It’s easy to think of the world’s forests as the planet’s “lungs.” Trees pump out oxygen—the same stuff we breathe in. The bigger the tree the more oxygen it releases.…

If you go swimming in a lake, the water is fresh; when you dive into the ocean, it tastes salty. But why? Learn more: https://www.whoi.edu/know-your-ocean/did-you-know/what-makes-the-ocean-salty/

Why is the ocean blue? People have wondered this for hundreds of years. Learn more: https://www.whoi.edu/know-your-ocean/did-you-know/why-is-the-ocean-blue/

The sands of many tropical islands are snow white. Beaches in Hawaii can be white, black, green, or red. In Bermuda, sand is often pink. And most of the world’s…

One of the most striking features of our beaches is seashells but, where do shells come from and how are they made? Learn more: https://www.whoi.edu/know-your-ocean/did-you-know/how-are-seashells-made/

Join us as we talk with three people with very different jobs—all in geology—about how they got into the field and where their careers are taking them.

Four miles below the surface, scientists in #Alvin witnessed this rarely-seen invertebrate paddling along with oar-like legs in search of its next meal. In a recently-published study, #WHOI researchers share another surprise: that seaweed they’re munching on isn’t native to the seafloor!

📲 Find out what it is– and how this species has adapted over time: go.whoi.edu/isopod-food

In case you missed it, watch the WHOI public information session on marine carbon dioxide removal and the LOC-NESS Project