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Josh Woodrow, third mate on the WHOI research vessel Neil Armstrong, takes physical oceanographer Harvey Seim (right) and researcher Sara Haines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill…

A new underwater imaging system developed by WHOI’s Advanced Imaging and Visualization Laboratory is being tested at submerged shipwreck sites in the U.S. and Europe. The technology enables the rapid…

These are tiny larvae of river herring. Herring used to run up coastal streams in far great numbers in springtime, returning from the ocean to spawn in fresh water. But…

R/V Neil Armstrong chief mate Derek Bergeron, second mate Mike Singleton, and third mate Josh Woodrow (left to right) monitor nearby boat traffic as Woodrow steers up the Hudson River…

Every summer since 1959, graduate students from around the world come to WHOI to participate in the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Fellowship program. They are joined by prominent oceanographers, physicists, and mathematicians…

Pam Polloni (red sweater), curator of the MBL/WHOI Library Herbarium, shows visitors examples of holdings in the WHOI botanical collection, which dates back to the 1850s and documents the diverse flora of…

Every summer, the WHOI Summer Student Fellowship (SSF) program and the Woods Hole Partnership Education Program (PEP) bring undergraduates to WHOI to learn more about ocean science. The students attend…

Scientists used a remotely controlled hexacopter to take detailed aerial photographs of endangered right whales and to collect samples of their “blow”—the spray whales exhale out of their blowholes. In the past, researchers…

Sea level rise is accelerating as warming temperatures cause ice to melt and ocean water to expand. Under many scenarios, sea level rise is expected to remain under three feet…

WHOI students and scientists investigate a discontinuity between two layers of volcanic rock that form the interior of a cinder cone on Mount Shasta in northern California. Mount Shasta is…

It wouldn’t be summer in Woods Hole without the traditional photo on the front porch of the Walsh Cottage on the WHOI campus, documenting the annual Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Fellowship program.…

During Major League Baseball’s 2017 All-Star Break, Boston Red Sox Manager John Farrell (third from left) and friends and family visited WHOI’s research vessel Neil Armstrong and were given a tour…

WHOI engineer Mike McCarthy works on the autonomous underwater vehicle Sentry after testing at the dock in Woods Hole. Sentry’s suite of sensors makes it uniquely equipped for oceanographic investigation through…

WHOI postdoctoral scholar Sam Muñoz prepares the small research vessel Arenaria for launch in Big Lake, Missouri, this spring. Muñoz used the tripod in the foreground to extract sediment cores…

Anna Michel, an assistant scientist at WHOI, received the 2017 Arnold B. Arons Award from Vice President for Academic Programs and Dean Jim Yoder at the MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduation reception in June.…

WHOI geophysicist Dan Lizarralde points to a real-time image of the seafloor off Martha’s Vineyard, generated by an EK80 echosounder on the research vessel Neil Armstrong. Lizarralde can use the…

Yellowstone National Park attracts millions of tourists each year, drawn in part by the park’s iconic geysers, hot springs, and fumaroles. But fewer know about the hotbed of hydrothermal activity…