Research Highlights
Oceanus Magazine
Scientist Chris German on a successful AUV Sentry mission when the science team could not travel to sea
Research engineer Justin Fujii on working with autonomous underwater vehicle Sentry
With its new depth rating of 6500 meters (4 miles), WHOI’s human-occupied vehicle (HOV) Alvin is set to take scientists places they’ve never explored in person
The first five projects funded by the Ocean Climate Innovation Accelerator (OCIA) are set to advance research at the intersection of oceans and climate.
News Releases
High-speed imaging reveals how oyster larvae’s dense shell helps them feed—and may offer clues to why ocean acidification threatens their survival
The Heroic Age Expedition, led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in partnership with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, reveals the famed Antarctic explorer’s last ship, Terra Nova in stunning detail
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, in partnership with WHOI, will undertake “once-in-a-generation” expedition to survey Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Quest and Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova
New underwater robot opens new possibilities in coral reef conservation by autonomously identifying biodiversity “hotspots”
Satellite measuring land, polar, and coastal regions could launch by 2030
News & Insights
NSF program fosters collaboration between indigenous communities and traditional scientists, allowing WHOI’s autonomous vehicles to shed light on a changing Arctic
An investigative report this week in the LA Times features the work of WHOI’s marine geochemistry lab in identifying the discarded barrels and analyzing samples from the discovery.