Ocean Culture & History
Five idioms for ocean lovers
Do these ocean idioms come from seafaring history or not? The world is mine oyster, scuttlebutt, taken aback, between the devil and the deep blue sea, sea change.
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…
For the Navy, the Coast Isn’t Clear
Every so often, circumstances can conspire to make a battleship turn on a dime. Fifteen…
The Women of FAMOUS
My FAMOUS story begins during my first year in graduate school at Dalhousie University in…