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A Royal Gift

A Royal Gift

WHOI engineer D.C. Collasius scans a model of the hull of WHOI’s former research vessel Chain in WHOI’s rapid prototyping center, DunkWorks. He made a replica of the ship to…

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See You In August

See You In August

The research vessel Neil Armstrong departed Reykjavik, Iceland, recently to spend the entire month of July in the North Atlantic as part of OSNAP (Overturning in the Sub-Polar North Atlantic Program).…

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Farming the Seas

Farming the Seas

Researchers survey a kelp farm run by the University of New England in Saco Bay, Maine, using a REMUS 100, a robotic underwater vehicle (not visible) equipped with specialized sonar,…

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A Princely Visit

A Princely Visit

In November 1961, WHOI’s research vessel Chain paid a port call in Monaco, where the royal family accepted Captain Emerson Hiller’s invitation to a Thanksgiving dinner. Seated next to his…

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Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

Each summer since 1959, a select group of graduate students comes to WHOI to study with leading oceanographers, physicists, and mathematicians in the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program. The field focuses…

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A Visit from the CNO

A Visit from the CNO

Admiral John Richardson, the U.S. Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations, visited WHOI in September, 2016, and received a number of briefings on research, technology, and assets sponsored by the Navy,…

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Marshes in Flux

Marshes in Flux

WHOI biogeochemist Amanda Spivak describes her research to journalists in the WHOI Ocean Science Journalism Fellowship Program, which brings them to WHOI for a week to learn about oceanography and ocean…

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Visiting Mission Control

Visiting Mission Control

Senior Engineering Assistant Brian Kelly and Senior Financial Analyst Kim Sargent give elementary school students from the Mullen-Hall School a tour of the Coleman and Susan Burke Ocean Operations Room…

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Happy July Fourth!

Happy July Fourth!

The Stars and Stripes flies atop WHOI’s former research vessel Knorr. Throughout its 88-year history, WHOI has operated research vessels used by scientists throughout the nation, starting with Atlantis in…

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A Line of Oil

A Line of Oil

An airplane sprays chemical dispersants on an oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Dispersants are often used to break oil into small…

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The REMUS 6000

The REMUS 6000

WHOI Principal Engineer Mike Purcell (foreground) and Research Specialist Mark Dennett work with the REMUS 6000, an autonomous underwater vehicle, on a 2011 cruise that located the wreckage of Air…

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Woods Hole History

Woods Hole History

It’s summer in Woods Hole, Mass., with plenty of opportunities to enjoy the outdoors and even learn a little about the fascinating ocean science that goes on here. But in…

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Fair Winds and Following Seas

Fair Winds and Following Seas

Members of the WHOI Port Office, who manage the operations of WHOI’s ships, gather on stage as Rob Munier, vice president for marine facilities and operations at WHOI (at podium)…

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Getting a Grip on Gliders

Getting a Grip on Gliders

Senior engineering assistant Diana Wickman shows part of an ocean glider to elementary school students from the Mullen-Hall School in Falmouth, Mass., during their annual Green Bus tour. Gliders and…

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SID Goes to the Seafloor

SID Goes to the Seafloor

Bosun Patrick Hennesey (left) and Ordinary Seaman Clindor Chacho begin to lower an instrument called Vent-SID on a cable to the seafloor from the research vessel Atlantis. WHOI microbiologists Craig…

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Magnetic Technology

Magnetic Technology

WHOI engineer David Fisichella shows a handheld magnetometer to students from the Perkins School for the Blind during a visit to WHOI earlier this month. Research divers use the instrument to detect metallic objects…

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Arctic Changes

Arctic Changes

Lauren Kipp, a graduate student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, spent 65 days on the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy in the summer of 2015, measuring levels of radium-228 across…

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Core Curriculum

Core Curriculum

WHOI researcher Ellen Roosen (center) gives science teachers a tour of the WHOI Seafloor Samples Laboratory. She explained how WHOI scientists recover cores of seafloor sediments and corals, which preserve…

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Life in the Twilight Zone

Life in the Twilight Zone

The ocean twilight zone—200 to 1,000 meters (660 to 3,300 feet) beneath the surface—teems with life. Spanning the entire world, its waters are vast, dimly lit, and under crushing pressures.…

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Improving Hurricane Prediction

Improving Hurricane Prediction

A view of Silver Beach in North Falmouth, Mass., after the hurricane of 1938 is a reminder of the damage hurricanes can cause. Jeff Donnelly and colleagues in the WHOI…

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Lost and Found Buoy

Lost and Found Buoy

WHOI technicians Jim Ryder (left) and Jeff Pietro (right) in the WHOI Mooring Operations and Engineering Group, and Kris Newhall (center) traveled to the most western side of Smith Point,…

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Measuring Deep-sea Microbes

Measuring Deep-sea Microbes

Former graduate student Jesse McNichol and postdoctoral researcher François Thomas conduct experiments in an Isobaric Gas-Tight sampler (IGT) aboard the reserach vessel Atlantis. An IGT sucks in bacteria and fluids…

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Ghost Forest Busters

Ghost Forest Busters

WHOI graduate and guest students collect cross sections from ancient Atlantic white cedar tree stumps in Hundred Acre Cove in Rhode Island. Atlantic white cedars are particularly sensitive to temperature…

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Squid on the Menu

Squid on the Menu

Loligo pealii, the ordinary squid, is a kind of floating buffet that feeds fish, birds, seals, dolphins, many whales, and even humans. Despite this, scientists know remarkably little about how…

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