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Dave Barry
When you finally see what’s going on underwater, you realize you’ve been missing the whole point of the ocean.
Read MoreCynthia Ozick
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
Read MoreThe Ocean Pavilion at COP27
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is joining forces with Scripps Institution of Oceanography and 18 other oceanographic partners from around the globe to speak for the ocean at the 2022 United…
Read MoreHope for Corals in Crisis
Coral reefs around the world are facing a dangerous decline, but there is still hope! This behind-the-scenes video highlights some of the novel technologies and approaches WHOI researchers are developing…
Read More360 video of coral reef scientists at work!
Dive in and join WHOI researchers as they survey a coral reef in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, in this immersive 360 video. During a reef survey, divers layout coordinates…
Read MoreGive Reefs a Chance
Coral reefs play a vital role in sustaining the health of our ocean and our planet, and they are dying at an alarming rate. But right now, WHOI researchers are…
Read MoreCan we use sound to build back reefs?
WHOI scientists study sound as a possible therapy for ailing coral reefs Learn more: https://reefsolutions.whoi.edu
Read MoreOprah Winfrey
You can either see yourself as a wave in the ocean – or you can see yourself as the ocean.
Read MoreRobert Swan
The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.
Read MoreKahlil Gibran
In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans.
Read MoreInto Hurricane Ian
WHOI’s Steve Jayne flies with US Air Force to drop a suite of instruments into and ahead of Hurricane Ian
Read MoreChristiana Figueres
Faced with today’s facts, we can be indifferent, do nothing and hope the problem goes away. We can despair and plunge into paralysis. Or we can become stubborn optimists with…
Read MoreLook to the Ocean For Hope in the Climate Crisis
At WHOI, our focus is the ocean and its complex connections with the atmosphere, land, ice, seafloor, and life—including humanity. We see the ocean as a hero in combating the…
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Heatwaves
Join us for a discussion about the links between the atmosphere and ocean, why heat waves are on the rise, and what it means for our ocean planet.
Read MoreA look back at Alvin science verification
The human-occupied submersible Alvin is ready to return to scientific research at its newly certified maximum depth of 6500 meters (4 miles). That’s the conclusion of a team of scientists…
Read MoreYoko Ono
Every drop in the ocean counts.
Read Moree.e. cummings
For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), it’s always our self we find in the sea.
Read MoreSarah Kay
There’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it’s sent away.
Read MoreJacques Yves Cousteau
We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
Read MoreAlbert Einstein
Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better.
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Giving Reefs a Chance
Coral reefs are in trouble. We have already lost more than half of the world’s reefs in just 50 years, while climate change, pollution, and other stressors continue to decimate…
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Pollution
From plastic to oil spills, experts Chris Reddy and Asha de Vos discuss ocean pollution solutions on Ocean Encounters
Read MoreListening for home: How corals use sound to build reefs
What does home sound like to you? Scientists investigate how corals use sound to settle and build new reefs
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Antarctica!
Antarctica and the Southern Ocean make up the most remote part of our planet—one that few people have experienced.
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