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Under the microscope are two female copepods of different species, caught on a spring 2014 cruise in the Chukchi Sea. The cruise, aboard the USCG icebreaker Healy, aimed to study…

In October 2013, Woods Hole Sea Grant–Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Agent Joshua Reitsma (left) and a shellfish grower examined the growth of “blood arks” (Anadara ovalis), on Cape Cod, Mass.…

The ocean is absorbing rising levels of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and becoming more acidic. How will that affect squid, a key animal in the marine food web? WHOI…

A morning rainbow appeared behind the research vessel Knorr’s stack during a 2013 expedition known as the DeepDOM cruise. An interdisciplinary team of scientists onboard studied the composition of dissolved organic…

The ocean is an increasingly noisy place. Sounds from shipping, oil and gas exploration, and other human activities are making it more difficult for marine mammals to hear. “Hearing is…

Onlookers on shore and at sea enjoyed a clear view of the Golden Gate Bridge during a recent R/V Atlantis transit. WHOI ships often make port calls in major cities,…

A researcher takes a break to take in the sunset between CTD casts aboard the R/V Knorr this summer. Such casts, together with mooring deployments and RAFOS float launches, were a…

Members of the O-SNAP research cruise take the “ice bucket challenge” to raise money for ALS research aboard the R/V Knorr in late August. Unlike the thousands of celebrities and…

University of Washington undergraduate student Robert Joseph Daniels helps secure a just-recovered CTD rosette aboard R/V Knorr at sunset off the coast of Greenland this summer. Daniels was a part…

Tailgating on the beach? Surfers awaiting the perfect wave? It was a little bit of both for students taking a Field Methods and Coastal Oceanography course, offered through WHOI’s Academic…

Squid are at the heart of the ocean food web. Many other animals depend on squid for sustenance, including fish, whales, walruses, seabirds, and people. The squid fishery in California…

Scientists and crew gather on the bridge of the R/V Knorr as the ship passes through Prince Christian Sound, a channel through southern Greenland that connects the Labrador Sea with…

On a hot day in late August, WHOI scientist Peter Traykovski and engineer Kevin Manganini prepare the autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) JetYak for a survey off the coast of Martha’s…

WHOI’s 2014 Summer Student Fellows prepare to head out on the R/V Tioga for some hands-on oceanography in Buzzards Bay this summer. Now in its 55th year, this 10-to-12-week undergraduate…

MIT-WHOI Joint Program students Sarah Rosengard and Casey Zakroff made three visits to the classroom of Ms. Cathy Riebesehl’s 4th grade class at Mullen Hall Elementary School in Falmouth, presenting…

A diver works under the Air-Sea Interaction Tower, part of the Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory, while R/V Tioga waits a short distance away. Installed three kilometers offshore, the tower stands in…

Engineer Kevin Manganini escorts an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) JetYak through the waters off Chappaquidick, which became its own island in 2007 after a storm created an inlet that separated…

WHOI chemist Mak Saito, left, and researcher Matt McIlvin show off mass spectrometers that are key instruments in their efforts to apply an emerging biomedical technique—proteomics—to learn about the ocean.…

Woods Hole Sea Grant/Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Agents Joshua Reitsma and Abigail Archer help distribute bags of shell that contain oyster seed, also known as spat, to towns for municipal…