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Digital Reefs: digitalreefs.org
Convergence Accelerator: new.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/convergence-accelerator
Enabling the Industrial Metaverse: event.technologyreview.com/industrial-metaverse/agenda
Want more? Check out our new children’s book, "Where The Weird Things Are!" It's a great way to explore the weird and wonderful animals of the deep ocean– and why it’s cool to be different– with the curious young people in your life. Available at the WHOI Shop and wherever books are sold!
https://go.whoi.edu/otz-book
#WhereTheWeirdThingsAre #KeepItWeird
Director/Producer, Jennifer Berglund
Writer, Jennifer Berglund, Mia Sanders
Cast, Mia Sanders, Molly Curran
Puppeteer, Angela Beasley
Director of Photography, Daniel Cojanu
Editor, Danielle Myers
Puppet Designer, Marty Allen, Sock Puppet City
Associate Producers, KR Baltes, David Levin
2nd Camera, Ben Cammarata, David Levin, Jennifer Berglund
Filmed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Oh Sister Productions Studios
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Want more? Check out our new children’s book, "Where The Weird Things Are!" It's a great way to explore the weird and wonderful animals of the deep ocean– and why it’s cool to be different– with the curious young people in your life. Available at the WHOI Shop and wherever books are sold!
https://go.whoi.edu/otz-book
#WhereTheWeirdThingsAre #KeepItWeird
Director/Producer, Jennifer Berglund
Writer, Jennifer Berglund, Mia Sanders
Cast, Mia Sanders, Kaitlyn Tradd
Puppeteer, Angela Beasley
Director of Photography, Daniel Cojanu
Editor, Danielle Myers
Puppet Designer, Marty Allen, Sock Puppet City
Associate Producers, KR Baltes, David Levin
2nd Camera, Ben Cammarata, David Levin, Jennifer Berglund
Filmed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Oh Sister Productions Studios
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Want more? Check out our new children’s book, "Where The Weird Things Are!" It's a great way to explore the weird and wonderful animals of the deep ocean– and why it’s cool to be different– with the curious young people in your life. Available at the WHOI Shop and wherever books are sold!
https://go.whoi.edu/otz-book
#WhereTheWeirdThingsAre #KeepItWeird
Director/Producer, Jennifer Berglund
Writer, Jennifer Berglund, Marlon Herath
Cast, Marlon Herath, Ciara Willis
Puppeteer, Angela Beasley
Director of Photography, Daniel Cojanu
Editor, Danielle Myers
Puppet Designer, Marty Allen, Sock Puppet City
Associate Producers, KR Baltes, David Levin
2nd Camera, Ben Cammarata, David Levin, Jennifer Berglund
Filmed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Oh Sister Productions Studios
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Want more? Check out our new children’s book, "Where The Weird Things Are!" It's a great way to explore the weird and wonderful animals of the deep ocean– and why it’s cool to be different– with the curious young people in your life. Available at the WHOI Shop and wherever books are sold!
https://go.whoi.edu/otz-book
#WhereTheWeirdThingsAre #KeepItWeird
Director/Producer, Jennifer Berglund
Writer, Jennifer Berglund, Marlon Herath
Cast, Marlon Herath, Dana Yoerger
Puppeteer, Angela Beasley
Director of Photography, Daniel Cojanu
Editor, Danielle Myers
Puppet Designer, Marty Allen, Sock Puppet City
Associate Producers, KR Baltes, David Levin
2nd Camera, Ben Cammarata, David Levin, Jennifer Berglund
Filmed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Oh Sister Productions Studios
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Get to know Curee– and find your #OceanImpossible mission: go.whoi.edu/robots
Get to know the unmanned surface vehicle Chemyak– and find your #OceanImpossible mission: go.whoi.edu/mission
Get to know the remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) Jason– and find your #OceanImpossible mission: go.whoi.edu/mission
Get to know Orpheus – and find your #OceanImpossible mission: https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-impossible/
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Get to know Jason – and find your #OceanImpossible mission: https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-impossible/
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Get to know CUREE – and find your #OceanImpossible mission: https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-impossible/
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Get to know ChemYak – and find your #OceanImpossible mission: https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-impossible/
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Get to know ChemYak – and find your #OceanImpossible mission: https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-impossible/
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Get to know CUREE – and find your #OceanImpossible mission: https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-impossible/
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Get to know Jason – and find your #OceanImpossible mission: https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-impossible/
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Get to know Orpheus – and find your #OceanImpossible mission: https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-impossible/
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The fate of our planet lies in your hands. As you well know, Earth is undergoing rapid changes--jeopardizing existence as we know it. Reliable scientific sources have revealed that answers to our survival may lie in the unfathomable depths and formidable extremes of our ocean. We need your help!
View your mission: https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-impossible
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Ocean robots are revolutionizing science at sea. Join us to find out how researchers are using increasingly sophisticated autonomous and remotely operated technologies to explore extreme environments, respond to crises, help at-risk ecosystems, and much more.
