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Eyes Above
Galapagos swallow-tailed gulls soar above R/V Atlantis during a 2010 expedition near the Galapagos Islands. The unusual birds, the only fully nocturnal gulls and seabirds in the world, flocked […]
Read MoreAlgae, Aerosols, and Climate
Researchers from the University of Rhode Island prepare the main lab of R/V Atlantis for a cruise to the North Atlantic, where a multi-institutional team will […]
Read MoreHigh and Dried
Christine Chen examines stony deposits called tufas on an ancient lakeshore in the central Andes Mountains, northern Chile. Chen, a graduate student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, visited there […]
Read MoreWhat’s There?
For decades, one of the driving forces behind much of WHOI’s success in exploring the ocean has been the close association between its scientists and engineers. Here, research engineer Read More
Ten Years Later
In 2006, WHOI launched Image of the Day. Since then, nearly 4,000 images have graced the home page highlighting WHOI researchers, expeditions, and discoveries. This is the very first image […]
Read MoreCore Strength
Participants in the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 360 proudly display the longest continuous piece of rock core ever recovered from the seafloor. WHOI geologist Henry Dick […]
Read MoreSmall Bloom Expected
Alexandrium fundyense is the algae notorious for producing a toxin that accumulates in shellfish and can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning in humans. This organism swims in the water and divides […]
Read MoreVectoring in on Currents
Jerry Dean (foreground) and colleague carry a Vector Averaging Current Meter that had just been recovered from the Sargasso Sea, where it was attached to a mooring line as part […]
Read MoreWoods Hole, 1948
The village of Woods Hole, one of eight villages in the Town of Falmouth, Massachusetts, is shown here circa 1948. Trains, visible at bottom of the image, where the Steamship Authority […]
Read MoreColor and Splash
A NUI World
A team on board R/V Neil Armstrong recovered the Nereid Under Ice (NUI) hybrid remotely operated vehicle (HROV) during a recent cruise to test the ship’s science capabilities. During […]
Read MoreAlvin Ashore
A large crane off-loads the submersible Alvin from research vessel Atlantis, as WHOI Dockmaster Doug Handy holds a line and Atlantis bosun Pat Hennessy descends the gangway. […]
Read MoreInterdisciplinary Impact
Kelsey Gosselin, a research assistant in the lab of WHOI biogeochemist Amanda Spivak, saws into a core collected from the Kennebec River watershed in Maine. Spivak is working […]
Read MoreField of Stars
Scientists exploring off the south coast of Fernandina Island in the Gálapagos archipelago recently saw and imaged this field of sea stars at about 280 meters (919 feet) deep. […]
Read MoreThe Long Core
The barrel of the WHOI Long Core spans the port side of the research vessel Knorr. The one-of-a-kind system can extract columns of seafloor sediments up to […]
Read MoreFierce Fish
In the early years of using moored instruments to gather information about the ocean, many moorings sustained damage that some researchers attributed to bites from fish. Not everyone was convinced, […]
Read MoreBottled Water
Water-collecting cylinders known as Niskin bottles stand ready, their spring-loaded caps open at both ends. Niskin bottles are most often attached to a CTD rosette sampler—a frame holding a […]
Read MoreSurprising Swarm
Biology Slideshow
Biology Slideshow
Quest for the Mantle
For more than half a century, scientists have tried to drill through the Earth’s rocky crust to reach its mantle. WHOI geophysicist Henry Dick, who has […]
Read MoreAtlantis Rising
The research vessel Neil Armstrong is by no means the first connection between the exploration of space and the ocean. The nation’s first research vessel, WHOI’s R/V Atlantis, gave its […]
Read MoreR/V Neil Armstrong Returns to Woods Hole
After completing Science Verification Cruise 4 on May 9, 2016, R/V Neil Armstrong sailed into Woods Hole on a bright spring morning. Look for R/V Atlantis tied up at the […]
Read MoreHigh Honor
In 2011, leaders of Congress presented gold medals to the crewmembers of Apollo 11, the 1969 journey commanded by astronaut Neil Armstrong that culminated with man’s first steps on […]
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