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TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY |
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The deep submersible Alvin turns 50 this year! Alvin was commissioned on June 5, 1964, beginning a new age of ocean exploration for thousands of researchers. The sub has logged more than 33,000 hours underwater, making countless discoveries that have changed the way we view Earth and the ocean. Help us celebrate a half-century of exploration with Alvin; learn more about the sub's history and how you can send a birthday message.
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CLIMATE CHANGE |
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Senior Scientist Scott Doney was among 300 scientists who contributed to the latest report on the current and future impacts of climate change in the United States.
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OCEAN OBSERVATORIES |
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WHOI scientists are kicking off a NOAA-funded pilot program to shed light on how changing ocean conditions relate to harmful algal blooms.
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MARINE MAMMALS |
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WHOI biologist Aran Mooney and his colleagues are the first to publish a study on hearing in wild marine mammals after conducting hearing tests with seven Bristol Bay beluga whales.
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OCEANS CONFERENCE |
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WHOI is participating in Secretary of State John Kerry’s “Our Ocean Conference” this month, to discuss sustainable fisheries, marine pollution and acidification. Watch this video to learn more.
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WHOI IN THE NEWS |
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Radio Australia
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Fast Foward: A League of Its Own
Smithsonian
The Impact of the BP Oil Spill Four Years Later
Katie Couric
Gulf of Maine Uniquely Susceptible to Ocean Acidification
Working Waterfront
Whale Watchers in Humpback Bliss
Boston Globe
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NEWS RELEASE |
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WHOI biologist Rebecca Gast teamed up with Falmouth High School to bring the excitement of polar bear research to students. See the student art exhibit in Redfield Lobby through June 6.
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IMAGE OF THE DAY |
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WHOI biologist Tim Shank and colleagues view live video of the seafloor during the final dive of hybrid remotely operated vehicle Nereus on May 9, 2014. Early the next day, the vehicle imploded more than six miles below the surface. "Nereus helped us explore places we've never seen before and ask questions we never thought to ask," Shank said in a statement announcing the loss. Afterward, WHOI received an outpouring of condolences, including statements from explorer and filmmaker James Cameron, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Director Margaret Leinen and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Charles Elachi. (Photo by Ken Kostel, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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