WHOI in the News
Film Director James Cameron on the Ocean Twilight Zone
Today, the U.S. is a powerhouse of ocean science research and marine engineering, led by organizations such as Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, among others. These are the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Ames Research Center, and Goddard Space Flight Center of ocean exploration.
Tuna are Spawning in Marine Protected Areas
Researchers at MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have found evidence that tuna are spawning in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), one of the largest marine protected areas in the world, covering an area of the central Pacific as large as Argentina.
40 Years Ago, Scientists at WHOI Predicted Climate Change
Forty years ago, a group of climate scientists sat down at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts for the first meeting of the “Ad Hoc Group on Carbon Dioxide and Climate.” It led to the preparation of what became known as the Charney Report – the first comprehensive assessment of global climate change due to carbon dioxide.
WHOI Forum Attracts Worldwide Audience
Entrepreneurs from around the world gathered at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution last week to hear about and discuss marine robotics and autonomous underwater vehicles.
Today in History: WHOI Releases First Images of Titanic Discovery
In 1986, the world got its first look at the wreckage of the RMS Titanic resting on the ocean floor as videotape of the British luxury liner, which sank in 1912, was released by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
WHOI Researcher Testing Thermal Cameras to Detect Whale
An increase in vessel traffic through the Gulf Islands in British Columbia, Canada is making whales more vulnerable to ship strikes, and researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are testing new technology to detect the presence of the marine mammals.
Like Politics, All Sea-Level Rise Is Local
Forget the Moon—we Should Go to Jupiter’s Idyllic Europa
The weird Upside Down science behind ‘Stranger Things’
Whales almost wiped out
Centuries-Old Sea Captain Diaries Are Confirming Modern Climate Science
Intelligent infrared cameras may help keep boats from striking killer whales
WATCH: The Tiny Clear Blobs Washing up on Beaches Are Even Weirder Than You Think
A gigantic deposit of fresh water is hidden off the Northeast coast
Is there life on Mars, or on other worlds beyond Earth? The answer may be squishy
IFAW issues dire warning on North Atlantic right whales
Growing a Better Seaweed to Fuel the Future
Beloved submarine Boaty McBoatface makes a big scientific find
WHOI Study Points to Organic Carbon Hiding in Sediments
New Study Spotlights Role of Microbes Living Next to Corals
A Dead Humpback, a Team of Scientists, a Race for Answers
New pilot whale subspecies revealed: Q&A with marine biologist Amy Van Cise
Deploying seismometers where they’re needed most
