Tiny but mighty, phytoplankton fuel marine food webs, absorb vast amounts of carbon dioxide, and produce half of Earth’s ...

Researchers find fluffy anemones spreading south via shipwrecks, revealing how artificial reefs and ocean currents connect ...

Leslie-Ann McGee will serve as the board’s Vice President of Industry, Research, and Technology, while Jacquelyn Veatch will ...

Stretching over 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) long and plunging more than 11,400 feet (around 3,500 meters) deep, the Mar del Plata Canyon lies about 186 miles (300 kilometers) off the coast of Argentina.

Woods Hole, Mass. and Glasgow, UK (February 25, 2026, 3 p.m. GMT/10 a.m. ET) — The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) today announced preliminary findings from the first U.S. Environmental ...

Woods Hole, Mass. — A team of researchers, including those from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), has discovered the oldest directly dated ice and air on the planet in the Allan Hills ...

For most of his adult life, Richard Vevers believed he knew the ocean. As an accomplished underwater photographer and ocean conservationist, Vevers spent a large portion of his career photographing ...

Long-awaited event sets the stage for scientists to learn more about physical, chemical and biological processes in the deep ocean East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean (May 2, 2025) – Scientists diving in ...

Assistant Scientist Momme Hell comes to WHOI from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) where he was an ASP Postdoctoral Fellow in the Ocean Section and Computational and Information ...

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of former employee Katherine “Kay” Williams Brown on March 7, 2024, at the Sedgewood Commons Nursing Home in Falmouth, ...

WHOI scientists document changes in the Gulf Stream using two decades of measurements from Argo floats and Spray underwater gliders Woods Hole, MA (Oct. 9, 2023) — The Gulf Stream is intrinsic to the ...

"Closing the gap between what we know and what we don't know will help us better understand the complex processes occurring both at the surface and in the twilight zone. Ultimately, this knowledge ...