Oceanus Magazine - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Five idioms for ocean lovers

Do these ocean idioms come from seafaring history or not? The world is mine oyster, scuttlebutt, taken aback, between the devil and the deep blue sea, sea change.

Climate & Weather

How to speak “Ocean”

Major communications initiative aims to bridge gaps in ocean literacy and awareness

Climate & Weather

An enduring legacy of impact in ocean and climate research

The new Francis E. Fowler IV Center for Ocean and Climate—a flagship program of WHOI’s president—is designed to unlock the institution’s full potential as the world’s premier independent ocean research organization to address climate change

Climate & Weather

From the sound: A future powered by the sea

These two WHOI scientists discuss the promise of offshore wind and wave as renewable energy, and why WHOI is uniquely poised to make these safe and efficient forms of power

Climate & Weather

An ocean of opportunity

Ocean experts explore the potential risks and rewards of ocean-based solutions to climate change

Ocean Tech

A curious robot is poised to rapidly expand reef research

WHOI scientists with the Coral Catalyst Team are leveraging a new, artificially intelligent robot to automate coral reef health assessments

How the Ocean Works

Adapt or retreat:

No solution is off the table to prepare for sea level rise in Woods Hole

Climate & Weather

A coral reef kickstart

WHOI’s Reef Solutions Initiative takes a multi-disciplinary approach to investigate solutions for ailing coral reefs

Ocean Tech

The story of “Little Alvin” and the lost H-bomb

How the famed submersible found a lost hydrogen bomb in the Mediterranean Sea during the height of the Cold War

Ocean Life

Five times the ocean helped us learn about the human body

For people studying the human body, big ideas can sometimes come in small, briny packages

Ocean Life

Burrows on the beach

Rebuilding after a hurricane isn’t easy—especially for those pale, stalk-eyed creatures known as ghost crabs

Ocean Tech

Alvin Certification Coordinator Lisa Smith standing in front of an updated HOV Alvin which is tucked on board the newly refurbished R/V Atlantis (Photo Ken Kostel ©WHOI).

Meet the Alvin 6500 Team: Lisa Smith

Alvin Certification Coordinator Lisa Smith on working with Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to get HOV Alvin cleared for diving.

Ocean Life

Jaida Elcock: diversity is essential–in the marine ecosystem and in science

MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Jaida Elcock always knew she was going to work with sharks. Oceanus caught up with her to find out more about why sharks—and representation—matter.

Ocean Tech

Whale Safe

For Mark Baumgartner, Whale Safe is the natural evolution of WHOI’s work with passive acoustics

Ocean Tech

Summer with Sentry: Intern Renee Gruner-Mitchell

Renee Gruner-Mitchell on her internship working on AUV Sentry at the National Deep Submergence Facility during the summer of 2021.

Ocean & Human Lives

Accessible Oceans

Making marine science available to the visually-impaired

Ocean Life

Five marine living fossils you should know about

After living for millions of years, these species may have mastered evolution in our ocean

Ocean Life

For Cynthia Becker, solutions to coral health are in the smallest details

MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Cynthia Becker sits down with Oceanus Magazine to explain why marine microbes may be the key to diagnosing reef health

Ocean Life

Speaking in colors

How squid use a dazzling array of colors and body patterns to make friends, fend off enemies, and survive life below the surface.

Ocean Tech

Measuring the great migration

A bioacoustic mooring will use sound to help estimate life migrating in the ocean’s twilight zone as part of a new long-term observation network in the Atlantic

Ocean Life

Fascinating facts about emperor penguins

We might chuckle at the sight of penguins waddling over ice, but these flightless birds would put Olympic swimmers to shame. Learn more about emperor penguins, the largest penguin in the world and permanent residents of Antarctica.

Ocean Life

Keeping an ear out for entangled whales

To help mitigate the impacts of illegal fishing off the Sicilian coast, a WHOI scientist and his collaborators are attaching acoustic tags to drift nets so sperm whales can be located and tracked for disentanglement crews.

Ocean & Human Lives

Diverse Voices From Our Maritime Past

By providing access to local and marginalized voices, these archives hope to help ensure that local communities can benefit from the work of Western scientists and historians.

Ocean Tech