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This shirt can help unlock $1 million!
When you become a WHOI member during World Ocean Month, you'll receive this limited-edition glow-in-the-dark T-shirt—and help unlock a $1 million challenge gift!
Support science for our ocean, our planet, and our future: go.whoi.edu/think-deep-shirt
In the ocean, pressure increases by one atmosphere for every 30 feet (10.6m) of depth! So how do we build a robot that can withstand the extremes?
📲Find more answers from the abyss: go.whoi.edu/think-deep
Can remote ocean technologies save the whales?
Policymakers are weighing whether these emerging technologies are ready to replace regulations on vessel speeds when these critically-endangered whales are in the vicinity.
Learn more from @nytimes.com: go.whoi.edu/NYT-Whale
When you think of the ocean, do you picture a waves crashing against the sand? Sunlit corals and schooling fish?
The ocean goes far deeper than that! How deep? Leave your guess in the comments... and dive below the surface with us: go.whoi.edu/think-deep
Sun-dappled kelp forests. Colorful, fish-filled reefs. Tide pools. The sun fuels incredible biodiversity at the surface. But what percentage of the ocean does sunlight actually reach? 🌞
📲Leave your guess in the comments... and dive deeper for the answer: go.whoi.edu/think-deep
Join us to find answers in the deep!
R/V Atlantis headed out on World Ocean Day to test the newly-upgraded Alvin and a new deep sea robot called Deep Venture.
📲Go behind the scenes of science with a full ship tour:
go.whoi.edu/atlantis-tour
Ever wonder what you’d find in a prehistoric time capsule?
WHOI researchers are cracking into Earth’s oldest ice to get an idea of what the atmosphere looked like millions of years ago—and what the future might hold!
Get the full picture with @iflscience.com: go.whoi.edu/iflice
🤩Join us on World Ocean Day (June 8) for a video tour of R/V Atlantis! Watch the 16-ton Alvin submersible load onto the ship and wish the crew "bon voyage" as they depart for sea trials off Bermuda.
📲Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get invited to the video premiere: go.whoi.edu/whoi-yt
On this day in 1964, WHOI officially accepted the deep-sea research submersible Alvin from the !
📲Travel back in time to Alvin's commissioning ceremony and initial testing at the Woods Hole docks! Watch the full video: go.whoi.edu/alvin-anniversary
☀️🏖️ Are you ready to soak up the sun…and some seaweed? A recent WHOI study shows sargassum could cause Florida $13.5B in economic losses. Researchers say it's essential that decision-makers look at the finances going forward.
Get the bottom line from Florida Today: go.whoi.edu/ft-seaweed
