WHOI Stories

• WHOI News | April 14, 2016

  Steve Elgar Named National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow

  Steve Elgar, a senior scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), has been selected as a 2016 National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow (NSSEFF) by the Department of Defense.
• WHOI News | April 12, 2016

  Swarming Red Crabs Documented on Video

  A research team studying biodiversity at the Hannibal Bank Seamount off the coast of Panama has captured unique video of thousands of red crabs swarming in low-oxygen waters just above the seafloor.
• WHOI News | April 7, 2016

  R/V Neil Armstrong Arrives in Woods Hole

  On April 6, the research vessel Neil Armstrong was met by a jubilant crowd at the WHOI dock as it arrived to its home port for the first time, escorted by the WHOI coastal research vessel R/V Tioga, two Coast Guard boats and fireboats from neighboring towns.
• WHOI - Oceanus | April 4, 2016

  Our Ship Comes In

  Research vessel Neil Armstrong joins the WHOI fleet.
• WHOI News | March 29, 2016

  Newly Upgraded ROV Jason: Bigger and Better

  A major, $2.4 million upgrade funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) has made the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason more capable than ever.
• WHOI - Oceanus | March 18, 2016

  Journey Into the Ocean’s Microbiomes

  A scientist examines a tango between marine animals and bacteria
• WHOI News | March 10, 2016

  Major Source of Methanol in the Ocean Identified

  While scientists have long known methanol exists in the ocean, and that certain microbes love to snack on it, they’ve been stymied by one key question: where does it come from?
• WHOI News | March 7, 2016

  Fukushima Site Still Leaking After Five Years, Research Shows

  Five years after the Fukushima accident, scientific data about the levels of radioactivity in the ocean off our shores are available publicly thanks to ongoing efforts of independent researchers, including WHOI radiochemist Ken Buesseler.
• WHOI - Oceanus | March 4, 2016

  Minerals Made by Microbes

  Some geology naturally requires biology
• Featured Stories, WHOI | February 26, 2016

  Life in the Hot Seat

  This is the final article of a three-part series covering the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences lectures on “Life in the Ocean.”
• WHOI - Oceanus | February 23, 2016

  Through the Looking-Glass of the Sea Surface

  Measuring the ins and outs of the critical border between air and ocean
• WHOI - Oceanus | February 18, 2016

  A Mighty Mysterious Molecule

  Chemical compounds are the currency in ocean ecosystems
• WHOI News | January 28, 2016

  Can animals thrive without oxygen?

  A research team garnered attention in 2010 when it published evidence of finding the first animals living in permanently anoxic conditions at the ocean bottom. Now a new study, led by WHOI scientists, raises doubts.
• WHOI - Oceanus | January 27, 2016

  Seal Whiskers Inspire Marine Technology

  By observing nature, biomimetic engineer designs new sensor
• WHOI News | January 21, 2016

  Study Reveals Climate Change Impacts on Buzzards Bay

  An analysis of long-term, water quality monitoring data reveals that climate change is already having an impact on ecosystems in the coastal waters of Buzzards Bay, Mass. These impacts relate to how nitrogen pollution affects coastal ecosystems.
• WHOI - Oceanus | January 13, 2016

  HABCAM

  HABitat mapping CAMera system is a window on the seafloor
• WHOI News | January 8, 2016

  Robotic Vehicles Offer a New Tool in Study of Shark Behavior

  THe REMUS SharkCam has enabled groundbreaking scientific understanding of great white sharks.
• WHOI - Oceanus | December 21, 2015

  How Did Earth Get Its Ocean?

  A student's quest to learn the origin of our planet's water.
• WHOI - Oceanus | December 15, 2015

  Specks in the Spectrometer

  An atomic odyssey from the Great Calcite Belt to a data point
• WHOI News | December 9, 2015

  Study Measures Drag from Fishing Gear Entanglements on North Atlantic Right Whales

  In a paper published online Dec. 9, 2015, in Marine Mammal Science, a research team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), has for the first time quantified the amount of drag on entangled whales that is created by towing fishing gear.