Research
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 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 MoreFishing in the Twilight Zone: Illuminating governance challenges at the next fisheries frontier
Scientists have known since the 1970s that the ocean’s vast twilight zone could contain huge quantities of fish. Technology now…
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 MoreSpotlight: Ken Buesseler
WHOI Radiochemist Ken Buesseler Ken Buesseler has always been fascinated by radioactivity. As a marine radiochemist, he uses radioactive particles—which…
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