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Playing in the Cold

March 18, 2014

Despite an icy New England winter, research continued this winter off the Atlantic coast using the research vessel Tioga. WHOI biologist Gareth Lawson and colleagues spent two chilly days in late January…

Anyone Home?

March 17, 2014

Patrick Neumann, an able-bodied seaman on the research vessel Atlantis, communicates with the pilot of the submersible Alvin as the sub is recovered during dives in November off the coast…

Mud and Monsoons

March 16, 2014

Marine geologists Takuya Sagawa, left, of Kyushu University, and WHOI’s Liviu Goisan examine sediments cores extracted from the seafloor on an expedition in the Sea of Japan and East Sea…

Anton Dohrn

March 15, 2014

After arriving at WHOI in 1940, the research vessel Anton Dohrn made at least 40 cruises from Maine to New Jersey, testing bathythermographs, underwater cameras, and other newly-designed instruments. Scientists also used Anton…

Next Stop: Gulf of Mexico

March 14, 2014

After a three-year major overhaul and upgrade, the submersible Alvin was in the water in November for 14 recertification dives off the coast of California. The upgrade included new lighting,…

Jelly Problem

March 13, 2014

WHOI scientist Mary Carman fielded questions from journalists participating in the annual WHOI Ocean Science Journalism Fellowship about little sea squirts causing big problems in New England. Six species of invasive…

The Great Outdoors

March 12, 2014

WHOI assistant scientist Amanda Spivak recently designed a new open-air Mesocosm Lab that can replicate various natural marine ecosystems, from shallow pelagic to benthic habitats. This permits her to study…

Tough Neighborhood

March 10, 2014

The remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason takes a sample of hydrothermal fluids from a location known as Shrimp Gulley at the Piccard Hydrothermal Field on the Mid-Cayman Rise. The clear…

Looking for New Lava

March 9, 2014

Bosun Wayne Bailey oversees the deployment of the WHOI TowCam, a specially designed digital camera system that photographs the seafloor as it is towed a few meters above the ocean bottom…

Bear-ing Away

March 8, 2014

The research vessel Bear, shown here steaming out of Woods Hole, was built during World War II to carry troops in the South Pacific. After the war, WHOI saw the…

Bringing it Back

March 7, 2014

After a dive off the coast of California, Alvin pilot Mike Skowronski throws a sea anchor to Patrick Neumann while Allison Heater stands by to help bring the submersible back to…

Spinal Signs

March 6, 2014

Marine biologist and MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Li Ling Hamady displays a vertebra of a white shark. The large, white, circular portion is the body of the vertebra and the…

ITP Recovery: Getting it back out of the ice

ITP Deployment: Getting an instrument through Arctic ice

A Glittering Find

March 5, 2014

A chimney sample from a hydrothermal vent, collected on a January 2014 research expedition, shows deposits of glittering yellow iron sulfide, or pyrite. Also known as “fool’s gold,” the mineral…

A Sphere With a View

March 4, 2014

Jefferson Grau, an Alvin pilot-in-training (or PIT), peers through the front viewport of the newly upgraded sub during his first dive. He assisted WHOI engineer Lane Abrams and Pilot Mike…

Fraser River: Running Free

March 3, 2014

In 2012, researchers camped at Greenland’s Leverett Glacier to study melting—and witnessed one of the most intense melt seasons ever recorded.

Special Delivery

The South African icebreaker SA Aghulhas II performs a dual role as both a research and a logistics vessel. WHOI chemist Phoebe Lam got a close-up look at the ship…

Pumping Out Antibiotics

March 2, 2014

Infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria cause 23,000 deaths a year in the U.S. alone. One defense mechanism used by bacteria are called efflux pumps. Positioned in bacterial membranes, these pumps…