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How AUVs Work
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) like WHOI’s REMUS, Sentry (pictured), and SeaBED are important tools used to explore the ocean. They are controlled by on-board computers and powered by internal […]
Read MoreRoad Trip
Bruce Sutphen (pictured) and other members of the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER team worked at WHOI recently preparing the sub for transport to New York City over the weekend. On Monday, […]
Read MoreRight of Passage
For decades, WHOI research vessels have taken advantage of a shortcut to Cape Cod Bay and waters further north by passing through the Cape Cod Canal. Here, the research vessel […]
Read MoreEyes of a Scientist
Physical oceanographer Amy Bower, with her six-year-old guide dog, Abbie, introduced two speakers to students from the Perkins School for the Blind during their visit to the Read More
Underway Again
On July 6, 2014, with the ganplank stowed, third mate Josh Woodrow (left) and able-bodied seaman Paul St. Onge, closed the bulwarks on R/V Knorr, as University of Miami mooring […]
Read MoreFish in a Barrel
WHOI scientist Hanu Singh watches as Amy Scott Murray (center) from the University of Aberdeen and Erica Fruh, from the Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle photograph a […]
Read MoreA Haven for Whale Sharks
By Ari Daniel :: Originally published online July 30, 2014
Read MoreWinter Wonderland
During a winter research cruise to the Labrador Sea in 1997, waves washing over the decks of the research vessel Knorr caused continual ice build-up. Scientists and crew […]
Read MoreSentry Swim Test
In April the AUV Sentry was tested in the water at the WHOI dock before being shipped to join R/V Atlantis and the submersible Alvin for research […]
Read MoreMapping Titanic
Bill Lange, Director of WHOI’s Advanced Imaging and Visualization Laboratory (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Originally published online August 1, 2010
Read MoreSearch for Life
The circulation of fluids up from the seafloor through hydrothermal vents provides chemical energy that sustains unique animals and habitats throughout the world’s oceans. The discovery of hydrothermal vent […]
Read MoreA Sharp Turn
Where the Wind Blows
Dynamic Dynamicists
For 10 weeks this summer, participants in the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics program at WHOI are attending talks by variety of scientists, among them Geoffrey Vallis of the University of […]
Read MoreSchool’s In
In June, WHOI oceanographer Peter Traykovski showed students from the Cape Cod-based Lawrence School the custom-built vehicle JetYak, a gas-powered kayak designed to provide scientists autonomous measurements from the […]
Read MoreClass of 2014
Since 1959, participants in the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics summer program have gathered in Woods Hole at Walsh Cottage for 10 weeks of lively debate on how water and […]
Read MoreData Recovery
Kjetil Vaage, of the University of Bergen, helps WHOI mooring technicians Jim Ryder and Dan Torres recover the dual acoustic release component of a mooring line. During a Read More
50+ Years of Ocean Exploration
Over the last 50 years, the submersible Alvin has made many undersea discoveries and been involved in countless observations, collections, and experiments. During those years Alvin has been upgraded with the latest in […]
Read MoreTime Machine
The drilling vessel D/V Glomar Challenger , shown here during project FAMOUS (French-American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study) in 1974, was the first drill ship to be used for scientific […]
Read MoreSafe Recovery
WHOI physical oceanographer John Toole and engineering assistants Brian Hogue and Andy Davies (left to right) recover a moored cage-mounted Modular Acoustic Velocity Sensor (MAVS) and adjacent SBE MicroCat instrument […]
Read MoreJason Away
The remotely operated vehicle Jason is launched from R/V Atlantis into the waters of the East Pacific Rise in January 2014. During the cruise, WHOI microbiologist Read More
Up from the Deep
In 2012 WHOI scientist Gareth Lawson led a research cruise in the Northeast Pacific to study the abundance, distribution, and shell condition of pteropods—tiny planktonic snails—and relate […]
Read MoreFull House
Moorings and buoys secured to the crowded decks of the research vessel Knorr destined for Greenland and Iceland arrived in subpolar North Atlantic waters this month. The vessel also carried […]
Read MoreView from the Top
On board the research vessel Atlantis in March, Bruce Strickrott works at the communications station during one of Alvin‘s first dives following an extensive, three-year upgrade. As Alvin […]
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