Coastal Ocean
With worsening storms, can the Outer Banks protect its shoreline?
The double-whammy of more intense storms and a COVID-era real estate boom has scientists and planners focused on resiliency
Waves of inspiration
Rachael Talibart explores the infinite creativity of wave photography
Dune buggies and diving:
PhD student Ciara Dooley talks about coastal research with the DUNEX Program
Adapt or retreat:
No solution is off the table to prepare for sea level rise in Woods Hole
The ocean science-art connection
Some of the most complex insights in marine science are no match for the communicative…
Where the Rivers Meet the Sea
Estuaries are the borderlands between salt and freshwater environments, and they are incredibly diverse both…
On (and Below) the Waterfront
The expansion of the New York metropolitan area's harbor over the decades has led to…
Marshes, Mosquitoes, and Sea Level Rise
In the 1930s, the Cape Cod Mosquito Control Project dug approximately 1,500 miles of ditches…
Up in the Sky!
Nope, it’s not a bird or a plane. It’s a drone on a scientific mission…
Back to Bikini
WHOI scientists returned to the Pacific islands of Bikini and Enewetak in 2015 to study…
More Floods & Higher Sea Levels
A research team predicts potentially big changes within the next century that would have significant…
Earth’s Riverine Bloodstream
Like blood in our arteries in our body, water in rivers carry chemical signals that…
From Lab to Sea
Scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution share their field-tested experience, training graduate students on methods…
River Quest
Max Holmes and Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink spend a lot of time upriver—one day bundled in a…
Climate Change Spurred Fall of Ancient Culture
The Harappans may be the most advanced ancient civilization that most Westerners have never heard…
Underneath and Overlooked: Groundwater
Matt Charette has been pulling off the sheetrock in Earth’s basement to reveal a hidden…
Shifting Tactics in Shifting Shoals
The best-laid plans of scientists often go awry when they actually get into the field.…
To Catch a Hurricane
On Aug. 25, 2011, the line projecting Hurricane Irene’s path up the East Coast barreled…
Tracking an Elusive Chemical: Estrogens
On a crisp October morning, our small boat bobbed gently 10 miles offshore. The sun…
Shifting Sands and Bacteria on the Beach
Most coastal communities in the United States test the water at beaches for the presence…
Shallow Water Diving
multimedia, why scientists use SCUBA in shallow water
No Day at the Beach
Field research in oceanography is no day at the beach—even when it’s at the beach. Just…
Noah’s Not-so-big Flood
A long time ago, whether your time frame is biblical or geological, the Black Sea…
