WHOI Stories
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WHOI - Oceanus | March 4, 2015
Sand, Seals, and Solitude
Scientists and teachers collaborate to inspire students -
WHOI News | March 2, 2015
New Museum Program Focuses on Impacts of Fukushima on the Ocean
On the fourth anniversary of the disaster, WHOI and the Aquarium of the Pacific debut a new program about ocean radioactivity motivated by the Fukushima nuclear accident. -
WHOI News | February 12, 2015
Monster hurricanes reached U.S. during prehistoric periods of ocean warming
A new study of prehistoric hurricanes shows the intensity and frequency of hurricanes the U.S. could experience could intensify as ocean temperatures increase with climate change. -
WHOI - Oceanus | February 6, 2015
A Telescope to Peer into the Vast Ocean
Epic voyage begins to illuminate the micro-universe across the Pacific -
WHOI News | February 2, 2015
Study Finds Deep Ocean is Source of Dissolved Iron in Central Pacific
A new study led by scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) points to the deep ocean as a major source of dissolved iron in the central Pacific Ocean. -
WHOI - Oceanus | January 28, 2015
New Use for Well-known Algae
Same compound in ocean plant offers double scientific value -
WHOI News | January 26, 2015
Researchers Produce Two Biofuels from a Single Algae
A common algae commercially grown to make fish food holds promise as a source for both biodiesel and jet fuel, according to a new study published in the journal Energy & Fuels. -
WHOI - Oceanus | January 16, 2015
A Smarter Undersea Robot
Engineers seek to correct a curious deficiency -
WHOI News | January 7, 2015
Coral Reefs Threatened by a Deadly Combination of Changing Ocean Conditions
A new study shows exposing corals to added nutrients increases their erosion and dissolution rate tenfold. -
WHOI News | December 19, 2014
Commonwealth Awards $5 M R&D Grant for Center for Marine Robotics
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has awarded WHOI a $5 million grant toward the construction of new facilities for the testing and research into innovative marine robotics. -
WHOI - Oceanus | December 18, 2014
The Waves Within the Waves
Scientists stalk the mysterious phenomenon of internal waves -
WHOI News | December 16, 2014
Nereid Under Ice Vehicle: A Powerful New Tool for Polar Science
Scientists studying the harsh and rapidly changing Arctic environment now have a valuable new tool to advance their work—an innovative robot, designed and built at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) that is changing the way scientist... -
WHOI News | December 15, 2014
New Museum Exhibit Explores Deep Ocean Environment
In collaboration with the Ocean Explorium in New Bedford, WHOI has created new digital content for museum-based spherical display systems that brings high-definition images and video of dynamic, deep ocean ecosystems to the public. -
WHOI News | December 3, 2014
Scientists Urge Protection of World’s Deltas
Scientists call for maintenance efforts to be started now to avert the loss of vast expanses of coastline, and the consequent losses of ecological services, economic and social crises, and large-scale migrations. -
WHOI - Oceanus | November 26, 2014
Trouble in the Tropics
Scientist explores mysterious food-borne illness: ciguatera -
WHOI News | November 26, 2014
WHOI Part of the Stantec Team Selected to Lead Major Marine Arctic Ecosystem Study
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), as a part of the Stantec Team, has been selected by an interagency scientific review panel to lead a long-term scientific study of the Arctic marine ecosystem along the Beaufort Sea shelf from Barrow, Alaska... -
WHOI News | November 24, 2014
Underwater Robot Sheds New Light on Antarctic Sea Ice
The first detailed, high-resolution 3-D maps of Antarctic sea ice have been developed using an underwater robot. Scientists from the UK, USA and Australia say the new technology provides accurate ice thickness measurements from areas that were previous... -
WHOI - Oceanus | November 19, 2014
From Lab to Sea
New course gives students hands-on training in the field -
WHOI - Oceanus | November 13, 2014
Corals in Hot Water?
Racing time to predict the fate of corals in a warming ocean -
WHOI News | November 10, 2014
Fukushima Radioactivity Detected Off West Coast
Monitoring efforts along the Pacific Coast of the U.S. and Canada have detected the presence of small amounts of radioactivity from the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident 100 miles (150 km) due west of Eureka, California.
