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Sir David Attenborough
Surely we have a responsibility to leave for future generations a planet that is healthy and habitable by all species.
Read MoreStephen Hawking
Real science can be far stranger than science fiction – and much more satisfying.
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Ocean Plastics
Plastics are one of the most common substances in everyday life, found in everything from toothbrushes to cell towers. Now they have spread throughout the ocean, with surprising–and costly–consequences for us and for our ocean planet.
Read MoreGordon Lill
The Ocean’s bottom is at least as important to us as the moon’s behind.
Read MoreSwim alongside a Right Whale and her calf
On Monday, March 27, 2023, Spindle, an approximately 41-year-old North Atlantic right whale, was spotted in Cape Cod Bay with her calf. A new video from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, New England Aquarium, and Whale & Dolphin Conservation, shows the calf suckling, or feeding, as it swims under its mother.
Read MoreMarie Curie
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Jellies
Jellyfish and other ocean “jellies” may be best known for their painful stings, but they play an important role in ecosystems from seagrass beds to the deep sea. Join us to hear about the techniques scientists are using to study these amazing creatures, and what jellies can teach us about the ocean’s health—and our own.
Read MoreDiscovering La Mer
Boston Ballet and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have joined forces to collaborate on Nanine Linning’s upcoming world premiere, La Mer, a contemporary ballet that explores the nature of threats facing the ocean, as well as the potential in the ocean to create solutions to our most challenging environmental and societal problems.
Read MoreMarie Tharp
There’s truth to the old clichés that a picture is worth a thousand words and that seeing is believing.
Read MoreKatherine Johnson
Like what you do, and then you will do your best.
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Hydrothermal Vents
Like geysers and hot springs on land, hydrothermal vents form in volcanic regions on the ocean bottom, gushing hot, mineral-rich fluids from beneath the seafloor. Join us to hear what scientists have learned about vents and the surprising organisms that thrive there— and what they can teach us about the origins of life on Earth.
Read MoreErnest Everett Just
We feel the beauty of nature because we are part of nature… Although we may deal with the particulars, we return finally to the whole pattern woven out of these.
Read MoreAlvin visits the wreck of the Titanic
This rare, uncut footage of the wreck of Titanic marks the first time humans had set eyes on the ill-fated ship since 1912 and includes many other iconic scenes. Captured in July 1986 from cameras on the human-occupied submersible Alvin and the newly built, remotely operated Jason Junior, most of this footage has never been released to the public.
Read MoreBooker T. Washington
If you want to lift yourself up, lift someone else.
Read MoreBernard A. Harris, Jr.
We are infinite beings with infinite possibilities. We have the power within ourselves to do anything we set our minds to.
Read MoreNeil deGrasse Tyson
The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.
Read MoreRobert Wyland
The sea lives in every one of us.
Read MoreHenry Wadworth Longfellow
My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me.
Read MoreKatharine Hayhoe
To care about climate change, all you have to be, pretty much, is a human being on planet earth.
Read MoreDrew Barrymore
I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times.
Read More2022 Year in Review
Re-live the best of 2022 with this montage showcasing just some of WHOI’s ocean science, technology, and engineering highlights. WHOI researchers are active in upwards of 800 projects around the world at any time, providing critical information about some of the most urgent challenges facing humanity and the planet we call home. As part of the WHOI community, we thank you for your dedication to our ocean, our future, and our planet. Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2023!
Read MoreJon Kabat-Zinn
You can’t stop the waves. But you can learn to surf!
Read MoreOcean Encounters: Sailing for Science
Despite extreme weather, spending months away from home, and the occasional pirate, these intrepid mariners are passionate about supporting research at sea. Find out about the diverse careers available in marine operations–and maybe join the crew!
Read MoreDave Barry
When you finally see what’s going on underwater, you realize you’ve been missing the whole point of the ocean.
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