Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionThis rare, uncut, and unnarrated footage of the wreck of Titanic marks the first time humans set eyes on the ill-fated ship since 1912 and includes many other iconic scenes. Captured in July 1986 from cameras on the human-occupied submersible Alvin and the newly built, remotely operated Jason Junior, most of this footage has never been released to the public.
When Alvin visited the wreck of the TitanicWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution2023-02-16 | This rare, uncut, and unnarrated footage of the wreck of Titanic marks the first time humans set eyes on the ill-fated ship since 1912 and includes many other iconic scenes. Captured in July 1986 from cameras on the human-occupied submersible Alvin and the newly built, remotely operated Jason Junior, most of this footage has never been released to the public.
Enabling the Industrial Metaverse: event.technologyreview.com/industrial-metaverse/agendaMia and Molly: Between Two RobotsWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution2023-06-13 | You’ve seen the comedy talk show Between Two Ferns. Now check out BETWEEN TWO ROBOTS, where kids grill #WHOI scientists about the #OceanTwilightZone. In this episode of BETWEEN TWO ROBOTS, Mia interviews WHOI “robotologist” Molly Curran about how mesobot is able to see and follow animals in the dimly-lit ocean twilight zone.
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
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
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
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
Get to know Curee– and find your #OceanImpossible mission: go.whoi.edu/robotsOcean Impossible: Meet the USV ChemyakWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution2023-06-05 | Some parts of the ocean are just too dangerous to explore. But we still need to learn about them! When it comes to getting close to glaciers and icebergs, that’s where robots can help.
Get to know the remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) Jason– and find your #OceanImpossible mission: go.whoi.edu/missionOcean: Impossible | Meet OrpheusWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution2023-06-01 | The deep ocean is a cold, dark, vast, and frankly, dangerous place for human beings. That’s why we need ocean robots to help us– in some cases, guide us– on our quest to explore the depths.
Get to know Orpheus – and find your #OceanImpossible mission: https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-impossible/
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
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.
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/
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
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!#OceanEncounters Live Virtual Event: Ocean PlasticsWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution2023-04-05 | Plastic is everywhere–including the ocean and our bodies.
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-socialSargassum PatchWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution2023-04-04 | March 17, 2023 - Scientists aboard the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown in the tropical Atlantic are taking advantage of the ship’s long-planned path through the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt to take some of the first samples from a massive, ongoing bloom. Photos and video from the ship show the algae mats on the surface of the eastern Atlantic in the belt that extends from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico.
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
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/
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
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-jelliesDid You Know... Why Atolla Jellyfish Are Invisible in the #OceanTwilightZone?Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution2023-03-20 | What’s clear and red… and invisible all over? Since red light doesn’t penetrate the depths of the #oceantwilightzone, the Atolla #jellyfish can hide in plain sight—until it flashes its blue “alarm” lights to attract or dazzle prey.
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-jelliesDid You Know? Salps in the #OceanTwilightZone help regulate our climateWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution2023-03-18 | Salps are one of the fastest-growing multicellular animals on Earth. When phytoplankton “bloom,” it’s a salp feeding frenzy—and that leads to a lot of poop. That poop sinks to the ocean depths, removing tons of CO2 from the atmosphere in the process.
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
#KeepItWeirdWhat am I? Comb Jellies #KeepItWeird in the #OceanTwilightZoneWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution2023-03-17 | This bioluminescent, gelatinous creatures are known as “comb jellies” or “sea walnuts.” There’s even the suggestive “Venus’ girdle.”
What’s my real name? Leave your guess in the comments– and find out more at go.whoi.edu/sea-walnut
#OceanTwilightZone #KeepItWeirdDid You Know? Meet the #OceanTwilightZone LarvaceanWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution2023-03-16 | All living things have the same basic needs, with food and shelter topping the list. Larvaceans take care of both matters by building a house of mucous, complete with a fine-mesh water filter that strains out small particles of food. Rather than clean these filters, larvaceans simply abandon ship when they get clogged, which can be several times a day. Never fear—they can always secrete a new “snot palace” and have a new home sweet home within 45 minutes.
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-jelliesKeep It Weird: WHOI biologist Heidi Sosik reveals her favorite Ocean Twilight Zone animalWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution2023-03-15 | #WHOI biologist Heidi Sosik likes to #keepitweird! Her favorite #OceanTwilightZone creature is the salp.
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-jelliesDiscovering La MerWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution2023-03-09 | 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.
To attend the world premiere between April 6-16, get your tickets here: bit.ly/3ex1NwJ
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
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
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.