WHOI Stories
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News, WHOI News | November 2, 2016
WHOI Study Reveals Previously Unknown Component of Whale Songs
Researchers have known for decades that whales create elaborate songs, sometimes projecting their calls for miles underwater. A new study from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), however, has revealed a previously unknown element of whale songs that could aid this mode of communication, and may play a pivotal role in locating other whales in open ocean. -
News, WHOI, WHOI - Oceanus | November 1, 2016
Whale-safe Fishing Gear
New buoy for lobster traps could prevent entanglements -
News, WHOI - Oceanus | November 1, 2016
How Would ‘On-Call’ Buoys Work?
Interactive featured in: "Whale-safe Fishing Gear" -
Featured Stories, News, WHOI News | October 20, 2016
New 13-year Study Tracks Impact of Changing Climate on a Key Marine Food Source
A new multiyear study from scientists at WHOI has shown for the first time how changes in ocean temperature affect a key species of phytoplankton. -
WHOI News | October 12, 2016
Study Reveals Corals’ Influence on Reef Microbes
For the first time, researchers from WHOI and elsewhere have shown that corals are having some control on the production of microbes around them, and that the corals are using that to benefit their own growth. -
WHOI News | September 19, 2016
Ancient Skeleton Discovered on Antikythera Shipwreck
An international research team discovered a human skeleton during its ongoing excavation of the famous Antikythera Shipwreck (circa 65 B.C.) in the Aegean Sea, and it could provide insight into the lives of people who lived 2100 years ago. -
WHOI News | September 19, 2016
Chief of Naval Operations Visits WHOI
Global ocean research projects and marine technology advances were among the topics presented on September 9 when the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Admiral John Richardson, paid a visit to WHOI. -
MIT, News, WHOI | September 16, 2016
Giant algal bloom sheds light on formation of White Cliffs of Dover
MIT's Sarah Z. Rosengard investigates how a great algae bloom at the bottom of the world might hold the key to how an iconic symbol of the United Kingdom came to be. -
MIT, News, WHOI | September 9, 2016
A “Founding Father” of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Dies
Joseph Keller, considered by many to be the 'Dean of Applied Mathematics', a developer of asymptotic analysis and a founder of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (GFD) at WHOI has passed away. -
WHOI - Oceanus | September 7, 2016
Let There Be Laser Light
Laser spectroscopy could illuminate key environmental gases -
WHOI News | September 2, 2016
WHOI Receives $1 Million Award for Early-Career Scientists from Grayce B. Kerr Fund
The Grayce B. Kerr Fund has awarded the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) $1 million to establish an endowment in memory of WHOI Life Trustee Breene Kerr. -
WHOI News | August 26, 2016
The Sound of a Healthy Reef
Underwater soundscape may offer clues to coral health and aid reef conservation -
WHOI - Oceanus | August 25, 2016
A Slithery Ocean Mystery
Scientists gain grasp on the epic migration of eels -
WHOI - Oceanus | August 19, 2016
Life Dwells Deep Within Earth’s Crust
What is living there and how? -
WHOI - Oceanus | August 18, 2016
Attracted to Magnetics
A conversation with WHOI geologist Maurice Tivey -
WHOI News | August 16, 2016
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Announces Innovative Wind Turbine Monitor
WHOI announces the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 9,395,338 for self-regulating terrestrial turbine control through environmental sensing. -
WHOI News | August 9, 2016
Moore Foundation Supports WHOI Effort to Revolutionize Ocean Research
A $250,000 award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation supports WHOI scientists and engineers to explore a new path for ocean research focused on rapid software and hardware innovation. -
WHOI - Oceanus | August 8, 2016
The Quest for the Moho
Between Earth's crust and mantle lies a mysterious boundary -
Featured Stories, MIT, News, WHOI | August 3, 2016
The New York Times Follows Young Ocean Scientists Training in New England Waters
New York Times Science reporter Nicholas St. Fleur joins a crew of young marine scientists as they train with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) aboard the R/V Atlantis for the second leg of a 2-week research cruise. Throughout the week, St. Fleur will be reporting live on Facebook on the team’s missions, the vessel and their discoveries happening off of New England’s eastern seaboard. -
WHOI - Oceanus | August 1, 2016
Ocean Observatories System Is Up and Running
WHOI plays major role in creating 'transformative' national research effort
