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Happy Earth-Ocean Day

Happy Earth-Ocean Day

Many processes that marine scientists study also have connections to dry land. Last year, students and faculty explored the rocks surrounding the Snake River Plain Yellowstone Hotspot, which lies […]

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Line ’em Up

Line 'em Up

WHOI engineering assistant Ben Tradd and senior engineer and Jason program manager Matt Heintz align the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason over its coupled payload basket during dock tests after […]

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Flying High

Flying High

The research vessel Crawford is shown with the wing of a P5 Marlin (P5M) seaplane strapped to its side in 1960. WHOI scientists made the modification in an attempt to improve the […]

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Hannibal Bank Seamount Expedition

In April 2015, a research team studying biodiversity at the Hannibal Bank Seamount off the coast of Panama captured something unexpected—unique video of thousands of red crabs swarming in low-oxygen […]

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Biogeochemical Pioneer

Biogeochemical Pioneer

Geoff Eglinton (1927-2016) influenced and inspired generations of marine chemists for more than 25 years as a WHOI adjunct scientist. In 2015, he penned an article for Oceanus magazine, commenting […]

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Abundant Tiny Hosts

Abundant Tiny Hosts

Under a microscope, a copepod looks fearsome, but at only one-sixteenth of an inch, it won’t bother you on a swim. People seldom see these tiny marine crustaceans, but they […]

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Back to School

Back to School

A large school of bigeye trevally swam past a submarine carrying WHOI scientists descending in Cabu Pulmo National Park, home of the oldest of only three coral reefs on the […]

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Presenting: Neil Armstrong

Presenting: Neil Armstrong

Carol Armstrong, wife of Naval aviator and the first man to set foot on the moon, Neil Armstrong, christened the research vessel bearing her husband’s name in 2014. R/V Neil […]

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