Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has been awarded an Emmy as a co-producer, along with South Florida PBS (WPBT & WXEL) for Changing Seas: “Alvin: Pioneer of the Deep” . The 2021 Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Emmy Awards announced the honor in December, for the category “Environment/Science – Long Form Content.”
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), a world leader in ocean exploration, discovery, and education, has named Dr. Anna Michel, an associate scientist in the Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, as new Chief Scientist for its National Deep Submergence Facility.
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ARMADA Marine Robotics has won a Phase I contract from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. The $255,821 contract will focus on developing the company’s Asymmetric Propulsion system for underwater vehicles in collaboration with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). ARMADA has already signed an exclusive license with WHOI covering the use
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From August 25 to 27, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Imaging Technologies and sanctuary staff will be exploring the wreck of the steamship Portland and a mystery coal schooner located within Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. The expedition will include live broadcasts from the shipwrecks and in-person commentaries from the research team. Teachers, students and all individuals interested in underwater
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A hybrid ROV developed by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) took the first known automated sample performed by a robotic arm in the ocean. Last month, an international team of researchers used one of WHOI’s underwater robots, Nereid Under Ice (NUI), to explore Kolumbo volcano, an active submarine volcano off Greece’s famed Santorini island. “For a vehicle to take a
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Exposure to underwater pile-driving noise, which can be associated with the construction of docks, piers and offshore wind farms, causes squid to exhibit strong alarm behaviors, according to a study by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) researchers published in December in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin. “This study is the first to report behavioral effects of pile-driving noise on any cephalopod,
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