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Taking Apart Brown Tide Algae
In the summer, a single-celled marine algae species often causes “brown tides” in estuaries along the U.S. East Coast, killing seagrass, decimating shellfish, and costing local economies millions of dollars.…
Read MoreA Lost Glory, Found
An underwater camera and lighting system devised by WHOI scientist Dan Fornari recently revealed part of the long-lost Pink Terraces near the bottom of Lake Rotomahana, New Zealand. The Pink…
Read MoreBreaking the Ice
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy plows a path through ice in the Beaufort Sea. Evidence of Earth’s changing climate is especially visible in the Arctic, making it an important area…
Read MoreAnnual Phytoplankton Blooms in the North Atlantic
An animation based on a three-dimensional model simulation reveals the processes underlying the annual spring phytoplankton blooms in the North Atlantic. This model simulation by Amala Mahadevan (WHOI) is based…
Read MoreA Serendipitous Seafloor Sample
Roughing It, Greenland Style
Until early August, this is Ben Linhoff’s home in Greenland. Linhoff is a second-year graduate student in the MIT/WHOI Joint Program and is spending his second summer studying Leverett Glacier…
Read MoreBy the Siphonophore’s Red Glare
Happy Independence Day from WHOI and Athorybia rosacea, a siphonophore collected on a Census of Marine Zooplankton cruise off the U.S. East Coast. (Photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Read MoreWhy is the Beach Closed?
Let Construction Begin
With the completion of a new personnel sphere, the submersible Alvin is on the way to becoming a stronger, roomier, and more capable research submersible. After two years of design, construction,…
Read MoreTwin Sisters
Despite some differences in appearance, these are actually sister ships. R/V Wecoma (left) and R/V Oceanus are both operated by Oregon State University on behalf of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory…
Read MoreGovernor Patrick Visits WHOI
Last Fall, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick visited WHOI for the first time, touring several labs and learning about the Institution’s robotic vehicle development and ocean observing programs. Here WHOI Associate Scientist…
Read MorePower-hitting Microbiologist
Summer brings catching chemists, fielding physicists, and batting biologists—like Louie Wurch (here), to McKee Field at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to play in the long-running WHOI softball league. Since 2007,…
Read MoreOn a Clear Day
Technician Scott Hiller tends to a buoy in the Bering Sea during a 2009 Polar Discovery expedition. Buoys sit atop a long chain of instruments that monitor ocean conditions, and…
Read MorePacific Highway
An international scientific team led by WHOI marine chemist Ken Buesseler completed a research cruise in June 2011 to assess the levels and dispersion of radioactive substances from the Fukushima…
Read MoreRebuilding Alvin
The Original Alvin
A new titanium personnel sphere for the submersible Alvin passed pressure tests last week and is scheduled to arrive tomorrow in Woods Hole, where the newest incarnation of Alvin will…
Read MoreHappy Camper
In May, Ben Linhoff landed in Greenland, where he’ll remain until early August, camping and studying the ice sheet for his research on glaciers and chemical oceanography. It’s his second…
Read MoreDrilling Down
Every year since 2003, researchers have traveled to the Arctic north of Alaska aboard the Canadian icebreaker Louis S. St. Laurent for a month to study the Beaufort Gyre. In…
Read MoreHeads and Tails
The cell membranes of single-celled marine life are mostly made of fatty compounds called lipids. They have a distinctive structure with hydrophilic (water-loving) “heads” and hydrophobic (water-avoiding) “tails” and are…
Read MoreA Weighty Specimen
A minke whale that died and stranded on a beach is received at WHOI’s Marine Mammal Center , where research assistant Scott Cramer (left) and former WHOI employee Ben Carr…
Read MoreHigh-pressure Situation
The new personnel sphere for the re-designed submersible Alvin enters a pressure test chamber at a Northrop-Grumman facility in Annapolis, Md. The sphere began four days of simulated test dives on…
Read MoreMarine Workhorse
The crew aboard the research vessel Atlantis launched the autonomous underwater vehicle Sentry during a September 2009 cruise to study natural oil and methane seeps about one mile off the…
Read MoreHappy Summer!
Yes, this is summer—austral summer—in Antarctica, where the air conditioning is natural. WHOI glaciologist Sarah Das and MIT/WHOI Joint Program graduate student Ali Criscitiello, shown here, conducted research on the…
Read MoreThe Mooring the Merrier
John Kemp, head of at-sea operations for the WHOI Mooring Operations, Engineering, and Field Support Group recovers a Submersible Surface Buoy to the crowded deck of the research vessel Knorr…
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