Underwater Vehicles
Rebuilding Alvin: Joe Harvey and Vic Miller
Since the beginning of 2011, Alvin, the U.S. science community’s only human-occupied submersible dedicated to deep-sea research, has been undergoing a thorough overhaul and upgrade that will enhance its capabilities. […]
Rebuilding Alvin: Robert Waters
Since the beginning of 2011, Alvin, the U.S. science community’s only human-occupied submersible dedicated to…
Rebuilding Alvin: Geoffrey Ekblaw
Since the beginning of 2011, Alvin, the U.S. science community’s only human-occupied submersible dedicated to…
Rebuilding Alvin: Jefferson Grau
Since the beginning of 2011, Alvin, the U.S. science community’s only human-occupied submersible dedicated to…
The Boy in the Alvin Sphere
The titanium personnel sphere for the new deeper-diving Alvin submersible began undergoing a series of…
In Search of the Pink and White Terraces
The dazzling Pink and White Terraces on the shores of Lake Rotomahana at one time…
The Quest to Map Titanic
Bill Lange was aboard Knorr in 1985 when the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution research vessel…
Searching for Life on the Seafloor
Smaller than a fingernail, like bits of downy red feathers, baby tubeworms cling to a…
A Plume of Chemicals from Deepwater Horizon
Along with the torrent of hot gas and oil spewing from the bottom of the…
Gliders Tracked Potential for Oil to Reach the East Coast
In the initial days of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, a spotlight shone on a little-known…
New Ways to Analyze Ocean Imagery
<!– –> Moore Foundation grant sparks ocean informatics initiative Over the past decade, ocean scientists…
A Titanic Tale
<!– –> In June of 1985, news came that Bob Ballard aboard the research vessel…
Alvin Gets an Interior Re-design
For more than four decades, scientists have foregone a few creature comforts to see animals,…
A Robot Is Resurrected at Sea
Barely a month after the undersea robot ABE imploded and was lost in the depths,…
R.I.P. A.B.E
A pioneering deep-sea exploration robot—one of the first successful submersible vehicles that was both unmanned…
A Robot Starts to Make Decisions on its Own
It’s a lot easier to send a bloodhound to track a criminal, or your kid…
Clara Smart
Ask Clara Smart about her interests, and be prepared to receive a formidable list of…
Eleanor Bors
While her Oberlin classmates were accepting their diplomas at their graduation ceremony back in Ohio,…
Stephanie Chin
Stephanie Chin is most likely the only Summer Student Fellow whose project could one day…
Floating Without Imploding
To allow a heavy vehicle to float in the deepest depths, Don Peters and other…
Let There Be Light in the Dark Depths
Jonathan Howland has worked as an engineer for 20 years in the Deep Submergence Lab…