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Spotlight: Andone Lavery

By David Levin | January 13, 2021

Andone Lavery ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Andone Lavery got her start studying condensed matter physics—which she admits is an unusual…

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Spotlight: Annette Govindarajan

By David Levin | November 19, 2020
Annette Govindarajan pipettes twilight zone samples

DNA detective—Genetic material in seawater provides WHOI biologist Annette Govindarajan with clues to investigate species in the ocean twilight zone.…

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How we explore the Ocean Twilight Zone: Emma Cotter on broadband acoustics

By Ken Kostel | November 6, 2020

WHOI post-doc Emma Cotter gave a virtual presentation recently to the Pacific Marine Energy Center describing how scientists like her…

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Specialized camera system gives unprecedented view of twilight zone

By Ken Kostel | September 1, 2020

  With still so much to learn about the planktonic creatures that support the marine food web, scientists with the…

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Exploring Deepwater Ecosystems with eDNA

By Johnny Willy | June 1, 2020
Exploring Deepwater Ecosystems

Between September 23-27, 2019, a team of ocean scientists and engineers from WHOI and Lehigh University used NOAA’s research vessel…

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A Window into the Twilight Zone

By Johnny Willy | April 22, 2020
New Technology

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution oceanographer Andone Lavery and her team of scientists and engineers have created the ultimate tool for…

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Deploying an ocean robot VR 360˚ | Mesobot

By Johnny Willy | April 8, 2020
Mesobot in a test tank

You’re on deck to experience the launch of the autonomous underwater vehicle Mesobot from the research vessel Neil Armstrong to…

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Tagging sharks to study the twilight zone

By Ken Kostel | January 23, 2020
shark fin on the surface with fish tag

Former MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student and current University of Washington post-doc Camrin Braun and his team on the charter…

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Satellite Observes Massive Ocean Migration

By Ken Kostel | December 9, 2019

  Every night, under the cover of darkness, countless small sea creatures swim from the ocean depths to feed near…

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Jellies of the Twilight Zone

By Ken Kostel | November 20, 2019
jellyfish

Jellyfish have lived on earth more than 600 million years, and boast a diverse evolutionary history. Most jellyfish species live…

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