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On a June 2016 cruise aboard R/V Neil Armstrong, biologist Phil Alatalo tightens a bolt securing a safety harness for the Digital Autonomous Video Plankton Recorder (DAVPR), which is bolted…

In June, the new research vessel Neil Armstrong opened to the public for guided tours as part of a day of activities to welcome the ship to its home port in Woods…

Crew members and technicians on WHOI’s new ship R/V Neil Armstrong deploy a deepwater mooring off Cape Hatteras—the first mooring deployment from the Armstrong. Bosun Peter Liarikos uses hand signals…

WHOI research associate Alexi Shalapyonok checks a Flow CytoBot (FCB) on the air-sea interaction tower of the Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory while the coastal research vessel Tioga stands by. The…

Two Remote Environmental Monitoring Units (REMUS) vehicles were stowed on R/V Neil Armstrong before the ship departed on the final leg of a three-leg expedition to service parts of the National…

Independence of thought, of action, and of research; a belief in the freedom to take initiative; and an irrepressible desire to explore the unknown and to make new discoveries at…

WHOI President and Director Mark Abbott (left) and U.S. Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Mathias Winter stand next to a mooring anchor frame in the Laboratory for Ocean Sensors…

Two celebrated research institutions joined forces in 1967 to launch the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography. Last month, the program awarded its one-thousandth graduate degree. Jim Yoder, vice president for academic…

Instruments like this, known as a CTD rosette, are a mainstay of oceanographic research. CTD stands for conductivity (which provides a measure of salinity), temperature, and depth. In this case,…

WHOI marine chemist Chris Reddy samples algae from the ocean for his research on biofuels. Like terrestrial plants, algae and other phytoplankton produce sugars and fats to store energy and…

At the start of an expedition to Guadalupe Island, Mexico, the two REMUS SharkCam vehicles are still relatively unscathed. The specially modified REMUS 100 (front) and 600 vehicles are equipped…

Members of the WHOI Board of Trustees gathered for a rare group photo following their spring meeting at WHOI. The meeting was followed by tours of WHOI’s new research vessel…

The family of WHOI biologist Gareth Lawson greeted Neil Armstrong yesterday as the ship (and Gareth) returned to Woods Hole. Tomorrow, June 25, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., the…

This Saturday, June 25, is the day for the public to come help welcome R/V Neil Armstrong. The nation’s newest research vessel will be on display at the WHOI dock…

William A. Watkins helped pioneer the field marine mammal bioacoustics, opening our ears to an underwater world of sound. Watkins was a self-taught electrical engineer who initially came to WHOI to help his mentor and…

WHOI post-doctoral investigator Tom Chalk manipulates a dataset showing carbonate ion concentration in the 3-dimensional image visualization laboratory. The lab is used to help analyze large, geo-referenced datasets of physical…