Elise Hugus
Elise Hugus is a WHOI digital media producer and writer. She grew up in the backyard of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and from a young age, reveled in the stories she would overhear from scientists returning from sea.
The ocean beckoned Hugus to travel far and wide, first to the communications and journalism program at Concordia University in Montreal, and later to study at the Danish School of Journalism in Aarhus, Denmark. After a stint freelancing as a radio stringer and blogger from Eastern Europe, the ocean called her back home to share her fascination with the blue planet by founding the Cape Cod-based video production company UnderCurrent Productions.
Life at the margins
Scientists investigate the connections between Ghana's land, air, sea and blue economy through the Ocean…
Nature’s Language
Using applied math (and chalk) to understand the dynamic ocean
The 10,000-foot view
WHOI's Tom Bell tracks changes to vulnerable coastal ecosystems with aerial imagery
Wind Water and Ice
Like fiction, but real. Explore the “superpowers” of three Antarctic icons
Unlocking the Earth’s time capsule
Mantle rocks and fluids from one of the final expeditions on the R/V JOIDES Resolution…
Five ways to celebrate World Ocean Month
Whether you live on the coast or far from the ocean, World Ocean Month is…
Automating Exploration
For MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Amy Phung, virtual reality and robotics are a natural pairing…
Propelling a new wave of ocean-climate solutions
WHOI researchers get a boost from climate-tech fund Propeller
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey visits WHOI
Healey-Driscoll administration “leans in” on climate, Blue Economy research at WHOI
Casting a (long) line to the twilight zone food web
Scientists and fishermen work together to study key predators in the ocean twilight zone
The predictive power of geochemistry
A WHOI researcher looks for changes in gas molecules to forecast volcanic eruptions such as…
Sargassum serendipity
A surprise find connects MIT students working on solutions for a harmful algal bloom in…
Coming full circle
WHOI Trustee Jamie Austin’s endowed fund supports strategic goals
What happens to natural gas in the ocean?
WHOI marine chemist Chris Reddy weighs in on a methane leak in the Baltic Sea
Are we heading toward another Little Ice Age?
In the 2004 blockbuster "The Day After Tomorrow," the Northern Hemisphere experiences an abrupt and…
The Power of Super Reefs
Working with the governments and scientists of several Pacific Island nations, the project’s first goal…
Edie Widder: A light in the darkness
By sharing her fascination with the luminous deep, explorer, author, and conservationist Edie Widder sheds…
Creating synergy through art and science
A collaboration between the Art League of Rhode Island and WHOI scientists transforms abstract concepts…
Five ways to make every day Earth Day
What better way to help our ocean planet than reducing our impacts on land? Members…
The hypoxic reef
Scientists say a lack of oxygen might be stressing tropical reefs even more than warming…
OCIA: Accelerating the pace of ocean-climate research
The first five projects funded by the Ocean Climate Innovation Accelerator (OCIA) are set to…
How to speak “Ocean”
Major communications initiative aims to bridge gaps in ocean literacy and awareness
Extreme Measures
THE OCEAN DOESN'T REVEAL ITS SECRETS EASILY. By observing natural phenomena, throwing instruments over the…