Posts by David Levin
Spotlight: Andone Lavery
Andone Lavery ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Andone Lavery got her start studying condensed matter physics—which she admits is an unusual…
Read MorePierce Brosnan Dips into the Twilight Zone
Actor Pierce Brosnan has appeared in dozens of blockbuster films, from classics like Mrs. Doubtfire and The Thomas Crown Affair to the iconic…
Read MoreWhale Sharks Forage in the OTZ
New data suggests that whale sharks, like blue sharks and white sharks, dive thousands of feet down into the twilight zone to feed.
Read MoreUpdate: OTZ Food Webs
One of the key ways our team is working to understand the ocean twilight zone is by studying its complex food webs.
Read MoreScientists are tracking down deep sea creatures with free-floating DNA
Popular Science
Read MoreSpotlight: Annette Govindarajan
DNA detective—Genetic material in seawater provides WHOI biologist Annette Govindarajan with clues to investigate species in the ocean twilight zone.…
Read MoreThe Lungs of the Earth: Shifting a Metaphor from Superstition to Science
Georgetown Journal of Public Affairs
Read MoreSpotlight: Ken Buesseler
WHOI Radiochemist Ken Buesseler Ken Buesseler has always been fascinated by radioactivity. As a marine radiochemist, he uses radioactive particles—which…
Read MoreSpotlight: Kayla Gardner
Kayla Gardner, a PhD student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, aboard the SSV Corwith Cramer. (Photo by Erik Olsen) Kayla…
Read MoreThe $500 billion question
WHOI marine chemist Ken Buesseler (right), one of the authors of the study, deploys a sediment trap used to study…
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