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Sampling plankton with the MOCNESS
Watch the launch and recovery of the MOCNESS net, catching plankton animals in the Atlantic Ocean.
Read MoreRough seas sampling
Rene Ayala of the Bermuda Institute of Oceanographic Science takes a splash while tending to a rosette sampler aboard the R/V Oceanus during a December 2008 cruise. The research was…
Read MoreWhale of a Buoy
Working in the recently renovated Coastal Research Laboratory at WHOI, engineering assistants Paul Fraser (top), Jim Dunn (center), and Kris Newhall put finishing touches on one of 10 surface buoys…
Read MoreA fleet of floats
Robotic floats — drifting instruments that measure ocean temperature and salinity — provide continuous monitoring of upper ocean conditions. Each float sinks to depths of 2,000 meters, drifts with ocean…
Read MorePicturesque port
R/V Oceanus chief mate Ethan Galac (left), bosun Clindor Cacho (center) and steward Jeff Avery (right) admire the view as the research vessel approaches St. George, Bermuda, in December 2008.…
Read MoreDirty work
Haitham Aljahdali, of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, or KAUST (left) and Alaa Albarakati (center) of King Abdulazziz University, both in Saudi Arabia, get their hands, and everything…
Read MoreDiscovery in the Celebes
In October 2007, U. S. and Filipino scientists traveled to the Celebes Sea in Southeast Asia, searching for new species living in its deep water. When they discovered this extraordinary…
Read MoreCreatures of the Celebese Sea
Studying moving fluids
Physical oceanographer John Whitehead (far right) showed Russian oceanographers M. A. Bogdanov and B. B. Popov around his laboratory during a tour of WHOI in 1973, and explained an experiment…
Read MorePolar Discovery: Bering Sea Ecosystem
The Arctic ecosystem has a unique, complex food web that is fashioned by its distinctive plankton, animal species, and environmental factors. Copepods, like the one above, are a critical link…
Read MoreFishing for an AUV
Senior scientist Al Plueddemann hooks the handle of the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) REMUS so that it can be safely lifted onto the deck during a study of the wintertime…
Read MoreEnd of the rainbow?
Bosun Clindor Cacho admires a rainbow as the Oceanus prepares to dock at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands in November 2008, after a transit across the Atlantic. The ship, scientists,…
Read MoreAloha, Nereus
After four years of design and construction, one of WHOI’s new deep-sea exploration vehicles, Nereus, took its first plunge in deeper waters during a test cruise in December 2007 off…
Read MoreFlying the Spanish flag
The WHOI-operated research vessel Oceanus flew the Spanish flag during a stop in the Canary Islands in September, following oceanographic research by WHOI marine biogeochemist Phoebe Lam. (Photo by Alexander Dorsk, Woods…
Read MoreAfter the storm
The R/V Oceanus‘ mast is reflected in a puddle of water at Penno’s Wharf in St. George, Bermuda, following a day of torrential rains that delayed the ship’s scheduled departure.…
Read MoreDouble duty
Because ship time is valuable, scientists at sea try to use every possible minute of a cruise, sometimes collecting samples for colleagues ashore during lulls in the shipboard activity. In…
Read MoreA surprising return
One of the “pumps” that helps drive the ocean’s global circulation suddenly switched on again last winter for the first time this decade. The “pump” is in the western North…
Read MoreWill Climate Change Affect the Greenland Ice Sheet?
Glacial expeditions uncover a trigger that speeds the flow of ice to the sea
Read MoreTest before using
In-port entertainment? A dockside test of a brand-new piece of oceanographic equipment takes place next to a massive cruise ship in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Aboard R/V Oceanus, WHOI…
Read MoreGenerous gift for seafloor science
Able Seaman Jim McGill guides a multi-corer—resembling a lunar lander—off R/V Oceanus’ deck in the Bahamas in 2006, on a mission to collect tiny seafloor organisms. Multi-corers sample the seafloor…
Read MoreGetting into and out of hot water?
As R/V Oceanus Bosun Clindor Cacho (left) watches the oceanographic wire being pulled up out of the water, Alaa Albarakati of King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia (standing), and WHOI researchers…
Read More“Red sky at morning…”
“… sailors take warning.” The old adage applies as WHOI’s ship R/V Oceanus sits at the dock in St. George, Bermuda one morning in December 2008, just before a big…
Read MoreTo sample the sea
Clipboard ready, WHOI physical oceanographer Amy Bower observes while Oceanus bosun Clindor Cacho lowers a Niskin bottle into the Red Sea to collect water. Bower led the October 2008 cruise…
Read MoreReal estate underwater
Available housing is scarce in the ocean: Any hard surface is soon blanketed, as organisms from many phyla settle on the limited space. A floating dock at a Smithsonian Tropical…
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