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A Glide Across the Gulf Stream

News of the first successful Gulf Stream crossing by a glider last November—and the launching today (Thursday, March 24) of Spray’s seven-week round-trip mission from Bermuda across the Gulf Stream and back—has caused a ripple among scientists, who recall the dream of famed WHOI oceanographer Henry Stommel.

A Glide Across the Gulf Stream
Robo-Sailors

Robo-Sailors

In the mid-1990s, the Navy began funding research for small, robotic vehicles to perform unmanned…

Voyage to Vailulu’u

It was like a pirate’s treasure map. A dotted line clearly showed the trail, but…

Outposts in the Ocean

Oceanographers and climatologists have something in common with politicians and stock market analysts: They are…