Hello Steve!

Today, we're celebrating Alvin’s return to Woods Hole. Plus, read about the secrets of deep-sea microbes living in highly caustic environments, and a senior scientist who's being recognized in honor of the late Rachel Carson.

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Around WHOI

Welcome home, Alvin!

WHOI engineers will give the nation’s deepest-diving human-occupied vehicle a scheduled overhaul

Oceanus

Secrets in the blue mud

Microbes survive—and thrive—in caustic fluids venting from the seafloor

Press Room

Julie Huber awarded Rachel Carson Lecture by AGU

Senior scientist to deliver prestigious lecture at the American Geophysical Union fall conference