Evan Lubofsky
Evan Lubofsky is a science writer and editor at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
After studying journalism at UMass Amherst, he began writing about sensor and instrumentation technologies, eventually working with ocean scientists to tell stories about coral reef ecology, estuarine studies, and other areas of research. He was a 2015 WHOI Ocean Science Journalism Fellow, and his work has appeared in Smithsonian, WIRED, The Verge, Mental Floss, Hakai Magazine, and Frontiers in Ecology among other publications.
Invasive tunicates have shellfish farmers crying “foul”
It looked like someone spray foamed the farm. When Bill Doyle arrived at his four-acre…
Novel tool sheds light on coral reef erosion
Jessica Olson, a gym teacher from Springdale, Arkansas, felt like she was standing in the…
Partly cloudy with a chance of sharks
Researchers develop ‘heat map’ shark forecast system to improve beachgoer safety
Can environmental DNA help us find lost US service members?
Ocean scientists explore how eDNA may be able to help find and identify lost military…
A bed of roses in the ocean
Flower-shaped corals blossoming off the island of Tahiti offer hope for reefs
With worsening storms, can the Outer Banks protect its shoreline?
The double-whammy of more intense storms and a COVID-era real estate boom has scientists and…
Elizabeth Kolbert on ocean-based carbon removal
Pulitzer prize–winning author reflects on methods that could enable the ocean to store more carbon,…
Coral time machines
Sophie Hines discusses the paleo-research power of fossil corals
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…
Burrows on the beach
Rebuilding after a hurricane isn’t easy—especially for those pale, stalk-eyed creatures known as ghost crabs
Speaking in colors
How squid use a dazzling array of colors and body patterns to make friends, fend…
Keeping an ear out for entangled whales
To help mitigate the impacts of illegal fishing off the Sicilian coast, a WHOI scientist…
A dragnet for toxic algae?
To keep a close eye on harmful algal blooms, shellfish farmers are relying on a…
Spock versus the volcano
Five hundred meters below the calm surface waters of the Aegean Sea off Santorini Island,…
Secrets in the dust
Scientists mine ancient dust from the ocean’s loneliest spot
The ocean has heartburn. Is relief on the way?
Researchers investigate the use of alkalinity enhancement to quell ocean acidification and help maintain the…
A new ocean soundscape
Combining his passions for marine chemistry and music, an MIT-WHOI Joint Program student converts data…
From Mars to the deep
Navigation technology that helped NASA’s Perseverance rover land safely on Mars could guide robots in…
Microbial Methane – New Fuel for Ocean Robots?
Researchers are developing on an energy harvesting platform that converts marine methane to electricity. The…
Can icebergs be towed to water-starved cities?
The 1.5-million-ton behemoth was on the loose. The massive blue-tinged iceberg was headed straight for…
Can icebergs be towed to water-starved cities?
WHOI researchers are now investigating the feasibility of towing icebergs to alleviate water shortages.
Unicorns of the Arctic face a new potential threat
Narwhals and other marine mammals could be vulnerable to a new threat we’ve become all…
‘High-octane’ hurricane fuel swirls in the Gulf of Mexico
Researchers deploy an arsenal of underwater floats to monitor the Loop Current—one of the Atlantic…
