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On October 8, WHOI elected a new slate of officers to its Board of Trustees and Corporation. The newly elected officers “have great passion for the ocean and […]

While conducting a study on hydrogen generation in mantle rocks, WHOI associate scientist, Frieder Klein and his colleagues discovered the remains of fossilized […]

WHOI researchers and engineers deployed an X-Spar (expendable spar) buoy for sea trials in June 2015. Made of low-cost components like commercial plastic tubing […]

The autonomous underwater vehicle Sentry awaits recovery during the MESH (Mapping, Exploration, Sampling at Havre) research cruise in the spring of 2015. Capable of diving […]

Following completion of successful acceptance trials, the nation’s newest research vessel, the Neil Armstrong, was officially turned over by the U.S. Navy on September 23, 2015, to WHOI, […]

WHOI gets its share of visits from politicians and dignitaries over the course of the year, but few with this many titles on his CV. This summer, former Congressman, New […]

During a recent visit, Vice Admiral Tom Rowden USN is briefed by senior engineer Peter Brickley about glider and Ocean Observatory Initiative (OOI) operations in the Coleman […]

WHOI recently celebrated a special anniversary on the Woods Hole campus—the 250th birthday of  Challenger House. The WHOI “Tunes at Noon” ensemble provided entertainment and Smitty’s Ice Cream provided […]

WHOI engineer Larry George keeps the top of an expendable spar buoy (X-Spar) away from the side of the ship during a test deployment this summer. The X-Spar […]

MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Sarah Rosengard converts organic carbon to carbon dioxide by slowly increasing its temperature from room temperature to 800°C (1,470°F) at WHOI’s National Ocean Sciences […]

Megan Behnke, a senior from St. Olaf College (left), and Lina Davidson, a junior from Barnard College got up close with the human-occupied submersible Alvin during its current maintenance period in […]

In a recent study, WHOI scientists found that single-celled marine phytoplankton like these Melosira sp. can release “infochemicals” that signal marine bacteria to rev up their metabolisms and decompose […]

Rip currents pose a threat to public safety, so officials are interested in ways to predict when and where they form, but it’s difficult to study the dynamic and intermittent […]

Maggie Capooci from the University of Scranton spent her time as a WHOI Summer Student Fellow evaluating how marsh ecosystems respond to restoration of tidal connectivity. Under-sized culverts beneath […]

These marine snails are called pteropods (from the Greek words meaning “wing foot”) or “sea butterflies” because of their winglike swimming appendages. Masses of pteropods drift with currents in the […]