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title: Ocean Insights December 4, 2025
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WHOI’s deep-sea experts team up with NASA to find signs of life on ocean worlds

| View in browser December 4, 2025 GIVE EXPLORE SHOP Hello Friend! Today, find out how WHOI is working with NASA to identify the chemical signatures of life in our solar system. Plus, read how long-term studies of plankton help us gauge ocean health, and meet the inventor of autonomous ocean gliders. Dive in! Press Room Are we alone in the universe? NASA selects WHOI to help lead search for life in the solar system’s hidden oceans Oceanus The little big picture WHOI senior biologist Heidi Sosik explains the critical need for long-term observations of marine plankton  Ocean pioneer The man behind the glider Doug Webb helped transform how we study the ocean. Get to know this WHOI engineer-turned-inventor! Video Music therapy for Maui's corals Underwater 'reef music' could help in coral restoration Video Music therapy for Maui's corals Underwater 'reef music' could help in coral restoration WHOI in the News Washington Post Scientists may have solved why this ancient, advanced civilization vanished USA TODAY Scientists plan to save whales by collecting their snot PBS A hidden whale highway SCIENCE Australia’s unprecedented toxic algal bloom has a surprise culprit PLANNED GIVING Leave a legacy for ocean science Learn how to create income while saving on taxes through planned giving PLANNED GIVING Leave a legacy for ocean science Learn how to create income while saving on taxes through planned giving GIVE EXPLORE SHOP   GIVE NOW SHOP WHOI   Follow us #WHOI                     Copyright ©2025 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.  All rights reserved. 266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA, 02543-1050, U.S.A. General Information: information@whoi.edu or  (508) 548-1400  Privacy Policy Unsubscribe \| Manage Preferences   |
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