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Navigating new waters

The engineering team at the Ocean Observatories Initiative overcomes the hurdles of deploying the coastal…
Climate & Weather

What’s happening with AMOC?

Scientists discuss the state of the Atlantic Ocean’s ‘conveyor belt’

On the Move

The Coastal Pioneer Array is moving south in 2024. WHOI’s Al Plueddemann discusses the array’s…
Climate & Weather
Isabela Le Bras

Waiting on the next freshwater flush

Could the unprecedented amounts of freshwater in the Beaufort Sea stall the current system that…
Ocean & Human Lives
The M/V Bulk Xaymaca

Commercial ship tracks Gulf of Mexico’s hurricane heat potential

Ocean Life

Tracking dispersal of baby fish for better reef conservation

To improve marine protected areas, WHOI scientists study the traffic patterns of juvenile reef fish
Ocean & Human Lives

Accessible Oceans

Making marine science available to the visually-impaired
How the Ocean Works
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star enters the winter pack ice

A rare mission north

Serendipitous science mission aboard the Polar Star provides “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to collect critical ocean data…
Climate & Weather
RoCS Photo

Science RoCS Initiative responds to need for increased ocean monitoring

How the Ocean Works
buoy

Amidst pandemic, researchers deploy new monitoring station in tropical Pacific

How the Ocean Works

Tracking change in the Arctic Ocean

Changes in the Arctic Ocean are becoming clearer, thanks to an ocean monitoring network maintained…
Climate & Weather

Convergence Accelerator could help to meet “An Ocean of Need”

Innovative National Science Foundation program aims to address major ocean-related societal issues
polar landscape

North Atlantic Ocean yields clues for better weather predictions

Findings of a new study investigating the interactions between the North Atlantic Ocean and the…

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