#WHOI researchers, led by recent #MIT_WHOI grad Cynthia Becker, Ph.D., assessed the health of #USVI coral reefs by sampling microbial #eDNA ! The 7-yr study looked at changes during hurricanes and disease outbreak.

Learn more from Earth.com: go.whoi.edu/eDNA-Earth

👏🏽Here’s to “protecting 30% of the world ocean area, reducing 50% of the litter at sea, lowering microplastics leakage into the environment by 30%, and reducing nutrients and chemical pesticides by 50%.” Find out how ⬇️

#Throwback to last year's Boston Ballet premiere of La Mer. This immersive #artscience experience, envisioned by Nanine Linning, was based on a collaboration with #WHOI scientists and science communicators.

See the 4-part docuseries by Bearwalk Cinema at go.whoi.edu/la-mer

📆 Looking for something to do with the kiddos during school vacation week? You’re in luck– our Ocean Science Discovery Center opens on April 15!

Join us all week long for a scavenger hunt and special events each day!

Directions and info at go.whoi.edu/discovery-cent…

📅 Save the date for this month’s #OceanEncounters !

During this live virtual event, our expert panel will discuss how #sealevelrise is affecting coastal communities across the world–and how we can adapt.

Register: go.whoi.edu/oe-rising-seas

An official UN Ocean Decade event

🐙 This juvenile Atlantic longarm #octopus was collected during a 2018 #OceanTwilightZone research cruise. Nicknamed “Boo” by researchers on board, it was later released back to the ocean.

📸 by Paul Caiger © #WHOI

#WeirdOcean #KeepItWeird

Can #oceanscience help the world meet its sustainable development goals?

It's a big challenge, and a big reason that #WHOI is at #OceanDecade24 . We're deepening partnerships and finding new ways to advance understanding of the ocean and its role in our lives. Follow along!

⁉️ How much #sargassum will wash ashore this season? That’s what #WHOI 's Dennis McGillicuddy + colleagues are trying to find out! They're analyzing samples from the #GreatAtlanticSargassumBelt for nutrients + chemical tracers to “fingerprint” its source–and where it might end up.

🪸🦠🔬 #WHOI microbial ecologist Amy Apprill is teaming up with colleagues at Elkhorn Marine Conservancy in #Antigua to investigate the link between the island’s marine microbiome and coral reef resilience!

📸 courtesy of Elkhorn Marine Conservancy

The #WHOI community gathered for an eclipse watch party outside the George & Wendy David Center for Ocean Innovation this afternoon. We had about 90% coverage here in #WoodsHole !

#WHOI _AVAST

The 2024 Ocean Decade Conference will be livestreamed!

If you can't join us in person, you'll be able to follow the plenary sessions online here: ow.ly/h4Sl50RabLx

#OceanDecade 24 #OceanDecade

🌕🌚🌝 What happens with diel vertical migration during a solar eclipse? If it’s anything like what researchers observed with Ocean Observatories instruments in 2017, animals will start their journey to the surface whenever the sunlight starts to wane.

Still via Oceanography Society 2018

Can you believe it's been a year since #WHOI ’s captivating children's book, “Where the Weird Things Are,” was released? 🦑

This tale follows an underwater explorer-robot, on a journey into the #oceantwilightzone .

Get your copy: go.whoi.edu/weird-things-a…

You’ve heard of #Barbenheimer … now, get ready for Titanbie!

Our #Titanic video is going head to head with a satirical Barbie Movie trailer at The Webby Awards 😬 We need your help to win the People’s Voice award before 4/18!

🦾 Help science prevail: go.whoi.edu/webby-2024

🤖 Happy #RoboWeek !

Want more? #Mesobot is also a character in our children’s book, 'Where The Weird Things Are!' Perfect for sharing with the curious youngsters in your life, this book is available at the #WHOI Shop: go.whoi.edu/otz-book

#KeepItWeird #NationalRoboticsWeek

🫨 After this morning's excitement... are you wondering what a 4.7 mag #earthquake looks like in the #deepsea ? This #shrimpquake video from a 2020 hydrothermal vent expedition with #ROVJason will give you a taste!

📹 © #WHOI
#NSFfunded

🚢 Help our Titanic shipwreck video win the People’s Voice award at The Webby Awards!

📲 Vote early and often before April 18: go.whoi.edu/webby-2024

(And remember to check your email to confirm the vote.)

🆘 With your help, Titanic will rise again!

Research shows that vessel strikes are one of the leading causes of death and injury for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. Yet again.

#RIP1950 #WeAreAllWhalers