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A new way to discover life in the ocean’s hadal zone

WHOI biologist Johanna Weston develops a novel tool to catch and study life in the ocean’s most extreme depths

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Is underwater construction noise leaving scallops defenseless?

Sea scallops expend a lot of energy reacting to noisy pile drivers

Maria Pachiadaki Ocean Tech

Our eyes on the seafloor

A Q&A with WHOI marine microbiologist Maria Pachiadaki on sampling the deep ocean with Jason

Common Eider Ocean Life

Wintering Waterbirds

Winter doldrums? Take a local birding trip to encounter a diversity of seabirds this season

How the Ocean Works

Record breakers

Find out how Antarctica’s seven largest ice shelf collapses size up in this climate interactive

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The Polar Imperative

WHOI researchers tackle big questions in a melting world

Ocean & Human Lives

The ocean gets a fresh look at UN Climate Conference

A peek inside the Ocean Pavilion’s immersive spaces

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Happy Working in the Mud

Former MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Rachel Jakuba explains how her passion for chemistry lead to a career in environmental science on Cape Cod.

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How the Ocean Works

The pull of the poles

Researchers discuss their work at the ends of the earth

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Climate & Weather

A cold case, filed

A year after East Antarctica’s Conger ice shelf collapsed, an expert uses forensic evidence to uncover what happened

Emma Bullock Climate & Weather

The climate won’t wait

MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Emma Bullock talks Arctic research in an age of climate change and international disputes

Sustainable Ocean

Puzzling over a mollusk mystery

What’s causing a contagious cancer to spread among clams?

Sarah Johnson Climate & Weather

Critical support for ocean innovation

Donation from Trustee Sarah Johnson supports innovative projects

Wind Water and Ice

Like fiction, but real. Explore the “superpowers” of three Antarctic icons

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Will the Gulf Stream really shut down?

WHOI physical oceanographer Robert Todd weighs in

Joides Resolution

Unlocking the Earth’s time capsule

Mantle rocks and fluids from one of the final expeditions on the R/V JOIDES Resolution will provide insights into how Earth was formed—and maybe how life began—for generations of scientists

Ocean Life

Nowhere to go

As sea ice dwindles, Antarctic krill face an uncertain future

Greenland Ice How the Ocean Works

The anatomy of ice

Explore the beauty and science behind Greenland’s glaciers through this images from photographer Roger Fishman

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Filming in the Arctic Night

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Emmy-nominated PBS film, Life in The Dark: The Polar Night

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Experts gather to discuss the ocean’s super-powered carbon pump

Morss Colloquium focuses on the ocean’s role in moving carbon out of the atmosphere and into the depths

Ocean Tech

A new way to track marine snow ‘blizzards’

New submersible provides insights into how organic carbon moves through the ocean twilight zone

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Ocean Tech

3 memorable Jason Dives

Volcanoes, vents, and creatures of the deep through the lens of ROV Jason

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Ocean Life

Making sense of a mystery fish

Scientists tackle long-standing questions about the elusive American eel

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Up close and personal

Ocean robots work alongside marine animals to study their behavior

How the Ocean Works

It’s always freezing in the Arctic. Or is it?

WHOI experts dig into a popular misconception that the Arctic is always frigid.

Sustainable Ocean

As illegal fishing rages on, is there any hope on the horizon?

WHOI economist Yaqin Liu weighs in on the scourge of illegal fishing and what can be done to catch offenders

Climate & Weather

What’s happening with AMOC?

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

Heatwave Photo Climate & Weather

Record-level heat is predicted for the months, and years, ahead. Why is this happening?

Ongoing climate change and a naturally-occurring El Niño event overlap to bring the heat

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How did the ocean remain so quiet during Tonga’s eruption?

Underwater acoustics expert Gil Averbuch teases apart a mystery

Ocean & Human Lives

Dancing with Data

Diving into the ocean-themed movements of the Boston Ballet’s “La Mer”

Ocean Life

Four wins worth recognizing this World Ocean Month

Amid a sea of environmental issues, these four victories spark hope for the ocean’s future