Physical Oceanography
Physical Oceanography Department – Fowler Seminar: AI and Climate Change: The Hype, The Opportunities, and The Dangers
David Rolnick, McGill University Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – David Center for Ocean Innovation Social Hub This will be a hybrid seminar held in the David Center for Ocean…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Hybrid Seminar: Regime Shifts of AMOC-Sea Surface Temperature Relationship
Yifei Fan, Penn State University Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 507 This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 507. If you wish to join virtually, you…
Read MoreThese seabirds fly toward cyclones, not away from them
New GPS tracking on petrels reveals a surprising survival strategy hidden in the eye of the storm
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Physical Oceanography Department Seminar: The Samoan Passage Project: Hydraulics and Mixing in the Abyssal Pacific
Larry Pratt, WHOI Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 507 This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 507. If you wish to join virtually, you can access…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Seminar: One Year in the Arctic Ocean: Results from the MOSAiC Expedition
Kirstin Schulz, The University of Texas at Austin Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 507 This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 507. If you wish to…
Read MoreVolcanic eruptions and a warming climate have disrupted close connections between the Indian and Pacific Oceans
A new study combines paleoclimate data and climate models to show that large volcanic eruptions can disrupt the relationship between atmospheric circulations of the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans.
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Ivenis Pita
Ivenis Pita, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreIs the ocean carbon sink at risk of faltering?
WHOI scientists explain how the ocean mitigates climate change—and could be compromised by it
Read MoreNew WHOI study shows seawater may offer early clues to changing reef health
An interdisciplinary approach reveals how chemistry, microbes, and ocean circulation work together to shape reef ecosystems
Read MoreThe NSF Seafood Engine in New England wins $15M U.S. National Science Foundation award to strengthen fisheries and aquaculture
The Seafood Engine will initially receive an award of $15 million over two years, with the potential to grow up to $160 million over ten years as it works to build an internationally competitive technology and innovation cluster.
Read MoreMeet PO’s Summer Students!
This summer, we’re excited to welcome an outstanding group of students to the PO Department!
Read More‘Internal Wave Spectrum and Boundary Mixing in the Sub-Tropic South Atlantic’ project, funded by the National Ocean Partnership Program
By Andrée L. Ramsey The Distributed Sensor Network (DSN) is a collection of instrumentation designed to capture the dynamics of the ocean’s bottom boundary layer, over a large spatial and…
Read MoreCrustal Deformation and Gravitational Effects From Dynamic Ocean Mass Redistribution Impact Projected Sea-Level Change
Ertel, G., Coulson, S., Piecuch, C. G., & Hoffman, M. (2026). Crustal Deformation and Gravitational Effects From Dynamic Ocean Mass Redistribution Impact Projected Sea-Level Change. Geophysical Research Letters, 53(11), e2026GL122243. https://doi.org/10.1029/2026GL122243 Gravitation, rotation,…
Read MoreVariable contributions of vertical land motion to sea-level change inferred at tide gauges
Dangendorf, S., Oelsmann, J., Mitrovica, J. X., Tornqvist, T. E., Piecuch, C. G., Creel, R., Coronel, W., Thompson, P. R., Ebinger, C., & Wahl, T. (2026). Variable contributions of vertical land motion…
Read MoreA mummy, a myth, and the Titanic
A 1986 handwritten letter to Bob Ballard revisits one of the Titanic disaster’s strangest myths
Read MoreMascarene High Variability Shapes the Demography of a Wind-Reliant Marine Top Predator
Wandering albatrosses in the Southern Indian Ocean benefit from intensified and poleward-shifted Mascarene High conditions, which enhance westerly winds and significantly boost their survival and reproduction rates, revealing a crucial link between climate variability and marine predator demographics.
Read MorePO Department features prominently in 2026 Woods Hole Sea Grant Educator workshop, Fishing for Data: Real world applications for oceanographic observations
by Caroline Ummenhofer The Woods Hole Sea Grant Educator workshop, Fishing for Data: Real world applications for oceanographic observations, took place on January 23, 2026, in Woods Hole, MA. It…
Read MoreNineteenth century global wind data from historical New England whaling ship voyages (1820-1900 CE)
Ummenhofer, C. C., Sander, N., Wimberly, F., Gordon, H., Giacoppo, T., Münch, B., Bice, C., & Walker, T. D. (2026). Nineteenth century global wind data from historical New England whaling…
Read MoreCooperative Research Cruise to the Shelf Break Aboard the R/V Neil Armstrong
PO JP student Ashley Lasinsky collecting a nutrient sample from a Niskin bottle on the CTD…
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