Missions
New Cooperative Institute to Boost Twilight Zone Exploration
On May 6, WHOI announced it would be joining a $94 million consortium led by the University of Rhode Island…
Read MoreEXPORTS 2018 and the Ocean Twilight Zone
From Voice of The Sea TV. EXPORTS is a unique scientific undertaking by NASA and the National Science Foundation to…
Read MoreSEA Collaborating with WHOI to Study the Ocean’s Twilight Zone!
This morning we sailed from the Bermuda exclusive economic zone (EEZ) into the “area beyond national jurisdiction” (aka the “high seas”) in deepwater (about 5,000 meters) on the Cramer.
Read MoreAn opportunity to explore a new place
Highlights from the latest Ocean Twilight Zone Project cruise to the Bahamas An opportunity to explore a new place Several…
Read MoreAn Unexpected Honeymoon
These last several weeks have been hectic and at the same time very exciting, as they included a wedding (my…
Read MoreVideo: WHOI’s First Twilight Zone Expedition
9/6/18 — The ocean twilight zone abounds with life but has remained largely unexplored. A team of researchers led by…
Read MoreThis Twilight Zone is Dark, Watery, and, Yes, Also Full of Intrigue
NASA
Read MoreAboard NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow
Images from the first half of the expedition aboard R/V Henry B. Bigelow totest Deep-See and explore the ocean twilight zone.
Read MoreWHOI Plunges into Ocean ‘Twilight Zone’ with NASA, NSF to Explore Global Carbon Flow
A large multidisciplinary team of scientists, equipped with advanced underwater robotics and an array of analytical instrumentation, will set sail for the northeastern Pacific Ocean this August. The team’s mission for NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is to study the life and death of the small organisms that play a critical role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and in the ocean’s carbon cycle. The expedition will mark an important step in growing efforts to explore and understand the ocean’s twilight zone.
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