Ocean & Human Lives
Pakistan’s ‘Ocean of Water’
WHOI’s Caroline Ummenhofer discusses how interactions between the Pacific and Indian Oceans influenced Pakistan’s devastating monsoon rains
The predictive power of geochemistry
A WHOI researcher looks for changes in gas molecules to forecast volcanic eruptions such as…
Sargassum serendipity
A surprise find connects MIT students working on solutions for a harmful algal bloom in…
Why Indigenous perspectives matter in the climate conversation
Wampanoag Tribal Member Leslie Jonas talks WHOI, Native rights, and a timely partnership
Sunlight and the fate of oil at sea
Danielle Haas Freeman draws on the language of chemistry to solve an oil spill puzzle
A toxic double whammy for sea anemones
Exposure to both oil and sunlight can be harmful to sea anemones
Can environmental DNA help us find lost US service members?
Ocean scientists explore how eDNA may be able to help find and identify lost military…
5 WHOI women making waves in ocean science and engineering
In celebration of Women's History Month, we're spotlighting a few scientists who have made a…
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…
Five idioms for ocean lovers
Do these ocean idioms come from seafaring history or not? The world is mine oyster,…
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…
Accessible Oceans
Making marine science available to the visually-impaired
Diverse Voices From Our Maritime Past
WHOI biologist and veterinarian Michael Moore has studied the North Atlantic right whale for twenty-five…
A dragnet for toxic algae?
To keep a close eye on harmful algal blooms, shellfish farmers are relying on a…
How historic hurricanes can help predict storm intensity
Research into past hurricanes could help predict the strength of future storms, and inform infrastructure…
Fukushima and the Ocean: A decade of disaster response
One decade since explosions rocked Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, researchers look back at…
Five books WHOI researchers are reading right now
Ocean scientists don't just read peer-reviewed papers to stay inspired. Some require less-obvious forms of…
On the high seas
A cruise with a view: The deck of the Armstrong was a welcome change of…
Future Voices: how kids view our ocean in the coming decades
What will the global ocean look like in 50 years? As part of the Spring…