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Ocean Tech

Learning to see through cloudy waters

How MIT-WHOI student Amy Phung is helping robots accomplish dangerous tasks in murky waters
Ocean Life

Tracking big fish at fine scales

Scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution track how shortbill spearfish take advantage of local ocean…
Ocean Life
Michelle Shero

The value of iron for a seal

WHOI researchers travel to remote Sable Island to determine if iron gives gray seal pups…
Climate & Weather
ice

The Polar Imperative

WHOI researchers tackle big questions in a melting world
Ocean Tech
Autonomous robot CUREE

Robots to the Rescue

How the next generation of ocean robots will help solve the planet’s most pressing problems
Climate & Weather
Living on the edge

Living on the edge

Science faces off with an increasingly volatile coast
Ocean Life
Kalina Grabb

Hope for Corals in Crisis

The emerging science and technology that could give coral reefs a fighting chance
Ocean Life
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Sniffing out methane in the deep sea

Scientists cruise the Gulf of California’s Guaymas Basin to test out new tech for detecting…
Climate & Weather
anthony and megan

From the sound: A future powered by the sea

These two WHOI scientists discuss the promise of offshore wind and wave as renewable energy,…
Climate & Weather
an ocean of opportunity

An ocean of opportunity

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

Experts Explore the Edges

Daniel P. Zitterbart Assistant Scientist, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering In my group, we use…
Ocean & Human Lives
Lily Sanborn

How historic hurricanes can help predict storm intensity

Research into past hurricanes could help predict the strength of future storms, and inform infrastructure…
Climate & Weather
Several intrepid explorers trek out onto the thick Arctic ice sheet to get ice cores that will give them insights into large-scale shifts due to climate change ( Photo by © Luis Lama

Five extreme places to do ocean research

Whether they're under the ice at the furthest poles or hovering above the ocean's deepest…
Ocean & Human Lives

Fukushima and the Ocean: A decade of disaster response

One decade since explosions rocked Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, researchers look back at…
Ocean Life
A DISCO in the Ocean

A DISCO in the Ocean

To investigate coral bleaching, WHOI scientists figure out a novel way to take direct measurements…
Ocean Tech
Coding Curiosity

Coding Curiosity

The ocean is an extreme environment that is hard for humans to explore. One solution…
Ocean Life
The Secret Tuna Nursery

The Secret Tuna Nursery

WHOI biologists and physical oceanographers combine expertise to reveal a place in the ocean where…
How the Ocean Works
Marshes, Mosquitoes, and Sea Level Rise

Marshes, Mosquitoes, and Sea Level Rise

In the 1930s, the Cape Cod Mosquito Control Project dug approximately 1,500 miles of ditches…
Ocean Life
The Unseen World on Coral Reefs

The Unseen World on Coral Reefs

We have learned that microbial communities on and within us—a microbiome—keep people healthy. Corals reefs…
Ocean Life
Sharks Take 'Tunnels' into the Depths

Sharks Take ‘Tunnels’ into the Depths

By tagging sharks, WHOI scientists have revealed their surprising behavior.

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