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Getting in Line
WHOI engineer Christopher Griner (facing camera) and Chris Mannka, a crewmember of the research vessel Neil Armstrong, wound more than 12 kilometers (over 7 miles) of high-strength synthetic rope prior…
Read MoreSunrise Scientific Cruise
The sun rises off the bow off the research vessel Neil Armstrong during an expedition in the North Atlantic in September 2017 led by WHOI paleoceanographer Lloyd Keigwin. Scientists and…
Read MoreMulticore Mission
Deck crew and scientists deploy a multicore from the stern of the research vessel Neil Armstrong recently. The multicore is designed to collect up to eight core samples of the seafloor, while carefully…
Read MoreHidden Treasure
WHOI climate scientist Konrad Hughen and his team located a large Porites lobata coral with the help of local fishermen near the village of Falalis in Micronesia. Hughen’s ship had passed over the…
Read MoreMoonlight on the Long Core
Looking down the barrel of the WHOI Long Core reveals a full moon trailing behind R/V Knorr in January 2010. The ship was in transit from Tampa to Bridgetown, Barbados,…
Read MorePeeling Back the Layers
Sediments accumulate over time in layers on the seafloor, and they typically contain fossil shells of surface-dwelling microscopic marine animals. These shells incorporate radiocarbon and other isotopes from seawater that…
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