denmark Strait in August 2011. The instruments on the mooring will help measure water flowing through the strait…

Chinstrap penguins from the world’s largest colony of the birds stand on the black sand of Deception Island, a volcanic island off West Antarctica. WHOI scientist Scott Doney traveled there…

WHOI researcher Bruce Keafer shows a group of science writers in the 2011 Ocean Science Journalism Fellowship program the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP). Scientists are using the instrument to detect…

Scuba divers can get sick ascending too quickly from a deep dive. But can whales? To find out, biologist Michael Moore and colleagues at WHOI looked closely at a lesion in the…

Livingston Island in the South Shetlands rises sharply in front of the L.M. Gould’s bow in December 2011 after the ship departs Palmer Station, the U.S. research station on the…

The science crew on board any UNOLS (University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System) research vessel spends part of the first day of every cruise in safety briefings and drills. One activity involves…