Panelists:
MARIO FERNANDEZ
Mechanical Engineer, WHOI
STEWART JAMIESON
Ocean Roboticist, WHOI
AMY KUKULYA
Robotics Engineer, WHOI
Host:
VERONIQUE LACAPRA
Host and Director of Special Projects, WHOI
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In this video, Daniel Fornari, WHOI Emeritus Research Scholar and co-leader of the expedition, weighs in on the significance of the discovery, first recorded by Dr. Michelle Taylor (University of Essex, UK) and Dr. Stuart Banks (Charles Darwin Foundation, Ecuador)
The Galápagos Deep 2023 expedition included scientists at Boise State University (USA) and the University of Essex and University of Bristol (UK), in collaboration with the Galápagos National Park Directorate, Charles Darwin Foundation, and Ecuadorian Navy’s Oceanographic and Antarctic Institute (INOCAR). The expedition was funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) in the UK.
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https://www.whoi.edu/who-we-are/visit-whoi/events-happenings/morsscolloquium/sonic-seas/
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Meet Meso, an underwater explorer robot, as it’s launched into the mysterious ocean twilight zone. In the cold, dark waters, Meso will discover all sorts of unusual and wonderful creatures, and learn that we’re all weird in our own ways … and that’s a very good thing!
Where the Weird Things Are is inspired by the Mesobot project, a collaborative effort of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), Stanford University, and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Mesobot uses cameras and lights to noninvasively follow ocean animals that inhabit the ocean’s depths, enabling biologists to study their behavior over extended periods for the first time ever!
You can purchase “Where the Weird Things Are” wherever books are sold, including our very own WHOI Shop: https://go.whoi.edu/otz-book
Written by Zoleka Filander
simonandschuster.com/authors/Zoleka-Filander/199451734
Zoleka Filander is a deep-sea scientist who studies the weird and wonderful creatures that live at the bottom of the ocean in the waters around her homeland of South Africa. She has led expeditions where she has spent many months at sea discovering more about South Africa's uncharted oceans. Her work has helped establish a network of offshore marine protected areas and has earned her multiple national, regional, and international awards.
Illustrated by Patricia Hooning
simonandschuster.com/authors/Patricia-Hooning/188398925
Patricia Hooning is a Dutch illustrator with a deep love for weird & quirky (sea) creatures. After growing up by the North Sea, she became a designer and started illustrating children’s books, apparel, stationery, board games, and many other fun things under the name ‘Fishuals’. Patricia lives with her husband and daughter near Amsterdam in The Netherlands.
Read By Molly Curran
https://www.whoi.edu/news-insights/content/opening-our-eyes-to-the-deep-molly-curran/
Molly Curran is a mechanical engineer in WHOI’s Deep Submergence Laboratory (DSL). She works on the design and operation of deep-sea robotic systems, including remotely operated vehicles, autonomous vehicles, and deep-sea samplers. She was the institution's first pilot for Mesobot, WHOI’s latest autonomous robot designed to study the midwater realm known as the ocean twilight zone (OTZ).
DSL: https://www.whoi.edu/groups/DSL/
OTZ Project: https://twilightzone.whoi.edu/
Book Details
Publisher: Earth Aware Editions Kids (March 21, 2023)
Length: 32 pages
ISBN13: 9781647225889
Ages: 4 - 8
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Plastics are one of the most common substances in everyday life, found in everything from toothbrushes to cell towers. Now they have spread throughout the ocean, with surprising–and costly–consequences for us and for our ocean planet.
SPEAKERS
SARAH DUNLOP
Head, Plastics & Human Health, Minderoo Foundation
KARA LAVENDER LAW
Oceanographer, Sea Education Association
JOHN STEGEMAN
Ocean toxicologist, WHOI
HOST
VERONIQUE LACAPRA
Host and Director of Special Projects, WHOI
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Experts from #WHOI, Mindaroo Foundation, and the Sea Education Association will share their latest research– and what you can do about the plastic problem.
This live virtual event takes place on Wednesday, April 12 or it can be viewed afterwards. Sign up go.whoi.edu/oe-plastics-social
#OceanEncounters is an endorsed activity of the UN Ocean Decade!
Join our #OceanEncounters live virtual event on April 12, when experts from #WHOI, Mindaroo Foundation, and Sea Education Association (SEA) will share the latest research– and what you can do to stem the plastic tide.
Don't miss out! Sign up for a reminder at go.whoi.edu/oe-plastics-social
Video by Ellen Park © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
This is Spindle’s 10th documented calf. Unfortunately, only two of her known calves are female, and researchers recently sighted one of the juvenile females with severe entanglement and in poor body condition off the coast of North Carolina. It has not been seen since January.
Every single female North Atlantic right whale and calf is vital to the species’ recovery. So far, researchers have identified 12 live calves this calving season.
North Atlantic right whales are dying faster than they can reproduce, largely due to human causes including entanglements in gear and collisions with boats and ships. There are approximately 340 North Atlantic right whales left on the planet, and fewer than 70 reproductively active females.
