Ocean Tech
Alvin vs. the swordfish
During a 1967 dive off Florida, a startled swordfish rammed the famed submersible Alvin—lodging its sword in the hull and forcing the crew to abort the mission
Inside Room 71: WHOI history in seven artifacts
Some of the technology, art, and gifts that tell the story of the institution's early…
Three ocean robots that plunge into active volcanoes
Jason, Mesobot, and Nereid Under Ice are transforming our understanding of underwater volcanoes and the…
The little big picture
WHOI senior biologist Heidi Sosik on the critical need for long-term ocean datasets
Three questions with Carl Hartsfield
Captain Hartsfield, USN retired, discusses the role ocean science plays in our national defense
Whale aware!
New tech and industry partnerships help ships steer clear
A polar stethoscope
Could the sounds of Antarctica's ice be a new bellwether for ecosystem health in the…
Deep-sea musings
Roboticist Gwyneth Packard on the need for ocean exploration today
Following the Polar Code
Crew of R/V Neil Armstrong renew their commitment to Arctic science with advanced polar training
How WHOI helped win World War II
Key innovations that cemented ocean science's role in national defense
Seeding the future
New WHOI tech lends a hand to kelp farmers
New underwater vehicles in development at WHOI
New vehicles will be modeled after WHOI’s iconic remotely operated vehicle, Jason
Learning to see through cloudy waters
How MIT-WHOI student Amy Phung is helping robots accomplish dangerous tasks in murky waters
Five marine animals that call shipwrecks home
One man's sunken ship is another fish's home? Learn about five species that have evolved…
Go with the flow
Mike Singleton, relief captain, R/V Neil Armstrong describes the intricate dance of navigating ocean currents…
Navigating new waters
The engineering team at the Ocean Observatories Initiative overcomes the hurdles of deploying the coastal…
The 10,000-foot view
WHOI's Tom Bell tracks changes to vulnerable coastal ecosystems with aerial imagery
The story of a “champion” submersible
Alvin's humble origins began alongside Wheaties cereal
A cabled ocean
Internet cables on the seafloor could advance how we track changes in the Arctic
A new way to discover life in the ocean’s hadal zone
WHOI biologist Johanna Weston develops a novel tool to catch and study life in the…
Our eyes on the seafloor
A Q&A with WHOI marine microbiologist Maria Pachiadaki on sampling the deep ocean with Jason
A new way to track marine snow ‘blizzards’
New submersible provides insights into how organic carbon moves through the ocean twilight zone