WHOI Stories

• News, WHOI News | February 5, 2018

  WHOI Spins Off Local Technology Start-up

  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) sold its controlling interest in EOM Offshore, a mooring systems company based on technology developed by engineers at WHOI. The company was founded as a start-up in 2010 to commercialize highly stretchable, fatigue-resistant hoses to transmit power and data to and from undersea sensors.
• Featured Stories, News, WHOI - Oceanus | February 1, 2018

  Tracking Unexploded Munitions

  Long-buried ordnance lingers on U.S. coasts
• Featured Stories, News, WHOI News | January 29, 2018

  WHOI Center for Marine Robotics Receives NextGEN Award

  The Center for Marine Robotics at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) was chosen to receive a NextGEN award by the Massachusetts TechHUB Caucus.
• Featured Stories, MIT EAPS, News, WHOI News | January 29, 2018

  Scientists Pinpoint How Ocean Acidification Weakens Coral Skeletons

  The rising acidity of the oceans threatens coral reefs by making it harder for corals to build their skeletons. A new study led by Nathaniel Mollica, an @MIT-@WHOI Joint Program grad student in Oceanography, identifies the details of how ocean acidification affects coral skeletons, allowing scientists to predict more precisely where corals will be more vulnerable.
• News, WHOI News | January 22, 2018

  Feeling the Heat in the NW Atlantic

  Rising temperatures along the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean will force American lobsters (H. americanus) farther offshore and into more northern waters, according to a new study led by researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).
• Featured Stories, MIT EAPS, News, WHOI - Oceanus | January 22, 2018

  A Double Whammy for Corals

  Global warming and local weather combine to cause massive bleaching
• News, WHOI - Oceanus | January 22, 2018

  Can Clams and Oysters Help Clean Up Waterways?

  Survey shows potential for shellfish to reduce excess nitrogen
• Featured Stories, MIT, MIT EAPS, News, WHOI - Oceanus | January 22, 2018

  Taking Earth’s Inner Temperature

  Why the mantle may be hotter than we thought
• News, WHOI - Oceanus | January 22, 2018

  Re-envisioning Underwater Imaging

  Scientists can zoom into 3-D shipwrecks and seafloor landscapes
• Featured Stories, News, WHOI - Oceanus | January 22, 2018

  Will Oxygen in the Ocean Continue to Decline?

  New technique measures how fast deoxygenation can happen
• News, WHOI - Oceanus | January 22, 2018

  Scientists Reveal Secrets of Whales

  Thar she sings!
• News, WHOI - Oceanus | January 22, 2018

  Up in the Sky!

  Drone finds hot spots to help restore fish to river
• News, WHOI News | January 16, 2018

  Heidi Sosik Selected as a Fellow of The Oceanography Society

  Heidi Sosik, a senior scientist in the Biology Department at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has been named a 2018 Fellow of The Oceanography Society (TOS). Sosik's accomplishments will be formally recognized on Feb. 13, 2018, during a ceremony at the 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Portland, Oregon.
• Featured Stories, News, WHOI News | January 10, 2018

  A Close-up Look at a Rare Underwater Eruption

  Expedition to explore the Havre volcano reveals surprising details
• News, WHOI - Oceanus | January 3, 2018

  Tiny Jellyfish with a Big Sting

  Scientists investigate where toxic invaders came from
• Featured Stories, News, WHOI News | January 3, 2018

  Scientists Find Surprising Evidence of Rapid Changes in the Arctic

  Scientists have found surprising evidence of rapid climate change in the Arctic: In the middle of the Arctic Ocean near the North Pole, they discovered that the levels of radium-228 have almost doubled over the last decade.
• News, WHOI News | December 20, 2017

  Moore Foundation Awards $3M to WHOI

  Grant will fund efforts to transform technology development and deployment
• Featured Stories, News, WHOI - Oceanus | December 12, 2017

  Aqua Incognita

  The quest to establish outposts in the far reaches of the ocean
• News, WHOI - Oceanus | December 12, 2017

  Ocean Observatories Initiative

  In a special series of articles, Oceanus magazine explores the Ocean Observatories Initiative and WHOI's role in it.
• News, WHOI - Oceanus | December 12, 2017

  Pinocchio’s Nose

  Special Series: Ocean Observatories Initiative