Physical Oceanography
Waiting on the next freshwater flush
Could the unprecedented amounts of freshwater in the Beaufort Sea stall the current system that controls our climate? WHOI’s Isabela Le Bras weighs in.
Read MoreSpotlight on PO Chair Young-Oh Kwon
The PO Department congratulates Young-Oh Kwon on his recent appointment as Department Chair.
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Ming Shao
Ming Shao, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreIberian hydroclimate variability and the Azores High during the last 1200 years: evidence from proxy records and climate model simulations
Thatcher, D. L., Wanamaker, A. D., Denniston, R. F., Ummenhofer, C. C., Asmerom, Y., Polyak, V. J., Cresswell-Clay, N., Hasiuk, F., Haws, J., & Gillikin, D. P., 2022. Iberian hydroclimate…
Read MoreRapid warming in the Gulf of Maine reverses 900 years of cooling
Rapid 20th century warming in the Gulf of Maine has reversed long-term cooling that occurred there during the previous 900 years, according to new research that combines an examination of shells from long-lived ocean quahogs and climate model simulations.
Read MoreOrcas spotted off the Armstrong
While transiting from the work site in the Irminger Sea to Reykjavik during a recent AR69-01 OOI-Irminger 9/OSNAP-SDWBC cruise, a pod of orca whales came by the ship. NOAA Marine…
Read MoreThe importance of non-tidal water-level variability for reconstructing Holocene relative sea level
Kemp, A. C., T. A. Shaw, and C. G. Piecuch, 2022. The importance of non-tidal water-level variability for reconstructing Holocene relative sea level, Quaternary Science Reviews, 290, 107637, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107637 Salt-marsh…
Read MoreHABS Cruise on the R/V Norseman II
Senior Scientist Bob Pickart, Research Associate Marshall Swartz, and 14 others from WHOI…
Read MoreLow-frequency dynamic ocean response to barometric-pressure loading
Piecuch, C. G., I. Fukumori, R. M. Ponte, M. Schindelleger, O. Wang, and M. Zhao, 2022. Low-Frequency Dynamic Ocean Response to Barometric-Pressure Loading, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0090.1 Changes…
Read MoreContributions of different sea-level processes to high-tide flooding along the U.S. coastline
Li, S., T. Wahl, A. Barroso, S. Coats, S. Dangendorf, C. Piecuch, Q. Sun, P. Thompson, and L. Liu, 2022. Contributions of Different Sea-Level Processes to High-Tide Flooding Along the…
Read MoreSpotlight on Assistant Scientist, Alex Gonzalez
Alex Gonzalez is an Assistant Scientist in the Physical Oceanography Department at WHOI.
Read MorePostdoctoral Scholar Alice Ren
Alice Ren, Postdoctoral Scholar, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreMid-depth waters off the United States East Coast are getting saltier
A new study led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) shows a significant increase in frequency of warm saltwater intrusions from the deep ocean to the continental shelf along the Middle Atlantic Bight, which extends from the Gulf of Maine to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
Read MoreScientists link the changing Azores High and the drying Iberian region to anthropogenic climate change
Projected changes in wintertime precipitation make agriculture in the Iberian region some of the most vulnerable in Europe, according to a new WHOI co-led study that links the changes to increased anthropogenic greenhouse gases.
Read MoreSquid Games
Shortfin squid are becoming more available to New England fishermen, but why?
Read MoreMarine heatwaves and their depth structures on the Northeast U.S. continental shelf
Großelindemann, H., Ryan, S., Ummenhofer, C., Martin, T., & Biastoch, A., 2022. Marine heatwaves and their depth structures on the Northeast U.S. continent. Frontiers in Climate, 4, 857937. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.857937 Marine Heatwaves (MHWs) are…
Read MoreWater mass transformation in the Iceland Sea: Contrasting two winters separated by four decades
Våge, K., Semper, S., Valdimarsson, H., Jónsson, S., Pickart, R., & Moore, G., 2022. Water mass transformation in the Iceland Sea: Contrasting two winters separated by four decades. Deep Sea…
Read MoreCreating synergy through art and science
A collaboration between the Art League of Rhode Island and WHOI scientists transforms abstract concepts into engaging perspectives on our ocean world.
Read MoreInteractions between a marine heatwave and tropical cyclone Amphan in the Bay of Bengal in 2020
Rathore, S., Goyal, R., Jangir, B., Ummenhofer, C., Feng, M., & Mishra, M. (2022). Interactions between a marine heatwave and tropical cyclone Amphan in the Bay of Bengal in 2020.…
Read MoreLocal and remote forcing of interannual sea-level variability at Nantucket Island
Wang, O., T. Lee, C. G. Piecuch, I. Fukumori, I. Fenty, T. Frederikse, D. Menemenlis, R. M. Ponte, and H. Zhang, 2022. Local and Remote Forcing of Interannual Sea-Level Variability…
Read MoreArrival of new Great Salinity Anomaly weakens convection in the Irminger Sea
Biló, T., Straneo, F., Holte, J., & Le Bras, I., 2022. Arrival of new Great Salinity Anomaly weakens convection in the Irminger Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(11). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022gl098857 Salinity trends…
Read MoreOcean Reference Stations: Long-term, open ocean observations of surface meteorology and air-sea fluxes are essential benchmarks
Weller, R., Lukas, R., Potemra, J., Plueddemann, A., Fairall, C., & Bigorre, S., 2022. Ocean Reference Stations: Long-term, open ocean observations of surface meteorology and air-sea fluxes are essential benchmarks.…
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