The R/V Atlantis is a distinctive sight in Astoria in the summer. With its easy-to-spot dome and huge A-frame at the stern, the research ship brings in a crew of 23 people and can take two dozen ...

♪ >> THE SUN RISES ON THE CALM OF A GLASSLIKE SEA, BUT THERE ARE SUBTLE SHIFTS. SIGNS OF A ROUGH RIDE AHEAD. CONDITIONS CAN CHANGE QUICKLY, ESPECIALLY IN MARCH, FROM SUNNY AND PLEASANT TO STORMY AND ...

♪ NICOLE DOLPHINS GOT A STRANGE VISITOR IN THE ATLANTIC, RARELY INTERRUPTED THIS TIME OF YEAR. DR. BARREN-FELD: THE NORTH ATLANTIC IS THE SITE OF THE LARGEST PHYTOPLANKTON ON EARTH. AND IT HAS BEEN ...

A new book provides a glimpse of what life was like for the sailors, rather than scientists, aboard an ocean-going research ship in the mid-twentieth century.From 1931 to 1964, R/V Atlantis sailed the ...

From the bottom of the sea to the bottom of the globe, scientists are looking for life in Earth's most extreme environments. A marine scientist on the R/V Atlantis and a microbiologist studying life ...

Researchers deploy SeaSweep, used to sample aerosols from bursting bubbles in seawater, from R/V Atlantis during CalNex. Photo: Derek Coffman/NOAA Researchers deploy SeaSweep, used to sample aerosols ...

Participants in the R/V Atlantis expedition to Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, in 2016. The R/V Atlantis is operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and its expeditions include scientists ...

The R/V Atlantis, a U.S. Navy-owned research vessel, is loaded with the cable-controlled Undersea Recovery Vehicle (CURV-21) in Comodoro Rivadavia on Dec. 4, 2017. The CURV is designed to meet the U.S ...