The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is a private, nonprofit research and higher education facility dedicated to the study of all aspects of marine science and engineering and to the education of marine researchers. Established in 1930, it is the largest independent oceanographic research institution in the U.S., with staff and students numbering about 1,000. The Institution is organized into five departments, four interdisciplinary institutes—ocean life, coastal ocean, ocean and climate change, deep ocean exploration—the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research, and a marine policy center.
Some content from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA
Subscribe to rss feed
A new study led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), along with international partners, finds that proposed commercial fishing in the deep ocean could have serious consequences for bigeye tuna, one ...
Ecology
Jan 28, 2026
0
0
Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), in collaboration with the University of the Virgin Islands have discovered that microorganisms in seawater surrounding corals provide a powerful indicator of ...
Ecology
Jan 20, 2026
0
0
A study led by researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of Rhode Island (URI) provides the most comprehensive assessment to date of the economic damage caused by recurring sargassum ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 15, 2026
0
8
A July 2025 report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) claims that U.S. tide gauge measurements "in aggregate show no obvious acceleration in sea level rise beyond the historical average rate." However, a new study by ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 17, 2025
0
36
For roughly 2 billion years of Earth's early history, the atmosphere contained no oxygen, the essential ingredient required for complex life. Oxygen began building up during the period known as the Great Oxidation Event (GOE), ...
Astrobiology
Dec 9, 2025
0
13
An international team of scientists and students, led by the Arctic University of Norway, and including chemists and engineers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, has announced a remarkable discovery of a venting system ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 24, 2025
0
0
A new study published today in The ISME Journal marks the first time scientists have shown a connection between respiratory microbes and the health of a free-ranging whale population.
Plants & Animals
Nov 12, 2025
0
1
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides scientists with a powerful new tool for monitoring and predicting tectonic activity deep beneath the seafloor at mid-ocean ridges—vast ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 14, 2025
0
1
A new study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin shows that oil is still seeping from the wreck of the USS Arizona, more than 80 years after its sinking at Pearl Harbor. The study focuses on samples collected by the National ...
Environment
Oct 2, 2025
0
20
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) researchers have shown large sharks can spend hours deep in the oceans' mesopelagic zone, which lies 200 to 1,000 meters (650 to 3,300 feet) below the surface. This region is home ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 18, 2025
0
0
