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The Fate of Fukushima
A technician takes a mud core sample aboard the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) research vessel Tansei Maru in May 2012. Following up on his initial research…
Read MoreBattery Test
In the Alvin High Bay, the yellow-knobbed battery cells that power the human-occupied submersible, Alvin, undergo testing. Drew McCabe, a biology major at Roger Williams University and son of WHOI…
Read MoreSands of Tme
Geology & Geophysics research associate Kalina Gospodinova organizes sediment samples that include remnants of an ancient red cedar “paleoforest” that once grew along present-day Coast Guard Beach on Cape Cod.…
Read MoreWiring Alvin
Seen through one of HOV Alvin’s five new view ports, engineer and pilot Sean Kelley installs the wiring harness that distributes the power, data, control signals, video, and audio through…
Read MoreA Tap on the Back
Julie van der Hoop prepares to tag a fin whale in Quebec’s Gulf of St. Lawrence as part of a collaborative project between the Mingan Island Cetacean Study and the…
Read MoreDouble Vision
The Dual Deepworker, an innovative small submersible, can dive to 2,000 feet carrying two people and providing each person a rare, 360-degree view of their surroundings. The sub was at…
Read MoreMath Matters
WHOI post-doc Kakani Katija Young explains some of the physics, math, and engineering she used to predict the buoyancy and stability for the re-built human-occupied vehicle Alvin. Young, named an…
Read MoreThe Light in the Water
WHOI biologist Sam Laney talks to a group of teachers at the dock beside Eel Pond, the harbor in Woods Hole, Mass. The event was a recent teacher workshop on…
Read MoreLove that Dirty Water
Meltwater carrying finely ground glacial till is visible from the air as researchers prepare to deploy instruments into a West Greeenland fjord by helicopter. WHOI physical oceanographer Fiamma Straneo led…
Read MoreStronger Than it Looks
Postdoctoral investigator Maria Pachiadaki (left) and Shipboard Scientific Services Group (SSSG) technician Allison Heater deploy Deep-SID, a sampling robot, during a cruise to the Mediterranean in 2011 aboard R/V Atlantis.…
Read MorePorteous and Vetlesen Awardees
Diana Franks and Dave Kulis, recipients of the 2013 WHOI Linda Morse-Porteous and Vetlesen award recipients, respectively. The Linda Morse-Porteous award has been given since 1991 to recognize a female…
Read MoreWinch Work
Researchers monitor the deployment of a SeaCycler, part of a Global Subsurface Hybrid Profiler Mooring installed at Station Papa in the Northeast Pacific in the summer of 2013. The SeaCycler…
Read MoreCore Knowledge
Interns Chris Eustis and Brecia Douglas from Northeastern University help organize sediment core samples collected from all over the world. WHOI’s Coastal Systems Group collects and analyzes these cores in…
Read MoreMining Marine Microbes for New Drugs
Gliding into the Future
A snow petrel floats over ice and water in Antarctica. With the southernmost breeding range of any bird on Earth, snow petrels are superbly adapted to their extreme environment. But…
Read MoreAll Hands
Technicians aboard the research vessel Melville deploy a wire-following profiler as part of a Global Hybrid Profiler Mooring at Station Papa in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. The Station Papa installation…
Read MoreEye Spy
A Northwest Atlantic gray seal bobs in the water between Chatham and Monomoy Island at high tide in September 2013. In these waters, they feed primarily on small, bottom-dwelling fish…
Read MoreBlue Planet, Blue Carbon
Alterra Sanchez, a 2013 Summer Student Fellow from San Diego State University, readies an optical cell for making pH measurements in a high-precision spectrophotometer. The cell contains a pH indicator…
Read MoreHigh Performers
At the annual Employee Recognition Celebration, the 2013 Penzance Award was given to the staff of the WHOI Library and Archives. Since 1989, the award has been given to a…
Read MoreShow-and-Tell
WHOI engineer Anthony Tarantino explains the design and operation of the Human Occupied Vehicle DEEPSEA CHALLENGER to visitors during a recent WHOI public event, Deep Ocean Exploration: Trenches. DEEPSEA CHALLENGER…
Read MoreSimon Thorrold
By Simon R. Thorrold :: Originally published online October 18, 2013
Read MoreA Quest For Resilient Reefs
White Sharks, Gray Seals
2013 Ocean Science Journalism Fellows and WHOI staff members pause for a photo following an afternoon of seal watching aboard the Monomoy Island Ferry. During the trip, biologists Andrea Bogomolni…
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