Physical Oceanography
Athelstan Spilhaus
Athelstan Spilhaus was a WHOI oceanographer, engineer, and futurist whose impact on science stretched from the deep sea to outer space.
Read MoreWHOI oceanographers investigate southern Brazil’s catastrophic flooding
A new WHOI-led study uses satellite data to help uncover what caused devastating flooding and examine how it impacted some of the state’s most vulnerable residents.
Read MoreTroubled Waters – A Short Film Screening and Discussion on Preserving the East Coast Fisheries in a Changing Environment
A Short Film Screening and Discussion on Preserving the East Coast Fisheries in a Changing Environment Monday, April 7, 1-2:30 PM Clapp Auditorium, Marine Biological Laboratory 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole Free and open to the public. Limited on-street parking available.
Read MoreWHOI scientists aim to improve the study of marine heatwaves
Researchers call for regional and context-specific approaches to these extreme events
Read MoreThe May 2024 flood disaster in Southern Brazil: Causes, impacts, and SWOT-based volume estimation
Simoes‐Sousa, I., Camargo, C., Tavora, J., Piffer‐Braga, A., Farrar, J., & Pavelsky, T. (2025). The May 2024 flood disaster in Southern Brazil: Causes, impacts, and SWOT‐based volume estimation. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(4). https://doi.org/10.1029/2024gl112442 (a)…
Read MorePast and future modulation of the ENSO teleconnection to Southeast Asian rainfall by interbasin interactions
Le Roy, E. J., & Ummenhofer, C. C. (2025). Past and Future Modulation of the ENSO Teleconnection to Southeast Asian Rainfall by Interbasin Interactions. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2024GL111916. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL111916 ENSO’s teleconnection with rainfall in mainland…
Read MoreWHOI’s Robert Weller named to National Academy of Engineering Class of 2025
Weller was named for his contributions to the theory, observation, and instrumentation of the upper ocean and air-sea interface.
Read MoreCan the marked Arctic Ocean freshwater content increases of the last two decades be explained within observational uncertainty?
Le Bras, I. A.-A., & Timmermans, M.-L. (2025). Can the marked Arctic Ocean freshwater content increases of the last two decades be explained within observational uncertainty? Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 130(2),…
Read MoreUnseen Ocean
Artist Janine Wong and scientist Jing He capture the art of currents in “Submesoscale Soup”
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Glenn Liu
Postdoctoral Investigator Glenn Liu joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreCirculation of Baffin Bay and Hudson Bay waters on the Labrador shelf and into the subpolar North Atlantic
Duyck, E., Foukal, N., & Frajka-Williams, E. (2025). Circulation of Baffin Bay and Hudson Bay waters on the Labrador shelf and into the subpolar North Atlantic. Ocean Science, 21(1), 241–260. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-241-2025 Above is a…
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Shawn Wang
Postdoctoral Investigator Shawn Wang joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreNew study finds that critical ocean current has not declined in the last 60 years
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) helps to regulate the Earth’s climate and weather
Read MoreWhy Is the monsoon coastal upwelling signal subdued in the Bay of Bengal?
Abbott, K., Mahadevan, A. (2024). Why Is the Monsoon Coastal Upwelling Signal Subdued in the Bay of Bengal?; Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(12), e2024JC022023. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC022023 A conceptual schematic of how the surface…
Read MoreMIT/WHOI Joint Program Students Attend AGU24 Fall Meeting in Washington, DC
Students from WHOI’s Physical Oceanography department joined more than 27,000 attendees at the AGU24 Fall Meeting in Washington, DC this December for a week jam-packed with science! Among the scientists…
Read MoreProposed Wastewater Release into Cape Cod Bay Likely to Remain in Bay for at Least One Month, Study Finds
Their findings are based on a model of the circulation patterns around Cape Cod Bay and provide insight into the seasonal differences in conditions in and around the Bay.
Read MorePostdoctoral Investigator Ali Johnson Exley
Ali Johnson Exley, Postdoctoral Investigator, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreNature’s Language
Using applied math (and chalk) to understand the dynamic ocean
Read MoreOcean in Motion
How the ocean’s complex and chaotic physics defines life on our planet
Read MoreMomme Hell
Faculty
Research Keywords: Air-Sea Interaction, Surface Waves, Earth System Predictability
Xiaoting Yang
Faculty
Research Keywords: Meridional Overturning Circulation; Ocean modeling; Lagrangian Framework
Assistant Scientist Xiaoting Yang
Xiaoting Yang, Assistant Scientist, joins WHOI’s PO Department.
Read MoreDeep ocean clues to a million-year-old Ice Age puzzle revealed in new study
A new WHOI-led study challenges theories regarding the origins of a significant transition through the Earth’s ice ages.
Read MoreSaving Tico
A manatee’s odyssey and the role of currents in marine mammal conservation
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