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Observing the Oceans
Speaking for the Ocean
High school students Gillian Asuncion (center) and Emma Bartram, from Burbank, California, tour the personnel sphere in the deep-sea submersible Alvin with Gillian’s brother, Jeremy. Asuncion and Bartram were the grand-prize…
Read MoreRiver of Ice
This is Kviárjökull, a glacier of the Vatnajökull Ice Cap in Iceland. Frequent volcanic eruptions in Iceland sprinkle a lot of black debris on glaciers’ white surfaces. Sometimes the glaciers’…
Read MoreHands on Deck
The WHOI Summer Student Fellowship program and the Woods Hole Partnership Education Program bring undergraduates to WHOI to learn more about ocean science, attend lectures by Woods Hole scientists, and…
Read MoreDown to the Sea in Ships (and Satellites and Robots…)
Past WHOI President and Director Mark Abbott takes you inside Ocean Science 3.0 and the future of ocean exploration.
Read MoreLying Down on the Job
Sometimes lying down on the job is a good thing. One of the features of the new research vessel Neil Armstrong is the fact that its A-frame, the large gray hoist…
Read MoreGlobal River Samples
Summer Student Fellow Julia Paine of the University of Miami (middle) and guest student Soumita Boral from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur (left) analyze water samples from the Ganges,…
Read MoreFiltering Out Pollution
Excess nitrogen in coastal waters can cause rapid growth of algae—microscopic marine plants that can turn waters murky and, in some cases, toxic. Oysters can help remedy the situation. They…
Read MoreBig Data
How do you approach the subject of your research if it is the largest animal in the ocean (and on the planet)? Very carefully—and from the air as well as…
Read MoreLaser Focus
Engineers Jason Kapit and Anna Michel test a laser spectrometer designed to detect changing levels of methane in the atmosphere. The system shoots a laser beam between two points in…
Read MoreA Geophysical Gathering
It wouldn’t be summer in Woods Hole without this annual ritual photo on the front porch of the humble Walsh Cottage on the WHOI campus, documenting this year’s Geophysical Fluid…
Read MoreView Into the Galley
Harry Burnett, steward on R/V Neil Armstrong, answered questions from a group of people touring the ship during WHOI’s recent “Welcome Home Armstrong” public event. Burnett is in charge of ‘hospitality’…
Read MoreGliding Home
Kent Sheasley, Master of the R/V Neil Armstrong, guides the ship serenely to the WHOI dock at the end of a cruise. The Armstrong, owned by the Navy and operated…
Read MoreDetecting Dolphins
WHOI researcher Alex Bocconcelli deploys a recording device in Wellfleet Harbor as part of a project to detect dolphins and whales before they strand themselves on shore. The harbor is a…
Read MoreGiant Leaps
Forty-seven years ago today, the astronaut Neil Armstrong took his “one giant leap for mankind” and became the first person to walk on the moon. Many people remember exactly where…
Read MoreNet Maneuvers
WHOI biologist Gareth Lawson; Pete Liarikos, Bosun on R/V Armstrong; Mike Jech, scientist at the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center; and Armstrong crew member Connor McDonnell(L to R) manage a…
Read MoreThe Power of Waves
Graduate student Anna Wargula (above, at a 2014 open house) will speak on “The Power of Waves at Martha’s Vineyard” in the summer talk series, “Science Made Public,” July 19…
Read MoreAll Aboard for Summer
Visitors to Woods Hole last month had a rare opportunity to tour the Ocean Class research vessel R/V Neil Armstrong before the ship set sail for its first long cruise into the…
Read MoreDaily Discussions
WHOI scientists in the lab of the R/V Neil Armstrong confer about the data collected in the previous 12-hour watch and plan for the next day. Because Armstrong is a…
Read MoreScientists On Ice
A glaciologist, a physical oceanographer, and a geophysical fluid dynamicist walk onto a glacier….! WHOI scientists Sarah Das, Fiamma Straneo, and Claudia Cenedese all study ways the ice and ocean…
Read MoreBallasting for Buoyancy
WHOI engineer Jared Schwartz “ballasts” an underwater glider to prepare it for a mission in the ocean about 100 miles off the southern coast of New England. Ballasting involves measuring…
Read MoreInside the Control Room
Korey Verhein, a pilot of the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason, controls the vehicle from a control room filled with screens that display data transmitted from the underwater vehicle, including…
Read MoreWhere Glaciers Meet the Sea
How a warming ocean might speed the loss of Greenland’s ice
Read MoreOne Beach, Two Continents
WHOI offers students a unique Geodynamics Program that fosters interdisciplinary research among faculty, Joint Program students and postdoctoral fellows. Each year a different theme is the focus of a seminar…
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