Tools & Technology
Girls Just Wanna Be Engineers
“Very few women go into engineering,” said Anna Michel, “because girls just don’t get the message that they could be…
Read MoreThe Hot Spot Below Yellowstone Park
WHOI scientist Rob Sohn brought an arsenal of deep-sea technology normally used to explore the seafloor to the bottom of Yellowstone Lake, where a team of researchers investigated the subsurface geothermal activity hidden from view in the national park.
Read MoreOceanographers’ New Research Tools: Virtual Reality and 3D Printing
Quotes Jake Gebbie and mentions Ben Greenwood. Written by a 2016 WHOI Ocean Science Journalism Fellow.
PlankZooka & SUPR-REMUS
Much of marine life begins as microscopic larvae—so tiny, delicate, and scattered in hard-to-reach parts of ocean that scientists have…
Read MoreWhen the Hunter Became the Hunted
In waters off Mexico’s Guadalupe Island, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) engineers deployed the REMUS SharkCam, a torpedo-shaped robotic vehicle…
Read MoreInside the Sunken USS Arizona
Mike Skowronski (above left) pilots a remotely operated vehicle into the remains of the battleship Arizona at the USS Arizona…
Read MoreIlluminating the Ocean with Sound
WHOI’s new research vessel Niel Armstrong is equipped with an EK80 broadband acoustic echo sounder. Using a wide range of sound frequencies, it gives scientists the ability to identify and distinguish between different types of marine life in the depths.
Read MoreIlluminating the Ocean with Sound
WHOI’s new research vessel Neil Armstrong is equipped with an EK80 broadband acoustic echo sounder. It uses a wide range…
Read MoreThe Hotspot for Marine Life
The continental shelfbreak in the waters off New England is an area where a spectacular abundance and diversity of marine life aggregate year-round. The Pioneer Array, a part of the NSF-funded Ocean Observatories Initiative, was placed there to help scientists explore the processes that make the shelfbreak so productive.
Read MoreThe Hunt for Undiscovered Drugs at the Bottom of the Sea
mentions HOV Alvin
OASIS Scientists Catch High-Tech Ride to the Bottom of the Sea
features OASIS Expedition
mentions HOV Alvin, AUV Sentry and MISO TowCam
Eavesdropping on Whales
WHOI scientist Mark Baumgartner has installed a mooring in New York waters that listens for whales and sends back alerts. The prototype advance-warning system could one day help reduce shipping collisions with whales.
Read MoreChasing Microbes: The Secret Superheroes of Our Planet
features video of and by HOV Alvin as well as R/V Atlantis
Long-term study examines ocean ecosystems off Vineyard
features Heidi Sosik
National Science Foundation Grant Includes Observatory Off Edgartown
quotes Heidi Sosik and mentions WHOI
Why Did the El Faro Sink?
WHOI deep-sea vehicles and scientists played critical roles in searching the seafloor and locating the voyage data recorder of El Faro, the ship that sank in 2015 during Hurricane Joaquin, killing all 33 crew members.
Read MoreAfter Overhaul, Jason Is Stronger Than Ever
Jason, the workhorse remotely operated deep-sea vehicle, underwent a top-to-bottom overhaul that dramatically increased its capabilities.
Read MoreHow Do Larvae Find a Place to Settle Down?
It’s still a mystery: How do the tiny larvae of marine animals that hatch in the open ocean find their…
Read MoreThe Loneliest Whale in the World? An obscure scientific brief and a mass audience wanting to believe
mentions William Watkins and Mary Ann Daher
Why scientists are studying whales off New York’s coast
mentions WHOI
Segment: Acoustic buoy detecting endangered whales in New York Bight
features Mark Baumgartner and Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Bight buoy project
approx. start at 6:22
A New Tsunami-Warning System
After successfully testing a long-range underwater communications system that worked under Arctic Ocean ice, an engineering team at Woods Hole…
Read MoreCommunicating Under Sea Ice
Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution developed a new communication and navigation system that works over long distances under Arctic sea ice, allowing scientists to use autonomous underwater vehicles to explore the ice-covered Arctic Ocean.
Read MoreAncient Deep Sea Corals Need Protection From Modern Threats
mentions WHOI and HOV Alvin
