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WHOI Data Library to House and Preserve Ocean Ecosystem Archives
Alexander Graham Bell once said that when one door closes another one opens, and the open doors of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Data Library and Archives are making it possible to help preserve the voluminous archives of GLOBEC, a study of Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics, which closed at the end of 2009.
Read MoreWHOI Receives Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Grant for Oceanography Imaging Informatics
In a significant step toward a new era in the collection and understanding of ocean science data, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has received a grant of more than $2 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for work in imaging informatics in oceanography.
Read MoreWHOI Launches Ocean Awareness Video Campaign in NYC
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has launched a video campaign on the world’s biggest stage to highlight the importance…
Read MoreWHOI Returns to the Titanic
Nearly 25 years after WHOI first discovered the final resting place of the RMS Titanic, researchers will this week return…
Read MoreWHOI To Mark New Lab with Groundbreaking Celebration
Equipped with an $8.1 million federal Recovery Act grant and a shovel, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will celebrate the groundbreaking of its new Laboratory for Ocean Sensors and Observing Systems (LOSOS) at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 4, at the Clark Laboratory on the Institution?s Quissett Campus.
Read MoreWHOI in Times Square
July 15, 2010 At WHOI, we are committed to understanding our planet’s one and only ocean. So committed that we’re…
Read MoreWHOI Participates in Meeting Aimed at Finding Solutions to Control or Stop Oil Spill
On June 1, 2010, members of the staff of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) participated in a meeting at…
Read MoreWHOI Joins Consortium to Study, Minimize Effects of Gulf Oil Spill
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is partnering with two Louisiana institutions to determine the myriad impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil discharge into the Gulf of Mexico and to devise and implement possible solutions to the disaster.
Read MoreRita Colwell to speak at MIT/WHOI Joint Program Commencement June 5 at WHOI
Rita R. Colwell, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland and the Johns Hopkins University and former Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), will give the commencement address June 5 at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to the 2010 graduates of the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography and Applied Ocean Sciences and Engineering.
Read MoreWHOI Selected to Operate Newest Navy Research Ship
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has been informed by the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) that it…
Read MoreWHOI’s Amy Bower Wins Unsung Heroine Award
Inspiration can come from unexpected sources. For Amy Bower, a physical oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), it was triggered by a mundane-sounding requirement entitled ?Criterion 2,? part of a standard research grant proposal to the National Science Foundation in 2004.
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Saturday, April 24 from Noon to 4:00 p.m March 31, 2010 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to participate in the 2010…
Read MoreWHOI Receives $8.1 Million Grant to Construct New Laboratory
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will receive $8.1 million from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and…
Read MoreTwo WHOI Scientists Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
John Farrington and David Gallo of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.
Read MoreWoods Hole Consortium Delegates Participating in U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this Week
CONTACTS: Andrea Early, Marine Biological Laboratory508-289-7652; aearly@mbl.edu Media Relations Office, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution508-289-3340; media@whoi.edu Elizabeth Braun, Woods Hole Research…
Read MoreA Summer of Science on the Sea
It’s no surprise that the Summer Student Fellowship program at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is one of the most…
Read MoreWHOI Will Host Public Forum on Sea Level Rise
sea level rise, Morss Colloquium, polar ice cap, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Read MoreThe WHOI Marine Mammal Center Is Born …
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Will Lead Coastal and Global Observatories Effort
A Cooperative Agreement signed today by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Consortium for Ocean Leadership (OL) gives Woods…
Read MoreA Diversity of Geoscientists
The statistics are stark: From 1973 to 2003, only 313 Hispanic Americans, 135 African Americans, and 49 Native Americans earned…
Read MoreThe Airplane That Studied the Ocean
Airplanes don’t typically come to mind when people think of ocean science. But for 25 years, beginning in 1945, Woods…
Read MoreThree Woods Hole Scientific Institutions Forge Alliance to Address Societal Issues
Three leading research centers based in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, announce the creation of the Woods Hole Consortium, a new alliance…
Read MoreWHOI Announces Completion of Comprehensive Campaign
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has successfully completed its “Depth of Leadership” campaign, the Institution’s Board of Trustees recently…
Read MoreAir France Flight 447 Updates
WHOI-Led Team Locates Wreckage of Air France 447 The WHOI-led team searching in the Atlantic Ocean for the wreckage of…
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