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Ocean Robots: Mapping Salinity
The saltiness of the ocean varies across large and small scales in ways that are sometimes linked to changing global water cycle. Mapping salinity requires robots like gliders to make…
Read MoreA Drop in the Ocean
Viewed from outer space, Earth has been called the Blue Planet. But if you could pull all the water in the ocean, the atmosphere, groundwater and surface water into a ball,…
Read MoreMr. Fix-it
When an o-ring failed during a research cruise on R/V Knorr in October, WHOI engineer Ken Decoteau found himself assembling a new wiring harness to keep the data flowing. The instrument…
Read MoreNo Vacation
Just because it’s known as a research “cruise” doesn’t mean life is easy for the scientists, engineers and students on board. During a recent, month-long expedition on R/V Knorr, MIT/WHOI…
Read MoreMeasuring Salt from Sea and Space
University of Connecticut scientist Jim Edson (left) and WHOI technician Steve Faluotico install an instrument on a buoy prior to a cruise to the saltiest spot in the North Atlantic…
Read MoreMaking a Splash
A mooring anchor entered the North Atlantic in dramatic fashion last week from the stern of R/V Knorr. The mooring is part of the SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper…
Read MoreTasting Salt
WHOI physical oceanographer Dave Fratantoni inspected one of several wave gliders on the deck of R/V Knorr recently. These three will be deployed later this month during the NASA-sponsored SPURS expedition…
Read MoreWorld Oceans Day 2012
On June 8, we join the international community in celebrating World Oceans Day. The ocean is vast (more than two-thirds of Earth’s surface is covered by ocean), deep (it averages…
Read MoreAn Exceptional Fellow
WHOI Senior Scientist Raymond Schmitt has been elected a 2012 fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), one of 61 new fellows who are being recognized by AGU for “exceptional scientific…
Read MoreSign of the Times
This intriguing trail sign greeted the Fraser River Expedition led by WHOI’s Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink in May in the woods of western Canada. The expedition was part of the Global Rivers…
Read MoreOTZ Mixing Pump and Migration Pump
MIGRANT PUMP: The diel vertical migration (DVM) is a major part of the ocean’s BCP. As the sun sets each day, many animals living in the twilight zone—including fishes, gelatinous…
Read MoreInvestigating the world of microbes with ROV Jason
Deep-sea microbes convert chemicals in hydrothermal fluid into organic carbon, forming the base of these otherworldly hydrothermal vent ecosystems– and potentially playing an important role in the global carbon cycle.
Read MoreAlbert Szent-Györgyi
Albert Szent-Györgyi was a Hungarian-born scientist who spent much of his career at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. He won the Nobel Prize in 1937 for his research…
Read MoreThe Creepy, Unbelievably Inspiring World of Deep Sea Parasites
Ocean hitchhikers and bodysnatchers abound in the ocean, from the surface down to the deepest trenches. The question is, why? And is it a good thing?
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