Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is the world's largest independent oceanographic research institution.
- The test being used to diagnose the novel #Coronavirus other pandemics like AIDS and SARS—was developed with the help of an enzyme isolated from a microbe found in marine #hydrothermalvents as well as freshwater hot springs. #scienceresponds go.whoi.edu/covid-answers
- Scientists track hungry blue sharks as they ride swirling currents down to the #OceanTwilightZone—a layer of the ocean containing the largest fish biomass on Earth. With @SimonThorrold @UWOcean @NASA whoi.edu/news-insights/…
00:00 - #WHOI and @Scripps_Ocean are seeking your best ideas for #OceanPavilion programming at @COP29_AZ in Azerbaijan! 📲 View the #COP29 Ocean Pavilion themes and submit your proposal by September 27: oceanpavilion-cop.org/cop29-ocean-pa…
- It's #WorldOctopusDay and we're honoring the #DumboOctopus! 🐙 The #Grimpoteuthis or 'Dumbo Octopus, so-called for the delicate 'wing-like' fins just above the eyes are arguably one of the most endearing creatures of the deep. Do you agree? #WHOI
00:00 - The remotely-operated vehicle #ROVJason was just beginning its descent to the #WestMataVolcano, off Samoa when the volcano exploded! Jason dives have yielded no shortage of breathtaking adventure stories– check out 3 of the most memorable: go.whoi.edu/jason-stories #NSFfunded
00:00 - Sorry, no. But we *are* going to use Ingenuity’s terrain relative navigation system in our new autonomous underwater vehicle capable of reaching 11km depth. So there’s that.
- Come to the shark side... 🦈 That time when ROV Jason captured a shark swimming around the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at the Lost City vent area in 2018. @NSF Courtesy of Susan Lang, University of South Carolina #NSFFunded #ROVJason Copyright © WHOI
00:00 - Surely, one couldn’t be an oceanographer without going to sea? But that wasn’t the case for women in the 1950s. Meet Roberta Eike, the WHOI stowaway who made waves for future women scientists. #WHOI #WHOIarchives #WomensHistoryMonth #1950s ow.ly/1Bgi50z1gVh
- If you were thinking, "Gee, I wish there was video of that elf making the #HOVAlvin recovery," well, we got you covered. All business no matter what the getup. @NSF #NSFfunded @USNavyResearch @unols
00:00 - #HOVAlvin visited Octopus Garden while filming for #BluePlanetLive last week and watched this baby octopus take her first swim. #NSFfunded @NSF_GEO With @BBCEarth
00:00 - How often do you get to watch a baby squid learn to control its skin color? Probably not very often.
00:00 - This #deep-sea crustacean boasts two sets of #compoundeyes (2x that of bees). Other #hyperiid #amphipods boast 360º vision & mirrors that amplify dim light–helpful for navigating the dim #OceanTwilightZone! #WeirdWednesday go.whoi.edu/otz-creature-f…
