Michael Carlowicz
A Touchstone for Marine Chemists and Students Retires
John Farrington touched the lives of hundreds of graduate and undergraduate students. He helped scores…
WHOI Opens New Research Facilities
For the first time in 15 years, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has added significant…
Scientists Find a New Twist in How Squids Swim
Erik Anderson was vexed by some scientific papers he read during his first year of…
An Experiment to Dye For
WHOI scientists are exploring an experimental technique to track the complex movements of water in…
An Officer and a Graduate Student
Six hundred eighty-two students have earned master?s and doctoral degrees since the MIT/WHOI Joint Program…
Double Duty for Ensign/Student Allison Berg
Ensign Allison Berg won the first Pittenger Fellowship for naval officers in MIT/WHOI Joint Program.…
Meet the Class of 2005-2007
Nine U.S. Navy officers are pursuing graduate degrees in the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied…
Anderson Addresses UN Ocean Commission
Senior Scientist Don Anderson of the WHOI Biology Department was invited to deliver the Bruun…
A Whole New Kettle of Fish
With most of the world?s fisheries already fully exploited or overexploited, the wild catch will…
In and Out of Harm’s Way
Just a few more miles or a few more minutes. That’s what scientists and some…
Red TideGone for Now, But Back Next Year?
The historic bloom of toxic algae that blanketed New England's waters and halted shellfishing from…
The Once and Future Danube River Delta
?The Danube River Delta is like the Everglades,? said Liviu Giosan, who grew up near…
Guy Nichols: Transforming Institutions
Guy Nichols never shied away from tough jobs. And he never lost sight of the…
From Ancient Roman Omens, New Data on Solar Activity
Because aurorae, comets, and meteors were omens, the Romans and other ancient peoples observed the…
Seeing Red in New England Waters
Coastal resource managers shut down shellfish beds in three New England states in mid-May—including rare…
Building a Tsunami Warning Network
Since the great Indonesian earthquake and tsunami of December 26, 2004, policy-makers and scientists around…
What Could a Tsunami Network Look Like in the Future?
The Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting (DART) system is battle-tested and operational, so it makes sense…
Throwing DART Buoys into the Ocean
Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) buoys are the foundation of warning network
Mistaken Identity
Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have found that two chemicals accumulating in the…
The New Wave of Coastal Ocean Observing
Estuaries are the borderlands between salt and freshwater environments, and they are incredibly diverse both…
Shifting Continents and Climates
Sixty-five millions years ago, dinosaurs had just become extinct, and mammals were starting to dominate…