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Leading the Way
The Center for Marine Robotics (CMR) at WHOI was recently chosen by the Massachusetts TechHUB Caucus to receive a NextGEN award, which recognizes tech firms and organizations that […]
Read MoreHook, Line, and Mooring
Crew members aboard the research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer recover a subsurface flotation sphere of a Global Array mooring off the coast of Argentina. The subsurface moorings have sensors […]
Read MoreSeafloor Jigsaw Puzzle
In 1974, Project FAMOUS (French-American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study) would take humans to explore the seafloor for the first time, using the human-occupied submersible Alvin. To reconnoiter the target area […]
Read MoreOil Spill Forensics
When an oil spill occurs, WHOI marine geochemist Chris Reddy often flies to the spill site to collect oil samples. In this case, Reddy only had to walk down the […]
Read MoreDigging Into the Ocean’s Past
Last September, WHOI paleoceanographer Lloyd Keigwin led an expedition to the Azores in the North Atlantic to study the geologic history of ocean currents. To do that, the scientists […]
Read MoreThe Jetyak
Here’s a new addition to the fleet of oceanographic vehicles: the Jetyak. It was developed by WHOI scientists Peter Traykovski and Hanu Singh, who adapted a commercially […]
Read MoreThrough the Looking Glass
WHOI biologist Nancy Copley (right) offers hands-on instruction on oceanographic sampling methods to undergraduates Craig Dawes from the New York City College of Technology and Jeanette Gray from Unity College. […]
Read MoreStressed to a Fault
The island of Haiti is cut by the Enriquillo fault, the border between two of Earth’s tectonic plates—the Caribbean Plate, moving generally eastward, and the Gonave Microplate, moving westward. In […]
Read MoreA QuadPod
WHOI engineer Kevin Manganini heads toward Martha’s Vineyard aboard the research vessel Discovery to deploy this undersea instrument, called a QuadPod. WHOI scientist Peter Traykovski is leading research to […]
Read MoreOver the Bounding Main
Undersea Volcano
This high-resolution map shows the seafloor topography of the caldera of the Havre volcano on the seafloor off the coast of New Zealand, which erupted in 2012. It was the […]
Read MoreThe Splice Is Right
WHOI mooring technician Meghan Donohue splices a line on the research vessel Neil Armstrong during a voyage from Woods Hole to a Global Array site in the […]
Read MoreSunrise Scientific Cruise
The sun rises off the bow off the research vessel Neil Armstrong during an expedition in the North Atlantic in September 2017 led by WHOI paleoceanographer Lloyd Keigwin. […]
Read MoreScientist in Training
The Semester at WHOI program gives juniors and seniors interested in science, math, and engineering the opportunity to come to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to do their own ocean-related research […]
Read MoreWell-traveled Name
A work crew fits a boom to the new mizzen mast of the research vessel Atlantis in this undated WHOI Archives photograph from the Munro Shipyard in Chelsea, Mass. […]
Read MoreA View from the Bridge
Fourth- and fifth-grade students from Public School 51 in Hell’s Kitchen, New York City, visited WHOI last week. The students, who participate in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) activities […]
Read MoreUnderwater Soundscapes
WHOI postdoctoral scholar Ashlee Lillis checks on snapping shrimp in a tank at the Institution’s Environmental Systems Laboratory. The shrimp have one oversized claw that they use to […]
Read MoreGlider Away!
WHOI engineer Jennifer Batryn assists with the launch of an ocean glider at the Ocean Observatories Initiative’s Coastal Pioneer Array, about 90 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. The autonomous […]
Read MoreFrom Whales to Microbes
WHOI scientist Amy Apprill studies a wide range of marine life—from microorganisms to whales. In recent years, she has studied bacteria living on the skin of humpback whales […]
Read MoreUnexpected and Unexploded
Munitions dropped decades ago on once desolate coasts often show up today in areas that have become more developed and inhabited. WHOI scientist Peter Traykovski is investigating where […]
Read MoreThe Future Face of Science and Engineering
February 11 is the United Nation’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science. For the past two years, WHOI scientist Anna Michel has brought sixth-graders from Morse […]
Read MoreAll Ahead
A.D. Colburn looks out from the bridge of the research vessel Atlantis as it left Woods Hole in October on his final trip as captain of the Global Class […]
Read MoreAn Ear in the Ocean
WHOI research engineer Rod Catanach wires a sound recorder on a coral reef off St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Justin Suca used […]
Read MoreSteady As It Goes
Jim Ryder of the WHOI Mooring Operations and Engineering Group (left) steadies the line of a wire-following profiler, part of a Global Array mooring aboard the research vessel […]
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