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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 […]

This Saturday, June 25, is the day for the public to come help welcome R/V Neil Armstrong. The nation’s newest research vessel will be on display at the WHOI […]

William A. Watkins helped pioneer the field marine mammal bioacoustics, opening our ears to an underwater world of sound. Watkins was a self-taught electrical engineer who initially came to […]

WHOI post-doctoral investigator Tom Chalk manipulates a dataset showing carbonate ion concentration in the 3-dimensional image visualization laboratory. The lab is used to help analyze large, geo-referenced datasets […]

MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Sophie Chu (left) and research assistant Kate Morkeski, who work with chemist Aleck Wang, prepare to deploy a Channelized Optical System (CHANOS) sensor in […]

An Adélie penguin bends low to check on its eggs, which are snuggled into the warm skin and feathers between its legs. Adélies live for 15 to 20 years, and […]

WHOI marine archaeologist Brendan Foley holds a gold ring he and his team recovered from the Anitkythera wreck site off the coast of Greece. The ring is similar to one […]

A buoy sits on the WHOI dock in preparation for an August 2016 expedition to the Irminger and Labrador Seas. The buoy, which will be attached to a sub-surface Read More