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An ocean bottom seismometer being deployed by the Ocean Bottom Scismic Instrument Center during a research expedition to the Gofar transform fault in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Hannah Brewer, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Researchers help solve mystery of clockwork-like earthquake system deep beneath the Pacific

CUREE autonomous underwater vehicle

Autonomous underwater robot discovers hidden coral reef “hotspots”

A Mediterranean storm petrels incubates its eggs deep in a dark cave by the sea in Sardinia, Italy. (Photo by A. Benvenuti)

Small seabirds rely on crosswinds to navigate the open ocean

spilhause projection

It’s the most ocean-friendly map ever created. Why haven’t more people seen it?

Sunset over Cape Cod Bay (photo by Kara Dodge, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Tracking the hidden currents of Cape Cod Bay

Impacts from flooding that occurred in Falmouth, Massachusetts on December 23, 2022. (Photo by Chris Piecuch)

New study finds rate of U.S. coastal sea level rise doubled in the past century

A neighborhood in Sarasota 
experiences flooding after Hurricane Debby passed through in 2024. (Photo by Bilanol, iStock)

The ocean weather nexus, explained

ocean and swimmer

The Ocean (Re)Imagined

WHOI Physical Oceanographer Steven Jayne and MIT-WHOI Joint Program Student Lawrence Cen take part in a training flight ahead of peak hurricane season. (Photo by Manny Haenggi, Naval Oceanographic Office)

New program aims to improve hurricane predictions with ocean data

Perkins School students visit WHOI’s Seafloor Samples laboratory

Blind and low-vision students dive into ocean science at WHOI through sound and touch

the landfall

Rising tides, resilient spirits

Ghana

Life at the margins

Lukas Taenzer (right), first author of the study, and Adrienne Silver, former Postdoc at WHOI, prepare a Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) rosette to be deployed from RV Neil Armstrong to capture the water properties on the US Northeast continental shelf (Photo: Avijit Gangopadhyay/©UMass Dartmouth).

Scientists use salinity to trace changes in the U.S. Northeast coastal ocean

In May 2024, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s fifth most populous state, was hit with unprecedented rainfall, affecting 2.3 million people. (Photo by: William Fernando Marx Purper/istock)

WHOI oceanographers investigate southern Brazil’s catastrophic flooding

In 2012, a long-lasting marine heatwave wreaked havoc on Maine’s aquatic life and fishing industry. At times, water temperatures were nearly 40°F above average. (Photo credit: Rachel Mann)

WHOI scientists aim to improve the study of marine heatwaves

WHOI’s Robert Weller named to NAE Class 2025 (Photo by: ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

WHOI’s Robert Weller named to National Academy of Engineering Class of 2025

Janine Wong current art

Unseen Ocean

CTD

New study finds that critical ocean current has not declined in the last 60 years

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