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Fuels from Algae?
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 energy and…
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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 equipped…
Read MoreMembers of the Board
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 vessel…
Read MoreNew Tricks
Crew members Paul Katz, Robert Arthur, and Peter Bouchard (front to back) practice using the new launch and recovery system (LARS) on R/V Neil Armstrong, visible in the background. The LARS…
Read MoreAudio Slideshow: Greeting a New Ship
A Family Affair
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 p.m., the…
Read MoreA New Ship in Town
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 dock…
Read MoreEavesdropping on an Underwater World
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 to help his mentor and…
Read MoreVirtual Ocean
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 of physical…
Read MoreBlast from the Past
A section of beech tree that stood on the WHOI campus in Woods Hole for nearly 150 years is ready to be sampled by technicians at the National Ocean Sciences…
Read MoreSensing Carbon Flux
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 the Sage…
Read MoreCanaries in the Antarctic
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…
Read MorePut a Ring on it
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 recovered…
Read MoreProbing the Pathways
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 mooring,…
Read MorePredicting Precipitation
Physical oceanographers Laifang Li, Ray Schmitt, and Caroline Ummenhofer (left to right) look over an illustration depicting a recently discovered link between sea-surface salinity and rainfall in the Sahel, an impoverished region of…
Read MoreBriefing the Press
Andy Bowen, a WHOI principal engineer and director of the National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF), provided details to the media on how WHOI-operated vehicles were used to help the National…
Read MoreStrong Arm Tactics
Bringing a 274-foot research vessel to rest is not for the faint-of-back. Pete Liarikos, bosun on R/V Neil Armstrong, lent a hand recently in helping secure R/V Atlantis to the WHOI pier…
Read MoreDoing the Honors
Dean and Vice President for Academic Programs Jim Yoder does the honors in dedicating a new dormitory on WHOI’s Quissett Campus. The dorm contains 35 beds spread among 18 single…
Read MoreKeep Away
What looks like a curtain of Mardi Gras beads hung in a doorway is actually something to strike fear in the heart of any fish swimming nearby. These are the…
Read MoreVisit Neil Armstrong
On June 25, the public is invited to see the nation’s newest research vessel, R/V Neil Armstrong, at the WHOI’s Iselin Marine Facility in Woods Hole. Visitors will have an opportunity to…
Read MoreExperiments at Sea
Scientists sailing on R/V Atlantis as part of the NASA-NAAMES expedition will use these large plastic containers to incubate microscopic marine plants and the tiny animals that eat them. The plants, called phytoplankton and the zooplankton grazers that…
Read MoreWorld Oceans Day 2016
Today is World Oceans Day. The global ocean is one of the keys to life on Earth. It helps regulate our climate and our water supply, supplies oxygen to the atmosphere, provides…
Read MoreFair Winds
Rear Admiral Chris Sadler (left) and Viceadmirante Francisco Perez Rico complete the transfer of R/V Knorr (now the Rio Tecolutla) to the Mexican Navy. In its more than four decades at WHOI, Knorr took…
Read MoreScanning the Deep Earth
WHOI scientist Veronique LeRoux places a sample of porous lava into a Skyscan 1272 CT, an imaging system that creates three-dimensional views of physical samples that it scanns. LeRoux is a geologist whose…
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