Ocean Culture & History
An Oceanographer’s Atlas
WHOI physical oceanographer Glen Gawarkiewicz has a collection of more than 25 original antique maps, some dating as far back as 1535.
A cozy crusade
The mittens of Arctic explorer Matthew Henson tell the story of hope and determination
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…
Five idioms for ocean lovers
Do these ocean idioms come from seafaring history or not? The world is mine oyster,…
Accessible Oceans
Making marine science available to the visually-impaired
Diverse Voices From Our Maritime Past
By providing access to local and marginalized voices, these archives hope to help ensure that…
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…
To sail, not to drift
Navigating a changing ecosystem, funding marine science, and finding hope—WHOI Deputy Director Rick Murray charts…
Looking into the Future
WHOI researchers discuss various ways that ocean science and technology are enabling a deeper understanding…
Are We Alone?
To discover life in space, we look to our ocean extremes to understand what it's…
Celebrating an oceanographic life
WHOI looks back at the legacy of co-founder of MIT-WHOI Joint Program, former Director of…
MIT-WHOI Joint Program Marks 50th Year
In 1968, two esteemed scientific institutions launched an unorthodox academic experiment: the Massachusetts Institute of…
Happy 50th Birthday, Alvin
Five years before we landed a man on the moon, a stubby submersible was built…
Trailblazer in the Ocean
On June 5, 1964, a stubby submersible with a not-so-bold name was commissioned on the…
Message Bottled in an Email
Amid the dunes of a tiny island in the North Atlantic, a scientist found a…
Ceramics Meets Marine Biology at WHOI
If muses for Pottery and Science roam the Earth, they don’t often cross paths, especially…
The Synergy Project, Part II
Back in my high school, and maybe yours too, kids naturally separated into cliques—jocks, punks,…
Engineer Par Excellence: Donald Koelsch
Dave Ross should have been sleeping. He was on a research ship in 1975, at…
10,000 Earth & Ocean Scientists. Five days.
Over the next week, I will be posting daily reports about what’s happening at the American Geophysical Union fall…
