Ocean Tech
Are warming Alaskan Arctic waters a new toxic algal hotspot?
WHOI researchers warn Arctic communities following detection of a harmful bloom
Hardwired to love
Ocean engineers discuss our emotional connection with robots
On the Move
The Coastal Pioneer Array is moving south in 2024. WHOI’s Al Plueddemann discusses the array’s…
How does Sentry know where it is?
New smarts keep the autonomous vehicle on track
From Northern California to Ocean Engineer
OOI engineer Irene Duran's life took her from a dry, hot California town to a…
5 essential ocean-climate technologies
In the race to find solutions to our climate crisis, these marine tools help us…
Sunlight and the fate of oil at sea
Danielle Haas Freeman draws on the language of chemistry to solve an oil spill puzzle
Who is Alvin and what are sea trials?
If you like the deep sea and exploring for science, you’re going to love Alvin!
How to study an underwater earthquake from shore
Scientist Chris German on a successful AUV Sentry mission when the science team could not…
Meet the Sentry Team: Justin Fujii
Research engineer Justin Fujii on working with autonomous underwater vehicle Sentry
7 Places and Things Alvin Can Explore Now
With its new depth rating of 6500 meters (4 miles), WHOI's human-occupied vehicle (HOV) Alvin…
Meet the Jason Team: Mario Fernandez
A mechanical engineer, pilot, and expedition leader on vehicle design and adventures at sea
Meet the Sentry Team: Amanda Sutherland
A Mechanical engineer on independent workflow and collaboration
From the sound: A future powered by the sea
These two WHOI scientists discuss the promise of offshore wind and wave as renewable energy,…
A curious robot is poised to rapidly expand reef research
WHOI scientists with the Coral Catalyst Team are leveraging a new, artificially intelligent robot to…
Adapt or retreat:
No solution is off the table to prepare for sea level rise in Woods Hole
The story of “Little Alvin” and the lost H-bomb
How the famed submersible found a lost hydrogen bomb in the Mediterranean Sea during the…
Meet the Alvin 6500 Team: Lisa Smith
Alvin Certification Coordinator Lisa Smith on working with Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to get…
Whale Safe
For Mark Baumgartner, Whale Safe is the natural evolution of WHOI’s work with passive acoustics
Summer with Sentry: Intern Renee Gruner-Mitchell
Renee Gruner-Mitchell on her internship working on AUV Sentry at the National Deep Submergence Facility…
Measuring the great migration
A bioacoustic mooring will use sound to help estimate life migrating in the ocean's twilight…
WHOI breaks in new research facility with MURAL Hack-A-Thon
Engineers use test tanks and 3D printers to prototype an acoustic sensor in the new…
In the Ocean Twilight Zone, Life Remains a Mystery
A New, Long-term Observation Network Could Help Reveal Its Secrets
Overhaul to take Alvin to greater extremes
Work on Iconic Sub Will Put 99% of The Ocean Floor Within Reach