40 years after they helped discover #Titanic, two WHOI engineers reflect on the legacy of deep-sea exploration. 👉Read the full story: go.whoi.edu/titanic-legacy

The days are shorter, the nights are chillier. Cozy up in a new layer from the WHOI Store—with bonus warm fuzzies for supporting ocean research! 🍁Fall in love with our fall collection: go.whoi.edu/fall-2025

It takes all hands on deck to protect what matters most—now, and for future generations. Together, we can sustain the ocean science that sustains us all. 💪🏽🦾💪 Join us. #TogetherforScience: go.whoi.edu/together

New England's famous fisheries rely on tiny but mighty plankton. 😋🎣 That's why scientists keep a close eye on the offshore food web that fuels the region's marine economy through the @nes-lter.bsky.social 📲 Find more reasons we need science—and science needs us: go.whoi.edu/together

From marine robotics to shellfish & kelp aquaculture, our research drives innovation—helping ensure safe, reliable, and sustainably managed ocean resources. But to support the $2.5 billion annual #blueeconomy, we need all hands on deck! 👉🏽Join us, #TogetherforScience: go.whoi.edu/together

Kelp isn't just tasty and carbon-negative—it's also a sustainable source of biofuel! ⁠ ⁠ 📲Find out how #WHOI researchers and colleagues are working to scale up kelp production to help secure our energy future: go.whoi.edu/seaweedfuel #TogetherforScience #ScienceMatters

This summer, MIT-WHOI grad student Jaida Elcock played tag with a whale shark! 🤙🏽🦈✨ After the tag popped off, Elcock played "hide and seek" with it to retrieve the biologger data! 🦈 Watch the full video: go.whoi.edu/whale-shark-tag

Before leading troops into battle, military commanders gather information on the weather & terrain. But until #WWII, the Navy planned amphibious landings more or less blind. 👉🏽Find out how #WHOI oceanographer Mary Sears helped the Allies “solve the ocean”: go.whoi.edu/MarySearsWWII

America’s security depends on ocean knowledge. 🌊 We help safeguard the nation by advancing technologies that increase undersea awareness, navigation, and communication. 🤝It takes all hands on deck to keep the country safe. Join us—#TogetherforScience: go.whoi.edu/together

Through harmful algae monitoring, plastic alternatives, and shellfish aquaculture, WHOI researchers are helping safeguard public health—and jobs that rely on pristine seafood & beaches. 👉🏽Now, more than ever, we need science—and science needs you. Join #TogetherforScience: go.whoi.edu/together

In 1946, WHOI scientists prepared thermometers and Nansen bottles to study the impact of radiation on the ocean from Operation Crossroads, a series of US nuclear tests, launching some of the first large-scale research of this kind. Learn how WHOI scientists continue this legacy: go.whoi.edu/atoll

Did you know that 1000s of oil spills take place in the ocean every year? 🛢️⚠️ When disasters like Deepwater Horizon happen, WHOI scientists work with first responders to track & mitigate the damage. 📲Learn how science helps us prepare for the worst: go.whoi.edu/oilspills #TogetherforScience

Over the past decade, Americans endured nearly 200 extreme weather events that claimed more than 6,300 lives and caused $1.3 trillion in damage. Now, more than ever, we need science—and science needs you! Join us, #TogetherforScience: go.whoi.edu/together #ScienceMatters

🤢 FACT: Harmful algal blooms, or #HABs, threaten marine life and human health every year. ☣️ FICTION: There’s nothing you can do to protect yourself. 🦠 Get the facts from #WHOI experts in our latest Ocean Fact-Checker: go.whoi.edu/HABsfactcheck ⁠#TogetherforScience #ScienceMatters #redtide

WHOI research fuels solutions that sustain lives, protect communities, and power innovation for a thriving future. 🚢🔬🧑🏻‍🔬🐋 Now more than ever, your support is essential to sustaining the science that sustains us all! 👉 Join us, #TogetherforScience: go.whoi.edu/together

Ah, to be a dog at WHOI! Maverick curls up under the desk after a lunchtime stroll, Moose enjoys getting out on the water after work, and Maeve relishes the chance to model her new gear from the WHOI Store! 🐕️🐈‍⬛🐠🐍 Do you bring a pet to work? How do they influence your work-life balance?

