Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
A23a: World’s biggest iceberg on the move after 30 years
The world’s biggest iceberg is on the move after more than 30 years being stuck to the ocean floor. The iceberg, called A23a, split from the Antarctic coastline in 1986. But it swiftly grounded in the Weddell Sea, becoming, essentially, an ice island.
Read MoreHow deep do marine plastics go?
Learn how plastic pollution pervades the ocean, from surface debris to deep-sea trenches. With 390 million tons produced annually, plastic poses a significant threat, impacting marine ecosystems and organisms.
Read MoreStudy Clearly Identifies Nutrients as a Driver of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt
Findings could lead to locating nutrient sources and providing management options
Read MoreGulf Stream Has Weakened by 4% in the Last 40 Years, Study Reveals
A new study has confirmed that the Gulf Stream has been becoming weaker, which could lead to grave implications for one of the Earth’s biggest weather systems.
Read More3 memorable Jason Dives
Volcanoes, vents, and creatures of the deep through the lens of ROV Jason
Read MoreWHOI tapped by NSF to lead OOI Program Management for an Additional Five Years
The OOI collects and serves measurements from more than 900 autonomous instruments on the seafloor and on moored and free-swimming platforms.
Read MoreWHOI robotics class sets sail
A few lucky Massachusetts high school students charted a new course during a robotics class with WHOI engineers Molly Curran and Fran Elder aboard the Sea Education Association sailing school vessel Corwith Cramer. Find out what they learned during this spring vacation course!
Read MoreUp close and personal
Ocean robots work alongside marine animals to study their behavior
Read MoreA new framework for oceanographic research
The Shared Autonomy for Remote Collaboration (SHARC) framework “enables remote participants to conduct shipboard operations and control robotic manipulators.
Read MoreDid you know ocean robots use AI?
Did you know that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help us learn more about the ocean? Next-gen robots equipped with AI can cover more area, gather more data, and make decisions…
Read MoreHow do ocean robots take the pressure?
Find out how engineers build robots to withstand the crushing pressures of the deep sea
Read MoreAn undersea profiling robot
Sea-going robots can travel on their own for weeks at a time, gathering critical information that helps us understand things like the ocean’s carbon cycle. But despite their considerable powers,…
Read MoreGroup Chat
Underwater robots communicate in text-like fashion off the coast of Oahu
Read MoreTechnology Hatchery
The latest robotics projects happening inside the George and Wendy David Center for Ocean Innovation
Read MoreA throwback to ABE
The OG autonomous seafloor robot
Read MoreHardwired to love
Ocean engineers discuss our emotional connection with robots
Read MoreWoods Hole researchers use robot to study endangered emperor penguins
The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt
Opportunistic sampling shows geographic scope of distribution, offer some of the first sampling opportunities
Read MoreOOI‘s Pioneer Array Relocating to Southern Mid-Atlantic Bight
Ocean Observatories Initiative‘s Pioneer Array Relocating to Southern Mid-Atlantic Bight
New location offers opportunities for new science observations with continued open access
Read MoreNewly released video shows Titanic wreckage before decades of deterioration
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution releases rare video footage from the first submersible dives to RMS Titanic
In the submersible Alvin, the mission was the first time humans set eyes on the wreck since it sank nearly 75 years earlier.
Read MoreHow does Sentry know where it is?
New smarts keep the autonomous vehicle on track
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