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Origin of Species?
Mounted to the front of ROV Jason, these isobaric gas-tight (IGT) samplers are ready to be deployed for sampling a hydrothermal vent in the Mid-Cayman Rise. In an unprecedented project co-funded…
Read MoreDeep-sea Clams
Aboard the research vessel Atlantis, Peter Girguis and Jennifer Delaney of Harvard University extract the viscera of deep-sea clams collected from the seafloor in the Gulf of Mexico by the…
Read MoreTeam Microbe
Like humans, corals are home to millions of microbes such as bacteria and algae. Here, “Team Microbe” members Matthew Neave (WHOI and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), Amy Apprill (WHOI),…
Read MoreFrom Ice to Eire
In 2011 WHOI researchers working from Russia’s Ice Camp Barneo and using a Russian helicopter installed an Ice-Tethered Profiler, ITP-47, in thick ice near the North Pole. Beneath the yellow…
Read MoreOcean Oddity
This isn’t something you see every day. On a recent expedition in the Gulf of Mexico aboard the research vessel Atlantis, Bosun Patrick Hennessy spotted this curious sight off the stern:…
Read MoreWorld Penguin Day
A trio of Emperor penguins playfully slides into Antarctic water. These iconic birds are threatened by ecosystem shifts, including the melting of sea ice—a solemn reminder of climate change on this World Penguin…
Read MoreSound Check
Mike Jech (left) of NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole and WHOI biologist Gareth Lawson prepare to calibrate an acoustic towed body in Providence Harbor in January 2014.…
Read MoreOn Thin Ice
Emperor penguins are the only Antarctic birds that exclusively breed and raise their young on sea ice, a fact that could bring about their extinction as glaciers continue to melt,…
Read MoreHappy Earth Day
We call it Earth, but our home planet is nearly covered by water. The ocean covers more than 70 percent of Earth’s surface, while another 10 percent is locked in…
Read MoreFirst in Flight
A pair of osprey settle into their new digs at WHOI’s Quissett Campus during the second week of April. A welcome sign of spring to humans who endured the harsh winter,…
Read MoreOn the Hunt
WHOI marine chemistry and geochemistry department’s Bryan James scrapes oil off a rock on a Gulf Coast beach in 2013. The oil sample is one of about a thousand collected…
Read MoreThree-Eyes
The research sub Alvin recently completed an “extreme makeover” that included a more spacious personnel sphere and more, larger viewports. The rebuilt sub now boasts three front viewports that allow…
Read MoreLassoing Alvin
Two crew members of the research vessel Atlantis, Ordinary Seaman Ronnie Whims, left, and Able-Bodied Seaman Patrick Neumann, acted as “swimmers,” assisting the recovery of the submersible Alvin after its…
Read MoreStudying the Arctic remotely
By Christopher Linder :: Originally published online March 6, 2014
Read MoreDrug Discovery in the Ocean
By Amanda Kowalski, Ari Daniel :: Originally published online April 27, 2014
Read MoreCystic Fibrosis
Breathing Easy
WHOI engineer Phil Forte tests the valves and regulators on oxygen bottles in the personnel sphere of the newly-rebuilt Alvin submarine. During a normal nine-hour dive, the three people inside…
Read MoreOcean color data in the Atlantic Ocean
By Amanda Kowalski, Ari Daniel :: Originally published online April 16, 2014
Read MoreOcean color in the middle of the Pacific
By Amanda Kowalski, Ari Daniel :: Originally published online April 16, 2014
Read MoreIn the Zone
The hadal zone, which is made up primarily of ocean trenches and troughs at depths ranging from 6,000 to 11,000 meters, is the deepest marine habitat on Earth. Due to…
Read MoreReturn from the Deep
Ben Pietro (far left) and Brian Hogue (far right) of the Sub-Surface Mooring Operations group, along with members of the R/V Atlantis crew, recover a Vector Averaging Current Meter (VACM) during…
Read MoreWhere Water Meets Ice
WHOI engineer Will Ostrom readies moorings for deployment in Sermilik Fjord, Greenland. The instrument packages measure temperature, salinity, and pressure in the fjord—data that scientist Fiamma Straneo is collecting to…
Read MoreFeatured Image: Teeming with Life
A close-up view of an Acropora coral reveals small individual coral polyps (the small, button-like dots), but a microscope is necessary to study the millions of inhabitants inside the coral—microbes.…
Read MoreTiny Disrupter
A plump foramiferan, or foram, sends out thread-like extensions to explore its surroundings and capture prey. Forams are single-celled organisms that live on or in the seafloor, where their activities…
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