#Jaws didn't just scare a generation of beachgoers. It inspired future marine biologists like #MIT_WHOI grad student Jaida Elcock to explore the truth about #sharks! 📲 Explore the cultural revival sharks are experiencing, 50 years after Jaws, with the @latimes.com: go.whoi.edu/latimes-sharks

Like what we're throwing down on social? Sign up for our weekly email newsletter and get the ocean in your inbox! 🌊📬🐠 You'll get weekly research news along with periodic special updates and invites to our events. 🐋 Join today: go.whoi.edu/newsletter-signup

Leslie Ann (Chief Innovation Officer), Danielle & Richard (Communications) love wearing our new quarter-zip sweatshirt made from 100% recycled materials! 🍁 Feel cozy while supporting ocean science: go.whoi.edu/quarterzip

Fossils, ancient scrolls, and blue holes—just some of the things paleo-oceanographers use to peer into the past! At WHOI, researchers interpret these artifacts to learn what life was like in warmer climates—and improve predictions of our future. 🔎Travel back in time: go.whoi.edu/ancientseas

In 1965, the WHOI research vessel Atlantis II stopped in Tokyo during her first round-the-world cruise—a journey that took over 11 months. By the time the ship was decommissioned in 1996, it had traveled over 1 million miles and took researchers to explore each of the world’s ocean basins!

What’s it like to spend weeks at sea in one of the harshest and most remote parts of our planet? Find out as WHOI oceanographer Bob Pickart leads a research expedition to the Nordic Seas! Climb aboard the R/V Roger Revelle with author Dallas Murphy: go.whoi.edu/Pickart go.whoi.edu/Pickart

Partner with us! @masscec.bsky.social ’s #CriticalMass offers up to $1M to help #climatetech startups deploy real-world solutions. ✅ Expert support through #AllianceforClimateTransition 📅 Application due by Sept 22 📲 Program details: masscec.com/program/criticalmass

A new #WHOI-led study challenges long-held ideas about the rise of Sumer, present-day Iraq, showing that southern Mesopotamia’s first cities were shaped as much by shifting rivers and tides as human ingenuity. Learn more from @discovermag.bsky.social : go.whoi.edu/mesopotamia

Last year, the R/V Neil Armstrong crew completed @imohq.bsky.social ’s Polar Code Certification to expand its basic ice safety and navigation skills in high latitudes. 👉Find out what it takes to follow the Polar Code: go.whoi.edu/polarcode

From communities in Alaska losing ground to the storm-ravaged Cape Cod coast, we have all experienced changes in our local environment. @madelinevo.bsky.social's new book, “At Home On An Unruly Planet,” explores how natural disasters connect communities across the globe: go.whoi.edu/ostrander

Throwback to 40 years ago, when crowds of WHOI staff and family members, journalists and film crews welcomed R/V Knorr back to Woods Hole after a joint [email protected] expedition discovered the final resting place of RMS Titanic. 👉Dive into #Titanic discovery: go.whoi.edu/titanic-1985

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

Do you know what a “rusticle” is? The word was added to the Oxford Dictionary shortly after #WHOI emeritus scientist Bob Ballard used it to describe stalactites of oxidized iron covering the Titanic shipwreck. 40 years ago this month, Ballard's team discovered the “unsinkable” ship 13,000 ft deep

On this National Threatened Species Day (Australia), we're hoping a 2022 decision to list the emperor penguin as “threatened” under the #EndangeredSpeciesAct marks a turning point for these majestic birds—and the entire Antarctic ecosystem. 📲 Learn more: go.whoi.edu/threatened-emperor-penguins

The 1985 [email protected] discovery of #Titanic made headlines around the world. But it was actually a cover for a top-secret Cold War mission to learn more about the fate of two US Navy submarines lost at sea in the 1960s. 🤫 👉Go behind the scenes with @cnn.com: go.whoi.edu/cnn-titanic

If only Matt Hooper had worked at WHOI... It might not have solved his shark problems, but it would have been a lot safer. Luckily for research associates Austin & Jen, we have a coupla "pretty big" vessels... 🚢 Represent "big boat" pride with our top-selling T-shirt: go.whoi.edu/jaws-tshirt

🪸Not all corals are created equal. As warming waters and pollution stress reef ecosystems, WHOI researchers are searching for #SuperReefs that can withstand heat and help improve conservation & restoration practices. 🤿 Dive in with @mongabay.com: go.whoi.edu/superreefs-mb

On Sept. 1, 1985, #WHOI and @ifremer.bsky.social researchers discovered the wreck of #Titanic. Go behind the scenes of history with original expedition members + underwater camera experts, who offer a rare look at how tech has transformed ocean exploration. 👉Watch now: go.whoi.edu/oe-titanicep

