WHOI Receives NSF and NOAA Funding for New Family of Remotely Operated Vehicles
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Published: 6 March 2025
WHOI received awards from NSF and NOAA to build two medium-size ROVs capable of reaching 4000m depth, expanding deep-sea research access from smaller vessels starting in 2027.
Keywords: ROV, remotely operated vehicle, deep-sea exploration, NSF, NOAA, ocean technology, submersible, seafloor research
The Next Generation of Ocean Explorers Chart 2026 Expedition
Rutgers University
Published: 23 January 2026
Rutgers oceanographers will lead a 28-day Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition to study salt fingering in the Caribbean, a mixing phenomenon that moves heat, salt, and nutrients through the ocean.
Keywords: salt fingering, thermohaline staircases, ocean mixing, Caribbean, R/V Falkor, Schmidt Ocean Institute, physical oceanography, climate
Thriving Antarctic Ecosystems Found in Wake of Recently Detached Iceberg
Schmidt Ocean Institute
Published: 20 March 2025
Scientists aboard R/V Falkor (too) discovered flourishing deep-sea ecosystems at depths up to 1,300m beneath seafloor newly exposed by the calving of Chicago-sized iceberg A-84 from George VI Ice Shelf.
Keywords: Antarctic, iceberg, deep-sea ecosystems, ROV SuBastian, George VI Ice Shelf, coral, biodiversity, Bellingshausen Sea
