The Latest Breaking News from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

‘Once-in-a-generation’ expedition launched to survey shipwrecks of polar heroes Shackleton and Scott

Neither ship has been surveyed previously using advanced technology

The Independent UK · Jul 2

An invasion of smelly seaweed is costing US beach communities millions of dollars

That’s on top of the rotting egg smell and potential harms to peoples’ health

The Independent UK · Jan 16

Lost WWI submarine captured in never-before-seen images off the California coast

The USS F-1 was lost at sea in December of 1917 following a collision with another vessel

The Independent UK · May 23, 2025

Newly released footage of a 1986 Titanic dive reveals the ship's haunting interior

The Titanic's rust-caked bow, an officer's cabin and a promenade window are part of the never-before-seen footage of the shipwreck site, which continues to slowly vanish 12,500 feet below the waves.

WEKU · Feb 16, 2023

Incredible new footage of doomed Titanic expedition to be released to the public

An expedition by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1986 took incredible footage of the doomed Titanic ship, a year after it was first discovered in the depths of the Atlantic

Daily Mirror · Feb 16, 2023

Titanic rare footage of the first time human eyes set sights on the wreck released

The Youtube video shows the first-ever submersible dive to the RMS Titanic on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean in 1986

Belfast Live · Feb 16, 2023

Rare video of 1986 dive in Titanic wreck released

Rare and never before publicly seen video of the 1986 dive through the wreckage of the Titanic is being released by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.The more than 80 minutes of footage on the institution's YouTube channel on Wednesday chronicles some of the remarkable achievements of the dive led by…

Evening Standard · Feb 16, 2023

Rare Video of 1986 Dive in Titanic Wreckage to Be Released

Rare and in some cases never before publicly seen video of the 1986 dive through the wreckage of the Titanic is being released Wednesday by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The more than 80 minutes of footage on the WHOI's YouTube channel chronicles some of the remarkable achievements of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 15, 2023

Rare video of 1986 dive in Titanic wreckage to be released

Rare and in some cases never before publicly seen video of the 1986 dive through the wreckage of the Titanic is being released by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

The ocean twilight zone could store vast amounts of carbon captured from the atmosphere – but first we need to build a 4D system to track what's going on down there

Deep below the ocean surface, the light fades into a twilight zone where whales and fish migrate and dead algae and zooplankton rain down from above. This is the heart of the ocean’s carbon pump, part of the natural ocean processes that capture about a third of all human-produced carbon…

The Conversation · Feb 1, 2023