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Shaman Harold E. Smith playing Good Vibrations from the Sea
“High Tide” Harold, as he’s known, makes music with the goal of “joyfully uniting our hearts with sacred sounds for sun, moon, and sea,” in this case playing seven giant conch shells.
Read MoreKeith Lockhart performs La Cathédrale Engloutie by Claude Debussy
Enjoy this beautiful performance of La Cathédrale engloutie by Claude Debussy, as Keith Lockhart elegantly brings to life the beauty of our ocean from the depths to the surface.
Read MoreExploring ocean sciences in graduate school
Are you considering graduate studies in ocean science/ocean engineering? Are you interested in STEM? You’ll hear from several graduate students on their experiences in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program. If you need advice about the application process or have a question about graduate student life, volunteer graduate students are here to help.
Read MoreThis is Our Time
Support science, for our planet, our ocean, and our future
Read MoreA time-lapse of Ocean Encounters, behind-the-scenes
This video shows a timelapse of the virtual event production for Ocean Encounters: Our Enchanted Ocean recorded on October 28, 2020.
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Our Enchanted Ocean
A night of art, performances, and science
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Sea Change
WHOI’s new president Peter De Menocal joins esteemed UN economics expert Jeffrey Sachs to explore the paths ahead for humanity and for life on Earth at a time of widespread environmental change
Read MoreOcean Encounters: The Stories We Tell
Sea stories from ancient oral traditions to modern-day pirates. The ocean has been a source of inspiration throughout human history. Where did we come from? What’s over the horizon? How does our planet work? Join us to learn how different storytelling traditions have helped inform and enrich our knowledge about ourselves and our planet for generations.
Read MoreRising Tides: preparing for the future
Like many coastal communities, Woods Hole, located on Cape Cod, faces an uncertain future. Rising sea level and the potential for increased frequency and intensity of storms present significant long-term threats. Woods Hole is home to world-leading marine science institutions performing critical research from shore-based facilities that enable access to the sea and yet, ironically, are vulnerable to the same climate change impacts that are the subject of study.
Read MoreExploring Ocean Worlds
A puffin study may encourage us to be more mindful of our “sound footprint”
Though they make their homes among the raucous cliffs framing the Atlantic, puffin are still sensitive to the activities of humans. WHOI biologist Aran Mooney explains why being conscious of our sound footprints might help with their conservation
Read MoreTogether For Science
It all starts with one drop, one insight, one eureka moment that can ripple across the planet. Every atom, particle, and molecule means we’re connected. Every step we take, every discovery we make, shapes our future. When faced with uncertain times, we turn to science for answers. And this is an uncertain time. Will our leaders rise to the challenge of climate change? Will we have the vision and the technical prowess to end hunger through sustainable fishing and farming of the ocean? Will rising seas consume our coastlines? Will understanding outpace industrialization in time to save coral reefs, right whales, and threatened ecosystems around the globe? For more than 90 years, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has been on call for our oceans. Driving discovery and providing the fundamental knowledge needed to respond to disasters, shape enlightened policies, and inspire individual action. It starts with one drop. One insight. One moment. Advancing together for uncertain times. Together for science. Together for our ocean, our planet, and our future.
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Hurricanes
Coastal cities lie at the intersection of many issues—ocean and climate, ecosystems and human infrastructure, and a rapidly growing population on a constantly changing landscape between land and sea. Hurricanes present dramatic and often wholesale change that need multidisciplinary, collaborative solutions, that focus on supporting communities through uncertain times.
Read MoreLife on an Ocean World
One of the most enduring questions humans have been asking for millennia is, “Are we alone in the Universe?” Now, we may have the opportunity to answer that question within the lifetime of the current human generation.
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Oceans Beyond Earth
Earth’s ocean is essential to life and may have even given rise to life on our planet billions of years ago. We now know that vast oceans of liquid water also exist beneath the icy shells of moons in our own solar system. These ocean worlds provide compelling targets in the search for extraterrestrial life, perhaps within the next human generation. Join us for a stimulating discussion of how the exploration of the depths of our ocean can help inform the search for life beyond Earth.
Read MoreThe Underwater United States – virtual event recording
A virtual journey hosted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean into the submarine canyons off the U.S. East Coast and how they play an important role in a healthy marine ecosystem in a critical part of U.S. territorial waters.
Read MoreOne Small Step: From Life on the Seafloor to Life Beyond Earth
A team of WHOI researchers and colleagues use a decision-making robot to explore Kolumbo volcano—an ancient submarine volcano sitting 500 meters below the surface off Greece’s Santorini Island in the Aegean Sea. The expedition was part of a NASA-funded program that will attempt to answer a number of key questions: What can the organisms living in the extremes of this dark and chemical-laden underworld tell us about life on Earth and beyond?
Read MoreOcean Encounters Virtual Event Recordings
Learn more by visiting our official Ocean Encounters website.
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Corals in Crisis
Worldwide, corals are struggling to survive, decimated by pollution, destructive fishing practices, and climate change. Six years ago, a deadly coral disease outbreak started in Florida and has now made its way to the coral reefs in U.S. Virgin Islands, killing corals at an unprecedented rate. Can scientists help stop this underwater epidemic and contain its spread?
Read MoreExploring Deepwater Ecosystems with eDNA
Between September 23-27, 2019, a team of ocean scientists and engineers from WHOI and Lehigh University used NOAA research vessel Manta and the newly developed autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Mesobot to collect environmental DNA (eDNA) in order to explore the biodiversity of deepwater ecosystems near Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico.
Read MoreOcean Encounters: The Future Ocean
The ocean, our life-support system, is changing faster than almost any other part of the planet. What’s in store for the ocean as these changes continue to play out and how is technology shaping our ability to better understand, predict, and prevent these changes? Two pioneers of ocean research and exploration will sit down to share their thoughts on the future of life on our ocean planet.
Read MoreA win for lobstermen and right whales
A study from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution found a win for New England’s historic lobster fishery and for endangered right whales. Researchers Hannah Myers and Michael Moore show that even with less gear and a shorter season, fishers in Canada, Maine and Massachusetts caught about the same number of lobsters with much less effort. A change in regulations could protect whales and make the lobster fishery more profitable in the long term.
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Extreme Ocean Machines
Darkness, crushing pressures, and freezing temperatures. These are just a few of the challenges of exploring our extreme ocean world. Join guest host James Cameron, renowned ocean explorer and filmmaker, for a conversation about the revolutionary technologies that are empowering new generations of explorers, scientists, and storytellers on the high seas. Recorded May 20, 2020.
Read MoreMarine Robotics – James Cameron
Darkness, crushing pressures, and freezing temperatures. These are just a few of the challenges of exploring our extreme ocean world. Join guest host James Cameron, renowned ocean explorer and filmmaker, for a conversation about the revolutionary technologies that are empowering new generations of explorers, scientists, and storytellers on the high seas.
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