WhaleSpotter, a thermal camera system that uses AI to detect possible whale sightings and prevent ship strikes. @insideclimatenews.org explains how this WHOI-developed tech is helping protect endangered whales—and why it should complement, but not replace, speed limits go.whoi.edu/whale-spotter

An “artificial Tums” could help the ocean store even more CO2 than it currently takes up, reducing the impacts of climate change. 📲Find out why WHOI scientists are studying this marine carbon dioxide removal strategy from @marketplace.org: go.whoi.edu/npr-mcdr #mcdr #oceanclimatesolutions

What's in a grain of sand? Get to know what's behind your favorite beach's colorful palette! Illustrations by Natalie Renier + words by Hannah Piecuch, #WHOI Creative

From a beach that borders WHOI’s Quissett Campus, WHOI electrical engineer Jordan Remar paired a long exposure with his love of electricity. By day, Remar designs and optimizes complex circuit boards for deep-sea sensors, but at night, he can be found photographing the stars!

What's summer's hottest look?😎 ⁠ Supporting ocean research! Wear your passion on your sleeve with one of these treasures from the WHOI Store: go.whoi.edu/whoi-summer

Over 145 countries share access to the sea. But who “owns” the ocean? And how do they divvy up marine resources fairly and sustainably? From the Convention on the Law of the Sea to EEZs, learn about the international laws that govern the use & protection of the ocean: go.whoi.edu/oceanterritory

What caused Titanic to sink? 🤔 All evidence points to a berg—and no shortage of hubris— but a theory, recounted in a 1912 issue of The Washington Post, proposed that a cursed mummy case and a priestess’s revenge led to the “unsinkable ship’s” demise. 👉You decide: go.whoi.edu/thetitanicmummy

🔊Pump up the volume to hear Weddell seals calling beneath Antarctic ice—and see a pup get one of its first swim lessons! 👉Learn what's behind these otherworldly sounds from BBC Wildlife: go.whoi.edu/bbc-seals 📹 courtesy of Luis A. Huckstadt/University of Exeter / edited by Rachel Mann/WHOI

🦈 As Discovery Channel's Shark Week plays to our primal fears, researchers are finding that the world's most-feared predator has potential to actually save the humans... by improving hurricane and climate change predictions. 📲Find out how sharks are like oceanographers: go.whoi.edu/shark-tags

📆 Save the date: for a WHOI Open House on Thursday, August 13! As part of the WHOI Ocean & Climate Outreach Series, presented by the Yawkey Foundation, from 5-7 pm we’ll be giving tours of the George and Wendy David Center for Ocean Innovation. 👉Learn more and RSVP: go.whoi.edu/yawkey-deeptech

Every year, at the close of its kelp farm research season, the Lindell lab at WHOI hands out leftover kelp and hosts a kelp potluck! Some of this year’s highlights include kelp pesto, kelp mochi cake, and kelp chocolate bark! Take a bite with the @wcai-npr.bsky.social story: go.whoi.edu/cai-kelp

Over the past winter and spring, WHOI engineers gave the nation's deepest-diving crewed submersible Alvin a complete checkup. 📲Find out what it takes to transport scientists to the deepest parts of the ocean from @scifri.bsky.social: go.whoi.edu/scifrialvin

MIT-WHOI grad student Jaida Elcock plays tag with a whale shark! 🤙🏽🦈✨ After the tag popped off, Elcock played "hide and seek" with it to retrieve the biologger data! 🦈 Dive deeper into whale shark research: go.whoi.edu/whale-shark-tag

Forty years after we shared the first full color-views of Titanic in its final resting place, we've compiled over an hour of footage from this historic survey. 👉Watch it now: go.whoi.edu/titanic

Our researchers wear a lot of hats 🧢 Whether running the mass spec to piloting deep-sea ROVs, there’s always something cool going on beneath the brim. Rep the spirit of ocean exploration with your own WHOI hat: go.whoi.edu/whoi-hats

🦭WHOI researchers are studying the long-term impacts of Weddell seals' extreme pup-training regimen— for both moms and their offspring. 🤿 Dive in with @popsci.com: go.whoi.edu/popsci-pup 📸 courtesy of Luis Huckstadt/University of Exeter under NMFS Permit 19439 & Michele Shero/WHOI

