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title: Ocean Insights November 13, 2025
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Researchers assess the health of endangered right whales from their spray

| View in browser November 13, 2025 GIVE EXPLORE SHOP Hello Friend! Today, read how scientists are studying the health of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales by collecting water droplets from their breath. Plus, learn about WHOI’s critical role in driving breakthrough ocean science and technologies, and shift your perspective on our planet with a new interactive feature. Dive in! Press Room What’s in whale spit? Researchers use respiratory droplets for noninvasive health checkups Oceanus Breakthroughs below the surface WHOI's critical role in driving ocean science and technology throughout the ages Shift Your Perspective It's an Ocean World Discover the hidden wonders of our ocean world through a new interactive web feature Podcast Gold mining's toxic legacy Mercury pollution in Colombia’s Amazon threatens the Indigenous way of life Podcast Gold mining's toxic legacy Mercury pollution in Colombia’s Amazon threatens the Indigenous way of life WHOI in the News CNN Science Over 40,000 US troops have been lost at sea. Scientists are tracking invisible clues to find them WCAI WHOI Scientist heads to Brazil to talk ocean solutions at COP30 The Boston Globe This torpedo-shaped robot is testing the limits of ocean observation KMBC News  Titanic discovery: How the legendary ship was finally found in 1985 OCEAN PIONEERS The man behind the map Get to know Athelstan Spilhaus, whose World Ocean Map helps us see Earth as it truly is: one ocean connecting us all OCEAN PIONEERS The man behind the map Get to know Athelstan Spilhaus, whose World Ocean Map helps us see Earth as it truly is: one ocean connecting us all 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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