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To sample the sea
Clipboard ready, WHOI physical oceanographer Amy Bower observes while Oceanus bosun Clindor Cacho lowers a Niskin bottle into the Red Sea to collect water. Bower led the October 2008 cruise…
Read MoreReal estate underwater
Available housing is scarce in the ocean: Any hard surface is soon blanketed, as organisms from many phyla settle on the limited space. A floating dock at a Smithsonian Tropical…
Read MoreOne last check
Engineer John Kemp, of the WHOI Mooring Operations, Engineering, and Field Support Group checks a mooring buoy just before it is deployed in the Red Sea, while engineer Jason Smith…
Read MoreA slice through history
Coral skeletons, which incorporate trace chemicals from surrounding seawater, can provide a daily archive of past ocean temperatures and environmental conditions. Using temperature records from this long-lived Bermuda brain coral,…
Read MoreHow’s the signal?
Engineer Jason Smith from WHOI’s Upper Ocean Processes Group tests part of the data-transmission system of a new mooring before deployment. The big yellow cylinder on deck to his right…
Read MoreWorkhorse of the sea
Built as the world’s first deep-ocean submersible, the human occupied vehicle Alvin can dive as deep as 4,500 meters (almost 3 miles), giving it access to some 63 percent of…
Read MorePilot on deck
The port pilot steps from the pilot boat onto the ship across a gap of churning water, ready to guide the vessel to the dock after the cruise. In this…
Read MoreAdmirer from afar
A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) checks out the WHOI-operated research vessel Atlantis off the coast of the Galápagos Islands in January 2009. R/V Atlantis and the Alvin submersible were there…
Read MorePeaceful water in a (normally) rocky sea
The Irminger Sea is known for rocky weather, but WHOI research associate Dan Torres found quiet water off the coast of Greenland during an October research cruise aboard the WHOI-operated research vessel Knorr. Buoys…
Read MoreInto a warm, salty bath
In October 2008, researchers from WHOI had an opportunity to investigate an unusual part of the Red Sea where “brines” of hot, salty, mineral-rich water form near the sea floor.…
Read MorePreparing for Hawaii
WHOI/MIT Joint Program graduate students Clayton Kunz (foreground) and Chris Murphy (background) test a newly-built SeaBED autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) at the WHOI dock. Developed in Hanumant Singh’s Lab of…
Read MoreShock-resistant skulls
Scientists and engineers from WHOI and the U.S. Navy have discovered that sea turtles’ skulls and shells not only protect them from predators but also from extraordinarily powerful underwater shockwaves.…
Read MorePenguin passing zone
In Antarctica, where researchers study penguins, Main Street is a three-lane, 1-kilometer thoroughfare of snow smoothed to an even finish by the trampling of little penguin feet, wrote Hugh Powell…
Read MoreUpscale parking spot
At a pier between an immense cruise ship and a luxury yacht at the “Yacht Haven Grande” yacht club in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, R/V Oceanus was “a little…different…from…
Read MoreA match made in academia
In 1968, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announced the creation of a joint program for graduate studies in oceanography. After 40 years together, the…
Read MoreIt’s a Magic Planet
WHOI Ocean Science Exhibit Center Manager Kathy Patterson uses the Magic Planet projection system to demonstrate global ocean processes to the attendees of the Woods Hole Science and Technology Education…
Read MoreFamily digs deep in Japan
Jon Woodruff, a recent graduate of the MIT/WHOI Joint Program, is interested in ancient bits of grit and shell that he pulls from lagoons and marshes using hollow metal tubes,…
Read MoreDanube Delta
Did a catastrophic flood of biblical proportions drown the shores of the Black Sea 9,500 years ago, wiping out early Neolithic settlements around its perimeter? Liviu Giosan, a geologist in…
Read MoreBering Sea spring
WHOI biologist Carin Ashjian wheels the Video Plankton Recorder (VPR) to the stern of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter and icebreaker Healy in March 2008, preparing to deploy it in…
Read MoreMarching toward extinction?
Emperor penguins (popularized by the 2005 movie “March of the Penguins”) depend on sea ice for their daily lives — it’s where they breed, feed, and molt. These young emperor…
Read MoreSeeing double
From a small boat, while scouting for jellyfish, R/V Oceanus Chief Mate Ethan Galac took in views of the 177-foot ship. He and other crew members were helping scientists Larry Madin and Erich Horgan find…
Read MoreFlower of the deep
The deep ocean is home to hundreds of species with soft, jelly-like tissues. Many of these gelatinous animals are transparent, and many are beautiful. Siphonophores, such as the one pictured,…
Read MoreLaboratory and studio
MIT/WHOI Joint Program student Stephanie Waterman was interviewed about her research for an audio slide show produced by Ari Daniel Shapiro, a recent graduate from the Joint Program. Stephanie is…
Read MoreAntarctic krill
WHOI/MIT Joint Program graduate student Andrew McDonnell captured this image of an Antarctic krill during the first of two month-long cruises off of the West Antarctic Peninsula during the Austral…
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