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Summary of when Alvin visited Titanic in 1986
Dr. Robert Ballard summarizes the first time HOV Alvin and Jason Junior explored the wreck of the Titanic in 1986.
Read MoreMassachusetts Governor Maura Healey Visits WHOI
Gov. Healey and members of her administration toured WHOI’s waterfront campus on March 16, 2023, to highlight her vision for the state’s marine-oriented or “blue” economy.
Read MorePeter de Menocal at the UN Ocean Conference
Peter de Menocal, President and Director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution addressed attendees of the UN Ocean Conference as part of meeting’s the 6th Interactive Dialogue: Increasing scientific knowledge and developing research capacity and transfer of marine technology.
Read MoreROV Jason explores Axial Seamount
During the PROTATAX23 cruise to Axial Seamount off the coast of Oregon, ROV Jason dove eight times, visited 19 hydrothermal vents, and collected 144 samples– including some from over 1500 […]
Read MoreMashpee Wampanoag Tribe campers visit WHOI
Campers in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s Preserving Our Homelands program visited WHOI as part of an ongoing effort to develop knowledge exchange. At the Dunkworks rapid prototyping facility (seen here), […]
Read MoreDid you know ocean robots use AI?
Did you know that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help us learn more about the ocean? Next-gen robots equipped with AI can cover more area, gather more data, and make decisions […]
Read MoreDigital Reefs: Enabling the Industrial Metaverse with MIT Technology Review
On June 12, 2023, Digital Reefs principal investigator Anne Cohen presented her vision for a technologically supported future of decision-making for coral reefs at “Enabling the Industrial Metaverse.” The live […]
Read MoreEdie Widder
Exploration is the engine that drives innovation. Innovation drives economic growth. So let’s all go exploring!
Read MoreA sensor to monitor acid in the ocean
Excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is making the ocean more acidic and less hospitable to shelled marine life. At WHOI, scientists Jennie Rheuban, Aleck Wang, MIT-WHOI joint program student […]
Read MoreRobert Ballard
The deep sea has more history in it than all the museums in the world, combined.
Read MoreKatharine Lee Bates
And crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea.
Read MoreRalph Waldo Emerson
Alain Gerbault
I wanted freedom, open air and adventure. I found it on the sea.
Read MoreYvon Woappi
By opening gates, we send the message that STEMM is for all and can be done well only when all of us are welcome.
Read MoreJames Cameron
The ocean is vast, and to explore it, we need to use every kind of tool.
Read MoreAn undersea profiling robot
Sea-going robots can travel on their own for weeks at a time, gathering critical information that helps us understand things like the ocean’s carbon cycle. But despite their considerable powers, […]
Read MoreWHOI Land Acknowledgement
We collectively acknowledge that Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is located on the unceded ancestral and contemporary land of the Wôpanâak (Wampanoag) peoples. We acknowledge the Mashpee, Aquinnah, Herring Pond, and […]
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Robots
Find out how researchers are using increasingly sophisticated autonomous and remotely operated technologies to explore extreme environments, respond to crises, help at-risk ecosystems, and much more.
Read MoreNeil Armstrong
Geologists have a saying: rocks remember.
Read MoreJimmy Buffett
Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call. Wanted to sail upon your waters, since I was three feet tall. You’ve seen it all, you’ve seen it all.
Read MoreCoral reef discovered in the Galápagos Marine Reserve with Alvin
In April 2023, scientists diving in the human-occupied submersible Alvin discovered extensive, ancient deep-sea coral reefs within the Galápagos Marine Reserve.
Read MoreJulia Whitty
The more we look, the more we learn that everything arises from the sea and everything falls away to the sea, and the deep blue home is home to every […]
Read MoreBoston/New England Regional Emmy® Award Nominations
The Boston/New England Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) has announced the nominees for the 46th annual regional Emmy® Awards and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has been nominated in TWO categories for our videos “Hope for Corals In Crisis” and “Give Reefs a Chance.”
Read MoreSylvia Earle
With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live.
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