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WHOI offers students a unique Geodynamics Program that fosters interdisciplinary research among faculty, Joint Program students and postdoctoral fellows. Each year a different theme is the focus of […]

On a June 2016 cruise aboard R/V Neil Armstrong, biologist Phil Alatalo tightens a bolt securing a safety harness for the Digital Autonomous Video Plankton Recorder (DAVPR), which […]

In June, the new research vessel Neil Armstrong opened to the public for guided tours as part of a day of activities to welcome the ship to its […]

Crew members and technicians on WHOI’s new ship R/V Neil Armstrong deploy a deepwater mooring off Cape Hatteras—the first mooring deployment from the Armstrong. Bosun Peter Liarikos uses […]

WHOI research associate Alexi Shalapyonok checks a Flow CytoBot (FCB) on the air-sea interaction tower of the Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory while the coastal research vessel Tioga […]

Two Remote Environmental Monitoring Units (REMUS) vehicles were stowed on R/V Neil Armstrong before the ship departed on the final leg of a three-leg expedition to service parts of […]

Independence of thought, of action, and of research; a belief in the freedom to take initiative; and an irrepressible desire to explore the unknown and to make new discoveries at […]

WHOI President and Director Mark Abbott (left) and U.S. Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Mathias Winter stand next to a mooring anchor frame in the […]

Two celebrated research institutions joined forces in 1967 to launch the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography. Last month, the program awarded its one-thousandth graduate degree. Jim Yoder, vice […]

Instruments like this, known as a CTD rosette, are a mainstay of oceanographic research. CTD stands for conductivity (which provides a measure of salinity), temperature, and depth. In this […]

WHOI engineer Miles Ochs (foreground) takes up slack on a winch while Mooring Operations Group leader John Kemp checks tension on the line. The two were part of […]

WHOI marine chemist Chris Reddy samples algae from the ocean for his research on biofuels. Like terrestrial plants, algae and other phytoplankton produce sugars and fats to store […]

At the start of an expedition to Guadalupe Island, Mexico, the two REMUS SharkCam vehicles are still relatively unscathed. The specially modified REMUS 100 (front) and 600 vehicles are […]

Members of the WHOI Board of Trustees gathered for a rare group photo following their spring meeting at WHOI. The meeting was followed by tours of WHOI’s new research […]

The family of WHOI biologist Gareth Lawson greeted Neil Armstrong yesterday as the ship (and Gareth) returned to Woods Hole. Tomorrow, June 25, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 […]