Tools & Technology
Science RoCS Initiative responds to need for increased ocean monitoring
Commercial ships are helping oceanographers deploy robotic Argo floats to keep an eye on hard-to-reach parts of the ocean
Read MoreCommerce Secretary Raimondo visits Woods Hole
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo visited Massachusetts on Friday to tour the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Northeast Fisheries Science Center. The former Rhode Island governor, who left state government midterm to join the Biden administration in March, said her work with NOAA started in the Ocean State, as the University of Rhode Island has long collaborated with the federal agency.
The spread of plastics and oil in Sri Lanka from the wreck of M/V X-Press Pearl
On May 20, 2021, the cargo ship M/V X-Press Pearl caught fire off the coast of Sri Lanka. The container ship was carrying 78 metric tons of a material known as plastic nurdles. What happens now?
Read MoreFive things to know about NOAA’s 2021 Tech Demo
Five things to know about NOAA Ocean Exploration’s 2021 Tech Demo By Oceanus Staff | May 20, 2021 Researchers…
Read MoreA Robot Like This Could Swim At Jupiter’s Water-Spewing Moon
A NASA mission called Europa Clipper may, if funding and development timelines hold, launch in 2024 to do an orbital survey with the latest instruments and potentially, to pick some landing spots for a future spacecraft. And unlike the rovers we are used to on Mars, this futuristic robot is going to have to swim.
NASA Teams up with Deep-Sea Explorers to prep for Europa Missions and Beyond
Weighing about 550 pounds, the six-foot-long Orpheus drone cost nearly $2 million to build and was named for the Greek poet and prophet. The main goal for this next-generation mini-submarine that was engineered and constructed by WHOI in Massachusetts, will be to increase our knowledge of the deepest areas of our planet’s oceans known as the hadal zone.
AOP&E Department Virtual Seminar: Enabling Dependable Wave Power Conversion on Oceanographic Buoys
Umesh Korde, Johns Hopkins University Sponsored by: AOP&E Department This will be held virtually. Information will be posted when available.
Read MoreMeet the Alvin 6500 Team: Rose Wall
Alvin Engineer Rose Wall on joining the Alvin Group during an overhaul and the pandemic.
Read MoreMarine Policy Center Virtual Seminar: Harvesting the Rain: The Adoption of Environmental Technologies in the Sahel
Kelsey Jack, UC Santa Barbara Sponsored by: Marine Policy Center This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/98406942945?pwd=MUFsbkhiODMzU2c3ZU9sbGxOK21qQT09 Meeting…
Read MoreOil spill response beneath the ice
Successful test deployment of WHOI vehicle Polaris expands U.S. Coast Guard response to oil spills in the Arctic
Read MoreArctic AUV Listens Its Way Forward with New Navigation Method
To successfully navigate throughout the Arctic requires understanding how these changes in sound propagation affect a vehicle’s ability to communicate and navigate.
Ocean Encounters: ALVIN
Hear from a volcanologist, a marine biologist, and Alvin’s senior pilot about how the iconic sub enables scientific discovery in the far reaches of Earth’s ocean.
Read MoreFrom Mars to the deep
Navigation technology that helped NASA’s Perseverance rover land safely on Mars could guide robots in another unexplored terrain that’s much closer to home: the deepest trenches of the ocean.
Read MoreNavigating beneath the Arctic ice
A team of MIT engineers has developed a navigational method for autonomous vehicles to navigate accurately in the Arctic Ocean without GPS.
ADI teams on ocean innovation accelerator
The Ocean and Climate Innovation Accelerator (OCIA) consortium is funded with $3m over three years from ADI to develop new technologies to monitor climate change.
500 robots heading into world’s oceans in huge new study
The robotic floats are equipped with a range of sensors to collect data on the chemistry and biology of the ocean.
New Underwater Vehicle Gets First Tryout
Long-range autonomous underwater vehicles are being engineered to help with natural disaster response.
NOAA Live! Webinar: NOAA Buoys Around the World
Lauren Jarlenski and Dawn Petraitis, NOAA’s National Data Buoy Center at the Stennis Space Center, Kiln, MS Sponsored by: NOAA…
Read MoreAOP&E Department Virtual Seminar: Effect of Leading-Edge Curvature Actuation on Flapping Fin Performance
Wim van Rees, MIT Sponsored by: AOP&E Department This will be held virtually. Please Join: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/93873912253?pwd=Rmo0OXpTT2tJQmNsSzRVNTNwMG1Sdz09 Meeting ID: 938 7391 2253…
Read MoreDoctoral Dissertation Defense of Thesis: Ambient Acoustics as Indicator of Environmental Change in the Beaufort Sea: Experiments & Methods for Analysis
Rui Chen, MIT-WHOI Joint Program Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office To register, use this URL: https://mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwlcuCsrD8oHt05yCu24PBW3sKSq2yvuTep
Read MoreWHOI research in five inhospitable locations
Whether they’re under the ice at the furthest poles or hovering above the ocean’s deepest volcanoes, these researchers get the job done.
Read MoreMeet the Alvin 6500 Team: Drew Bewley
Alvin engineer and pilot Drew Bewley on what best prepared him to work on a one-of-a-kind submersible and the overhaul that will take Alvin to 6500 meters.
Read MoreAOP&E Department Virtual Seminar: A Tale of Two Vehicles: The Development, Challenges, and Successes of the Benthic Rover and the MiniROV
Alana Sherman, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Sponsored by: AOP&E Department This will be held virtually. Please Join: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/93873912253?pwd=Rmo0OXpTT2tJQmNsSzRVNTNwMG1Sdz09 Meeting ID:…
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