Climate Change
Elizabeth Kolbert on ocean-based carbon removal
Pulitzer prize–winning author reflects on methods that could enable the ocean to store more carbon, and what that could mean…
How to speak “Ocean”
Major communications initiative aims to bridge gaps in ocean literacy and awareness
An enduring legacy of impact in ocean and climate research
The new Francis E. Fowler IV Center for Ocean and Climate—a flagship program of WHOI’s…
A coral reef kickstart
WHOI's Reef Solutions Initiative takes a multi-disciplinary approach to investigate solutions for ailing coral reefs
The ocean science-art connection
Some of the most complex insights in marine science are no match for the communicative…
Tracking change in the Arctic Ocean
Changes in the Arctic Ocean are becoming clearer, thanks to an ocean monitoring network maintained…
Up in the Sky!
Nope, it’s not a bird or a plane. It’s a drone on a scientific mission…
A Double Whammy for Corals
Scientists know that gradually rising ocean temperatures can push corals past a threshold and cause…
Long-term Study Focuses on New England Ocean
The National Science Foundation has created a new Long Term Ecological Research site off the…
Extreme Climate
Extreme climatic events such as unusually severe storms and droughts can have profound consequences for…
Scientist-Fisherman Partnership
WHOI physical oceanographer Glen Gawarkiewicz is enlisting the help of local fishermen to find out…
Spring Arrives Earlier in the Ocean Too
Warmer oceans are triggering phytoplankton to start their annual blooms up to four weeks earlier…
See Those Black Dots? They’re Penguins. Now Count Them.
That’s exactly what a team of researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) did on…
Coral Crusader
Graduate student Hannah Barkley is on a mission to investigate how warming ocean temperatures, ocean…
Jet Stream Gets Fish in Hot Water
WHOI scientists traced a heat wave in the North Atlantic, and the disruption of fisheries…
The Decline and Fall of the Emperor Penguin?
Climate change is shifting conditions on which Emperor penguins in Antarctica depend to sustain their…
The Glacial Chronicles
Graduate student Benjamin Linhoff spent several months in the summers of 2011 and 2012 studying…
Storms, Floods, and Droughts
The source of the rain that filled your town reservoir, or flooded your nearby river,…
Follow the Carbon
“Carbon is the currency of life,” said David Griffith, a marine chemist at Woods Hole…
Exploring the Arctic in the Midst of Change
Chief Scientist Bob Pickart and his 26-member science team were in the hangar at the…
Science in Service to the Nation
In 1863, as the Civil War raged, Congress established the National Academy of Sciences (NAS),…
