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Oceanus Magazine

Carl Hartsfield

Three questions with Carl Hartsfield

November 6, 2025

Captain Hartsfield, USN retired, discusses the role ocean science plays in our national defense

WHOI marine ecologist Camrin Braun

Hooked on change

November 6, 2025

Charting a new course for fisheries in a warming world

Whale detection camera

Whale aware!

October 30, 2025

New tech and industry partnerships help ships steer clear

ocean and swimmer

The Ocean (Re)Imagined

October 16, 2025

How expanding our view of the ocean can unlock new possibilities for life

A polar stethoscope

September 25, 2025

Could the sounds of Antarctica’s ice be a new bellwether for ecosystem health in the South Pole?

News Releases

Streaming off the ice shelf

WHOI receives $1.6 Million to build revolutionary Antarctic ice shelf monitoring system

August 13, 2024

SAMS will operate autonomously for years in hostile, difficult-to-reach locations that are Ground Zero for global sea-level rise

Researchers improve satellite surveillance of emperor penguins

May 29, 2024

New method will provide accurate counts and breeding success of the threatened species in the light of climate change

Sargassum Patch

Study Clearly Identifies Nutrients as a Driver of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt

October 11, 2023

Findings could lead to locating nutrient sources and providing management options

El Gordo hydrothermal chimney

WHOI tapped by NSF to lead OOI Program Management for an Additional Five Years

September 21, 2023

The OOI collects and serves measurements from more than 900 autonomous instruments on the seafloor and on moored and free-swimming platforms.

The Shared Autonomy for Remote Collaboration (SHARC)

A new framework for oceanographic research

August 24, 2023

The Shared Autonomy for Remote Collaboration (SHARC) framework “enables remote participants to conduct shipboard operations and control robotic manipulators.

News & Insights

WHOI builds bridges with Arctic Indigenous communities

February 10, 2021

NSF program fosters collaboration between indigenous communities and traditional scientists, allowing WHOI’s autonomous vehicles to shed light on a changing Arctic

WHOI-assisted study finds ocean dumping of DDT waste was “sloppy”

October 29, 2020

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.

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