Post Tagged with: "Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution"

Return to the Phoenix Islands – May 14 – 18

Adventures in Nikumaroro Written by Michael Fox | PhD student Scripps Institute of Oceanography Post-doctoral Scholar-to-be Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.   18 May 2018       Yesterday we arrived at Nikumaroro, perhaps the most famous of the Phoenix islands, as it is the supposed final […]

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Return to the Phoenix Islands – May 06

From Polliwogs to Shellbacks. Written by Nathaniel Mollica | PhD student, MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.   06 May 2018 Photo by Richard Brooks, Lightening Strike Media Productions, Palau       Today reached the equator, and the science began. As the trade winds push water […]

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Research expedition conducted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. By Alice Alpert

This article was previously published at MIT. PART II On one side of the island, the slope underwater is very steep. Coral cascades down the slope in scalloped shelves and small fish take shelter in the crevices below. Brightly colored corals and fish make a rainbow surrounding us. Small anthea […]

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