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Pioneer Array

Animation of a coastal component of the Ocean Observatory Initiative. Originally published online January 1, 2009

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Gliding Beneath Florence

Gliding 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 by warm…

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Canyon Explorers

Canyon 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 Luis Lamar (left…

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Measuring Fuel for a Hurricane

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 buoy…

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Remember the ALAMOs

Remember 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 joins the…

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Forecasting Hurricane Intensity

Forecasting 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. Hurricanes gather…

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Handle with Care

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 summer while doing…

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The Calm Before the Storm

The Calm Before the Storm

WHOI dockmaster Mitch Medeiros hauls a thin “messenger line” tied to a much larger mooring line as part of the docking process for the research vessel Atlantis upon the ship’s…

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The Fascination of Discovery

The Fascination of Discovery

WHOI recently concluded its first expedition to study life in the ocean twilight zone, a joint research cruise with scientists from the National Marine Fisheries Service and University of Connecticut.…

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Shark Research at the Senate

Shark Research at the Senate

WHOI engineer and SharkCam co-developer Amy Kukulya (center) testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in July. U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) convened the hearing, entitled…

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Winging It

Winging It

In 1960, WHOI researchers on the research vessel Crawford devised a novel way of measuring the slope of the seafloor. They took sonar depth measurements from two fixed points about…

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Sentry Returns

Sentry Returns

The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Sentry is a programmable robot capable of remaining submerged for 24 hours or more while carrying out complex physical, chemical, and biological research. The vehicle…

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WHOI’s First Ocean Twilight Zone Expedition

The Ocean Twilight Zone abounds with life but has remained largely unexplored. A team of researchers led by WHOI acoustic oceanographer Andone Lavery recently returned from the first expedition to…

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All the Comforts of Home

All the Comforts of Home

Microbiologist Julie Huber participated on a research expedition on the exploration vessel Nautilus recently without leaving home. SUBSEA (Systematic Underwater Biogeochemical Science and Exploration Analog) is co-led by WHOI geochemist Chris German to…

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Some Heavy Lifting

Some Heavy Lifting

WHOI mechanical engineer Kaitlyn Tradd (foreground) directs deck operations on the NOAA research vessel Henry B. Bigelow during a recovery of the towed vehicle Deep-See. Tradd helped to develop and…

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Melt Down

Melt Down

Summertime ice melt along the Greenland Ice Sheet has sped up in recent decades, more fresh water to flow into the surrounding ocean. The fresh water carries nutrients and organic…

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A River in the Ocean

A River in the Ocean

Scientists at WHOI have been studying the Gulf Stream for decades. Physical oceanographer Arthur Rocky Miller, shown here in 1960, came to WHOI in 1946 and was among the first…

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Learning at Sea

Learning at Sea

Noa Randall (left), a 2018 Summer Student Fellow (SFF), prepares a submersible thermometer to take the temperature of the water in Buzzards Bay from the research vessel Gulf Challenger, with…

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Alvin Makes an Exciting Coral Discovery

On August 23, a team made up of Erik Cordes from Temple University, Cathy McFadden from Harvey Mudd College, and HOV Alvin pilot Bruce Strickrott made an exciting discovery off the coast…

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Postcard from Hawaii

Postcard from Hawaii

On the way to the Loih’i Seamount off the coast of the island of Hawai’i, the exploration vessel Nautilus passed the last remaining location where lava has been entering the…

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Ready to Ring

Ready to Ring

WHOI Ship Operations project manager Pam Clark and RADM Dick Pittenger stand next to a new ship’s bell destined for the research vessel Neil Armstrong when it returns to Woods Hole…

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An Unexpected Guest

An Unexpected Guest

This young octopus was photographed in a tank aboard the NOAA research vessel Henry B. Bigelow during WHOI’s first ocean twilight zone expedition earlier this month. “Boo,” as the Atlantic…

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Welcome, Alucia

Welcome, Alucia

The research vessel Alucia arrived in Woods Hole, Mass., for the first time on Saturday, August 25. The ship was re-fit in 2011 and, since that time, WHOI has played…

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Netting the Deep

Netting the Deep

A high-tech version of the humble sampling net, the MOCNESS (Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System) sits aboard the research vessel Henry B. Bigelow earlier this month, ready to…

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