Research Highlight
How did the ocean remain so quiet during Tonga’s eruption?
Underwater acoustics expert Gil Averbuch teases apart a mystery
Read MoreTechnology Hatchery
The latest robotics projects happening inside the George and Wendy David Center for Ocean Innovation
Read MoreA throwback to ABE
The OG autonomous seafloor robot
Read MoreKeeping an ear out for whales
Scientists look to safeguard the mammals with robotic buoys in the New York Bight
Read MoreAre warming Alaskan Arctic waters a new toxic algal hotspot?
WHOI researchers warn Arctic communities following detection of a harmful bloom
Read MorePaddling an angry, ancient ocean
If ancient Beringians got to the Americas by boat, it couldn’t have been easy
Read MoreNOVA: Saving the Right Whale
Experts from WHOI, Center for Coastal Studies, and NOAA are among the specialists determined to save this critically endangered species.
Read MoreHow is human health impacted by marine plastics?
WHOI biologist Mark Hahn discusses a recent global plastics study
Read MoreWith deep-sea mining, do microbes stand a chance?
Scouring the seafloor for precious metals could put marine microbial communities and their ecosystem functions at risk
Read MorePaleoclimate data show land will warm more than sea
Understanding differences in land vs. sea temperatures may improve climate models, says WHOI study
Read MoreCasting a (long) line to the twilight zone food web
Scientists and fishermen work together to study key predators in the ocean twilight zone
Read MoreBridge-to-PhD program at WHOI opens doors for new scientists
WHOI’s Center for Chemical Currencies of a Microbial Planet (C-CoMP) works to expand BIPOC representation in ocean sciences with its inaugural Bridge-to-PhD Fellowship Program
Read MoreThe predictive power of geochemistry
A WHOI researcher looks for changes in gas molecules to forecast volcanic eruptions such as Mauna Loa in Hawai’i.
Read MoreNew Research Unlocks Clues About the Iconic Flight of the Wandering Albatross
Wandering albatrosses’ wingspan of up to 11 feet and is the largest known of any living bird, and yet wandering albatrosses fly while hardly flapping their wings. Instead, they depend on dynamic soaring in addition to updrafts and turbulence.
Read MoreWhen will Antarctica’s ice cliffs come crashing down?
Researchers challenge their own assumptions to improve sea-level rise predictions
Read MoreArctic Hydrothermal Vent Site Could Help in Search for Extraterrestrial Life
When scientists discovered a hydrothermal vent site in the Arctic Ocean’s Aurora hydrothermal system in 2014, they did not immediately realize just how exciting their discovery was.
Read MoreWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution honored with IEEE Milestone for Technical Innovation and Excellence
HOV Alvin recognized as one of world’s most important deep-sea scientific instruments
Read MoreEmperor penguins granted protections under Endangered Species Act
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution among research groups that offer key findings to support federal protection of species, increasingly under siege by climate change
Read MoreStudy Examines the Impact of Coral Chemical Compounds on Reef Composition and Health
The study found that the organic chemical compounds produced through metabolism —known as metabolites or exudates—vary significantly by coral species and that the compounds impact the abundances and compositions of reef microorganisms differently.
Read More5 essential ocean-climate technologies
In the race to find solutions to our climate crisis, these marine tools help us get the data to make informed decisions
Read MoreWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution receives Seagriculture Innovation Awards
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)-led teams earned Gold and Silver Innovation Awards for seaweed solutions projects, presented at the first annual Seagriculture Conference USA 2022 in Portland, Maine.
Read MoreSunlight and the fate of oil at sea
Danielle Haas Freeman draws on the language of chemistry to solve an oil spill puzzle
Read MoreThe bolder bird gets (and keeps) the girl
A new paper by WHOI researchers demonstrates a connection between personality and divorce in albatross
Read MoreHow marine predators find food hot spots in open ocean “deserts”
A new study led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory (UW APL) finds that marine predators, such as tunas, billfishes and sharks, aggregate in anticyclonic, clockwise-rotating ocean eddies (mobile, coherent bodies of water). As these anticyclonic eddies move throughout the open ocean, the study suggests that the predators are also moving with them, foraging on the high deep-ocean biomass contained within.
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