40 years ago, scientists from #WHOI and the French oceanographic institution @ifremer.bsky.social located the wreckage of the RMS Titanic. #WHOI's Dana Yoerger, who took part in the 1985 discovery, shared his experience with @wcvb5.bsky.social 👉Watch the full story: go.whoi.edu/wcvb-titanic

Plastics are turning up everywhere—air, water, food, even our own bodies. Scientists from WHOI recently contributed to a new study published in @thelancet.com that reveals just how deeply plastics infiltrate our lives. 📲 Learn more from @deeperbluedotcom.bsky.social: go.whoi.edu/dbplastics

In 1953, before buoyancy vests and wetsuits, some researchers still found a way to peer beneath the surface. Pictured here prepping for a dive, John Ziegler and David Owen, two WHOI researchers, are donning rubber dry suits and an aqualung regulator that was developed only a few years prior.

As rising ocean temperatures cause widespread coral bleaching, WHOI’s #ReefSolutions team is pioneering innovative restoration techniques, like a coral multivitamin and sound therapy for reefs! 👉🏾Dive into their work with The Virgin Islands Daily: go.whoi.edu/vi-corals #GiveReefsAChance

September is the start of peak hurricane season, fueled by warm ocean temperatures, low wind shear, and high humidity. 📲Guess how many Americans live in front line coastal communities— and learn more about our #hurriceane research: go.whoi.edu/Hurricane

Salps, a clear, gelatinous ocean animal, use jet propulsion to glide through the water without leaving insight into how they move. With harmless green dye, former MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student Kelly Sutherland was able to study salp locomotion at the Liquid Jungle Lab in Panama.

Have you ever seen a more focused bird than the great blue heron? After nearly an hour of shadowing this heron along the York, ME shoreline, Madeline Cameron got this shot—a reminder of the delicate balance of patience, skill, and timing for both birds and photographers in coastal ecosystems.

In the summer of 1985, WHOI & @ifremer.bsky.social set out into the N.Atlantic to try to find the wreckage of RMS #Titanic. 🤫 In the early morning hours of Sept 1, the fatigued WHOI team recognized one of Titanic’s boilers, and the rest is history. 📲Dive into discovery: go.whoi.edu/titanic-1985

"The strength of WHOI's science is in its people." It was true in the time of our first director, Henry Bigelow—and it's true today. We wouldn't be leaders in ocean science + engineering without our dedicated + talented staff. 👉🏽This Labor Day, get to know the #HumansofWHOI: go.whoi.edu/humans

On a recent research trip in #Ghana, scientists with the Ocean Margins Initiative tracked down Naado, who graces the cover of our latest magazine 👉🏾Find out how research co-led by #WHOI could help Ghana manage its fisheries—and put another smile on Naado's face: go.whoi.edu/life-at-the-margins

Don't miss WHOI's End of Summer Sale! Whether you're repping deep-sea science or looking for a warmer layer for those brisk fall days, now’s the time to grab shirts, jackets, and gear that show your love for the ocean. Select items marked down and limited sizes remain: go.whoi.edu/SummerSale

Big changes are coming to Water Street in Woods Hole! We're planning major upgrades to our waterfront lab and dock complex, including flood-proof and elevated designs. These proposed changes will help us sustain our mission of advancing ocean research and technology. go.whoi.edu/zba-facilities

Chinese researchers recently found a deep-sea ecosystem in the North Pacific that thrives on methane-feeding microbes. #WHOI’s Johanna Weston tells‪ @cnn.com that the discovery shows just how connected and dynamic the deep ocean is. Find out more: go.whoi.edu/cnn-hadal

You’re invited! Join us tomorrow, Friday, August 29, from 2:30–6:30 p.m. for the Summer Tech Expo hosted by AVAST at WHOI’s David Center for Innovation. Kick off the holiday weekend with innovation, connection, and ocean inspiration—with activities for the whole family. See you there!

Do you remember the Woods Hole tire ferry? In 1971, when the Eel Pond drawbridge was under repair, WHOI engineer Allyn Vine shifted his attention to a new challenge: getting pedestrians across Water Street. The solution? A tire ferry—a floating footbridge that carried people across the channel!

🎉Congratulations to #WHOI marine acoustics researcher Jennifer Johnson, who was recently granted a #Fulbright to integrate acoustic techniques into fisheries surveys in #Angola. 👉Find out how the collaboration will help Angola manage its marine resources: go.whoi.edu/johnsonfulbright