Did you know that some corals thrive in the deep sea, far away from sunlight? 🎉Celebrate Coral Reef Awareness Week! Get to know your ocean: go.whoi.edu/deep-sea-coral

Methane is best known as a potent greenhouse gas, but in the deep sea, it actually supports life! Find out how WHOI’s autonomous vehicle Sentry explores natural cracks in the seafloor where rarely-seen organisms convert methane into energy. 🤿 Dive in with Oceanus: go.whoi.edu/atlanticseeps

This "mega coral" is quietly thriving in the South Pacific! Spanning an area about the size of two basketball courts near the Solomon Islands, the Pavona clavus colony is thought to be over 300 years old. 📲Dive into discovery: go.whoi.edu/megacoral

Scientists have never directly observed the seafloor growing–until now. WHOI marine geologist Daniel Fornari, who was not involved in that study, shares the challenges of deep-sea research with the @nytimes.com. Learn more: go.whoi.edu/NYT-Seafloor

In a First, Scientists Observe Creation of New Seafloor (Gift Article)

The spread of the ocean floor, as tectonic plates spread apart, is known but hard to observe. Scientists have now documented the process in action.

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R/V Atlantis returned to Woods Hole this week after the @rcgssgrc.bsky.social mission to survey historic wrecks in the Labrador Sea! As part of the @unols.bsky.social U.S. Academic Research Fleet, Atlantis is the support vessel for HOV Alvin and a floating lab for scientists and technicians.

🤔Are corals animals, vegetables, or minerals? ⁠ Those hard reef structures are actually colonies of tiny, soft-bodied organisms. They host symbiotic algae that keep them fed and give them their distinctive color. 🪸🐠⁠

Join WHOI researcher Julia Guimond and educator Lauren Kurzius live from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, as they investigate how rising seas, storms, and changing Arctic conditions are reshaping the Beaufort Sea coastline. 📲Watch the @polarsteamteam.bsky.social livestream at 11am PST: go.whoi.edu/polar-steam

Decades after they were lost beneath the Labrador Sea, the wrecks of Quest and Terra Nova were documented in remarkable detail! An ROV camera (provided by the NSF-funded OOI) captured high-res images & 3D reconstructions, preserving these historic polar vessels for generations to come.

WHOI technology is bringing polar history into sharper focus! During a recent expedition led by the @rcgssgrc.bsky.social, researchers created 3D models and captured new images of the historic Terra Nova and Quest shipwrecks. See more from @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social: go.whoi.edu/cbc-ships

Announcing the WHOI Schiller Center for Reef Solutions, a bold new vision for the future of coral reefs. This virtual center leverages wide-ranging expertise to accelerate research, innovation, and community engagement in support of coral reefs worldwide. Learn more: go.whoi.edu/schiller-center

It’s Coral Reef Awareness Week! 🪸 Reefs play vital role in the ocean food web. Protecting them starts with sound science. 👉🏽Find out how you can support reefs, now and into the future: whoi.edu/reefs

The East Australian Current isn't just a Finding Nemo plot point. 🐟🐢 The EAC is one of the ocean's major highways, carrying warm water southward along the Australian coast and driving circulation across the entire Pacific basin. 📲Follow the currents: go.whoi.edu/ocean-world

New merchandise alert 👀 The WHOI Crew Neck Sweatshirt is a great companion for the brisk mornings by the ocean or the late-night bonfire. 👉 Support ocean science in style: go.whoi.edu/crewneck-logo

As the rocks that have been frozen inside melting icebergs sink into the ocean, their hard surfaces create the perfect habitat for coral and other invertebrate larvae to settle on. WHOI researchers helped show how these "dropstones" are changing the seafloor. 📲Read more: go.whoi.edu/nyt-bergs

As Ice Melts in the Arctic, Some Deep-Sea Creatures Are Thriving (Gift Article)

A new study suggests that deep-sea life reaps the benefits of icebergs’ castoffs — a rare silver lining as a warming planet destabilizes glacial ice.

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