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A New Paradigm for Funding Ocean Science
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is embarking on a journey to explore and understand one of our planet’s last hidden frontiers—the ocean twilight zone (OTZ), a shadowy region far below the ocean’s sunlit surface. The OTZ project is WHOI’s first major research initiative supported by a new, disruptive funding model: The Audacious Project.
Read MoreThe Twilight Zone Begins to Materialize at the UN High Seas Negotiations
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction second session at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. From left to right; Kristina…
Read MoreEntering the Twilight Zone at the UN
The Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on an international legally binding instrument (ILBI) under the UN Convention on the Law of the…
Read MoreVideo: Physics and Math for the Real World
8/16/18 — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution acoustic oceanographer Andone Lavery and lead scientist for the development of the Deep-See, a…
Read MoreVideo: Ocean Twilight Zone Engineer Kaitlyn Tradd
8/9/18—Mechanical Engineer Kaitlyn Tradd describes how a day in a WHOI exhibit center changed her life, as she prepares to explore the Ocean Twilight Zone in an unprecedented expedition aboard the NOAAS Bigelow, starting August 11, 2018.
Read MoreCapturing Zooplankton to Test High-Resolution Holographic Camera
8/1/18 — WHOI biologist Peter Wiebe (standing, far left) guides guest student Will Scott in casting a net into the…
Read MoreVideo: WHOI Biologist Heidi Sosik on the Twilight Zone
7/30/18—The twilight zone, or mesopelagic, is a region of the ocean between 200 and 1,000 meters (660 to 3,300…
Read MoreSharks Take ‘Tunnels’ into the Depths to Find Food in the Ocean Twilight Zone
7/27/18—Sharks may be using a special kind of eddy, a swirling body of water beneath the ocean’s surface, to hunt.…
Read MoreWHOI’s Journey to the Ocean’s Twilight Zone Begins
Tests of a new towed vehicle Deep-See from the NOAA survey ship Henry B. Bigelow will begin to build a detailed…
Read MoreAn ocean mystery in the trillions
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