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Getting a Good Grip
WHOI Mooring Operations & Engineering lead John Kemp (center) and Senior Engineering Assistants Jim Dunn and Meghan Donohue work to add a YaleGrip to an electro-magnetic (EM) cable during […]
Read MoreGulf Stream Waters
Sam Levang, a graduate student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, has been studying the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a critical component of Earth’s climate system. It transports warm […]
Read MoreFresh Water in the Arctic
The Canadian icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent negotiates thick ice floes near Beaufort Gyre, a major Artic Ocean circulation system north of Alaska. Global warming may be disrupting the […]
Read MoreView from Above
The research vessel Neil Armstrong paused at the mouth of Prince Christian Sound in southern Greenland recently so its crew could carry out deck work in sheltered waters. The […]
Read MoreCelebrating Success
The WHOI Center for Marine Robotics (CMR) fosters collaboration between WHOI engineers and scientists and industry sponsors, academic partners, and key government agencies, in order to develop new robotic […]
Read MoreAnything But a Boat
WHOI held its periodic Anything-But-A-Boat Race on Sept. 16 in Woods Hole, Mass.—a community event that attracted hundreds of spectators. Race rules stipulate that “unboats” must be without boat […]
Read MoreLooking for Resilience
WHOI coral scientists Anne Cohen and Pat Lohmann extract core samples from a coral during a recent cruise to Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in the central Pacific Ocean. The scientists […]
Read MoreA Multigenerational Success Story
Since its establishment 50 years ago, the MIT-WHOI Joint Program has had an ongoing multigenerational legacy of training leaders in the field of oceanography. Here, Susan Wijffels, an […]
Read MoreWash Day
The research vessel Neil Armstrong ducked into Prince Christian Sound last week to take advantage of the calm seas. The ship is currently on a mission to replace a set […]
Read MoreValuable Volunteers
Jim Tynan uses a model of the human-occupied vehicle Alvin in the Ocean Science Discovery Center to inform visitors about the research and engineering that goes on at WHOI. Tynan […]
Read MoreMission Accomplished
The remotely operated vehicle Jason is recovered after a mission to explore Brothers Volcano in the Kermedec Arc 400 nautical miles off the northern coast of New Zealand. WHOI scientists and colleagues […]
Read MoreOur Newest Pittenger Award Winner
Margaret Tivey, vice president for academic programs & dean of the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, presents Lt. Ryan Conway with the 2018 Richard F. Pittenger Award. It is given annually […]
Read MorePrepare to Glide
Researchers deploy an underwater glider in the Mediterranean Sea in 2017. MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Mara Freilich and her advisor Amala Mahadevan have been investigating oceanic fronts—similar to meteorological fronts […]
Read MoreSWMS Takes on Diversity in STEM
The Society for Women in Marine Science (SWMS) is holding its 2018 Fall Symposium tomorrow (Sat., Sept. 22) in Woods Hole. Last year’s meeting (pictured) focused on women scientists finding […]
Read MoreBack to the Sea
The crew of the research vessel Neil Armstrong and WHOI mooring technicians return a seafloor tripod into the Labrador Sea southwest of Greenland for another two-year deployment as part […]
Read MoreA Road Map for the Ocean
Sam Levang, a graduate student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, investigates the pathways of ocean water circulating throughout the globe. The oceans circulate heat and have a significant role in […]
Read MoreTracking North Atlantic Currents
From left: WHOI engineer Andrew Davies, bosun Pete Liarkos, and WHOI engineers John Kemp and Brian Hogue recover a mooring aboard the research vessel Neil Armstrong southeast of Greenland. […]
Read MorePioneer Array
Animation of a coastal component of the Ocean Observatory Initiative.
Originally published online January 1, 2009
Read MoreGliding Beneath Florence
WHOI oceanographer Robert Todd launched a Spray glider like this toward the path of Hurricane Florence to measure the amount of heat stored in the ocean. Hurricanes are fueled […]
Read MoreCanyon Explorers
Yesterday, on the second anniversary of the founding of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument, WHOI deep-sea biologist Tim Shank, submersible pilot Buck Taylor, and photographer Read More
Measuring Fuel for a Hurricane
WHOI scientists, along with colleagues from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, deploy a meteorological buoy off the research vessel Neil Armstrong near Cape Hatteras in April, 2017. The […]
Read MoreRemember the ALAMOs
A U.S. Air Force “Hurricane Hunter” prepares to drop an ALAMO (Air-Launched Autonomous Micro-Observer) float into the ocean in front of a hurricane. WHOI oceanographer Steve Jayne routinely […]
Read MoreForecasting Hurricane Intensity
To forecast hurricane intensities more accurately, scientists need to know a critical piece of information: how much heat is stored in the in upper 1,000 meters of the ocean. Read More
Handle with Care
The sea raven, is a common bottom-dweller in ocean waters off New England. WHOI postdoctoral investigator Andrea Bogomolni (pictured) and WHOI researcher Alex Bocconcelli encountered this one earlier this […]
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