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Stones rain down from the melting icebergs, forming new hard-substrate habitats for marine life on the soft seafloor.

266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1050 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a 501 (c)(3) organization. We are proud to be recognized as a financially accountable and transparent, 4-star charity organization by Charity Navigator.

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The deeper we go, the more our ocean planet reveals.  Seek answers SUNLIT ZONE - 0-200 meters When most people think of the ocean, they picture the blue, sunlit surface…

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The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is supporting a two-year study to quantify carbon storage in both natural and restored eelgrass meadows in coastal waters.

GIVE NOW The deeper we go, the more our ocean planet reveals.  Seek answers SUNLIT ZONE - 0-200 meters When most people think of the ocean, they picture the blue,…

A new WHOI study shows basking sharks dive nearly 1,000 meters deep, likely in search of prey

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Researchers demonstrate that coral bleaching on the Caribbean island of Curaçao occurs when three major climate patterns

A 1986 handwritten letter to Bob Ballard revisits one of the Titanic disaster’s strangest myths

In the rapidly evolving world of ocean technology, wave energy is emerging as a promising pathway toward resilient, low-maintenance ocean observation systems. Julie Fouquet, CEO of 3newable LLC, and her team…

Fossilized teeth show bristlemouth fish evolved during one of the ocean's hottest periods

by Caroline Ummenhofer The Woods Hole Sea Grant Educator workshop, Fishing for Data: Real world applications for oceanographic observations, took place on January 23, 2026, in Woods Hole, MA. It…

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