NOAA NMFS #21371
Photo and Videos: Michael Moore, Carolyn Miller
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Learn more at: https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/massachusetts-governor-maura-healey-visits-whoi/
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Jellyfish and other ocean “jellies” may be best known for their painful stings, but they play an important role in ecosystems from seagrass beds to the deep sea. Join us to hear about the techniques scientists are using to study these amazing creatures, and what jellies can teach us about the ocean’s health—and our own.
Speakers:
LARRY MADIN
Marine Biologist, WHOI
ANNETTE GOVINDARAJAN
Oceanographer, WHOI
JOCELYN MALAMY
Cell Biologist, University of Chicago; Whitman Scientist, MBL
Hosted by Veronique LaCapra, Director of Special Projects for Advancement, WHOI
For more episodes visit: https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-encounters/
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Find out more about the important niche that jellyfish and other gelatinous animals fill in the ocean ecosystem from #WHOI and biologists! TONIGHT, they'll answer all your squishy questions during our live virtual event, #OceanEncounters!
Don't miss out–sign up to watch at https://go.whoi.edu/oe-jellies
TurtleCam video courtesy of Amy Kukulya & Kara Dodge ©️ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Join us at #OceanEncounters tomorrow night at 7:30pm (ET) to learn about the important role that gelatinous marine animals play in ocean health—and our own.
Sign up at https://go.whoi.edu/oe-jellies
At our next Ocean Encounters virtual event on March 22, we’ll be diving into the fascinating world of Atolla jellies & other soft-bodied denizens of the deep!
#Keepitweird with us! Sign up at https://go.whoi.edu/oe-jellies
Discover how salps help regulate our climate at Ocean Encounters, a live virtual event on March 22, starring the soft-bodied animals of the deep! Sign up at https://go.whoi.edu/oe-jellies
#KeepItWeird
What’s my real name? Leave your guess in the comments– and find out more at go.whoi.edu/sea-walnut
#OceanTwilightZone #KeepItWeird
How do we know this? Thanks to the underwater robot Mesobot! Find out more at our March 22 episode of Ocean Encounters, a live virtual event exploring the world of soft-bodied animals like the larvacean!
Sign up at https://go.whoi.edu/oe-jellies
Want to find yours? Get inspired at our next Ocean Encounters on March 22, when we take a deep dive into the weird world of gelatinous marine animals! Sign up for this live virtual event at https://go.whoi.edu/oe-jellies
As part of this initiative, Boston Ballet has produced a docuseries surrounding the making of this ballet with part one featuring WHOI to help bridge the scientific and creative processes. Through the creation of this ballet, choreographer Nanine Linning and Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen explore and discover the important research being conducted by WHOI and how to translate that work to audiences via art.
Both organizations believe that the creative drive inherent in both the arts and sciences to learn more about the world around us can be the basis for positive change worldwide. The goal of the ballet is to inspire curiosity about our shared ocean planet and to raise hope for a sustainable future for all.
To attend the world premiere between April 6-16, get your tickets here: bit.ly/3ex1NwJ
#BBLaMer #ballet #ocean
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Boston Ballet and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have joined forces to collaborate on Nanine Linning's upcoming world premiere, La Mer, a contemporary ballet that explores the nature of threats facing the ocean, as well as the potential in the ocean to create solutions to our most challenging environmental and societal problems.
As part of this initiative, Boston Ballet has produced a docuseries surrounding the making of this ballet with part one featuring WHOI to help bridge the scientific and creative processes. Through the creation of this ballet, choreographer Nanine Linning and Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen explore and discover the important research being conducted by WHOI and how to translate that work to audiences via art.
Both organizations believe that the creative drive inherent in both the arts and sciences to learn more about the world around us can be the basis for positive change worldwide. The goal of the ballet is to inspire curiosity about our shared ocean planet and to raise hope for a sustainable future for all.
#BBLaMer #ballet #ocean
To attend the world premiere between April 6-16, get your tickets here: bit.ly/3ex1NwJ
© Boston Ballet and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Like geysers and hot springs on land, hydrothermal vents form in volcanic regions on the ocean bottom, gushing hot, mineral-rich fluids from beneath the seafloor. Join us to hear what scientists have learned about vents and the surprising organisms that thrive there— and what they can teach us about the origins of life on Earth.
Speakers:
Susan Humphris, Geochemist and Oceanographer, WHOI
Tim Shank, Deep-sea Biologist, WHOI
Rika Anderson, Marine Microbiologist, Carleton College
Hosted by Veronique LaCapra, Director of Special Projects for Advancement, WHOI
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© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
#titanic #history #shipwrecks
Runtime: 1hr 21min
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Ocean Encounters: Hydrothermal Vents
Join us on February 22 at 7:30pm (EST) for a deep dive into what scientists have learned about vents, the surprising organisms that thrive there—and what they can teach us about the origins of life on Earth.
#youtubeshorts #deepsea #ocean
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