Ocean Circulation
Physical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Flow-Topography Interactions and Mixing in the Samoan Passage
Jesse Cusack, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Information will be posted…
Read MoreFlorida Current is Weaker Now Than at Any Point in the Past Century
A key component of the Gulf Stream has markedly slowed over the past century—that’s the conclusion of a new research…
Read MoreA Marine Heatwave Is Warming Up The Ocean Along The East Coast
Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks to Glen Gawarkiewicz, an oceanographer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, about why the ocean temperatures are warming as well as what it means for ocean life and weather patterns.
Hot ocean waters along East Coast are drawing in ‘weird’ fish and supercharging hurricane season
Warm waters are a major concern with Hurricane Isaias forecast to ride up the Eastern Seaboard. Glen Gawarkiewicz, an oceanographer at WHOI, describes Gulf Stream fish being caught off Block Island, R.I., in January 2017 and increases in the “rate and amount” of species like mahi-mahi passing through.
Physical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Enhanced Abyssal Mixing in the Equatorial Pacific Associated with Non-Traditional Effects
Bertrand Delorme, Stanford University Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83659204072?pwd=NW40SDdzcG8zd2xVR0xCMTViUGhtUT09 Meeting ID:…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Eddy Vertical Structure and Variability: Deepglider Observations of Geostrophic Turbulence in the North Atlantic
Jake Steinberg, WHOI Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85134868051?pwd=Y2hKV041WHFaU3IxK0JiWHQ5THBjUT09 Meeting ID: 851…
Read MoreWHOI Scientists Make Woods Hole Film Festival Appearance
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists appear in two shorts and a feature film at this year’s Woods Hole Film…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: The Influence of an Eddy on Cross-Shelf Transport of Passively Advected or Actively Swimming Biological Organisms
Irina Rypina, WHOI Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82507151086?pwd=NG1ROHpaTFBaRkF2Qkk3U3lXcGpaQT09 Meeting ID: 825…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Iron, Light, and the Biological Response to Simulated Southern Ocean Eddies
Tyler Rohr, MIT Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86006062223?pwd=bjcxYnJVK2ZGL2E5alBQYW5lYVRFZz09 Meeting ID: 860…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Potential Vorticity Dynamics of the Arctic Halocline
Michael Spall, WHOI Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84827620172?pwd=QVd3VlF0Tlp0ZjRpY3UzSmZIRjJoUT09 Meeting ID: 848…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Fluctuations of the Atlantic North Equatorial Undercurrent and Associated Changes in Oxygen Transports
Kristin Burmeister, Scottish Association for Marine Science Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting…
Read MoreSearch-and-rescue algorithm identifies hidden ‘traps’ in ocean waters
Researchers at the MIT, WHOI and other institutions have developed a technique they hope will help first responders quickly zero in on regions of the sea where missing objects or people are likely to be.
Physical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Is the Ocean Circulation Speeding Up?
Carl Wunsch, Harvard University Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84513043557?pwd=TVorbU92c3J5T21jaW5OV3lMUmoyUT09 Meeting ID:…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Virtual Seminar: Quasi-Biennial Rossby and Kelvin Waves in the South Indian Ocean: Tropical and Subtropical Modes and the Indian Ocean Dipole
Viviane Menezes, WHOI Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually over Zoom. Join Zoom Meeting at: https://zoom.us/j/98251902507?pwd=ZDMzZ0FMSTY5RUxFT2RCaVNJMHlkUT09…
Read MoreA rapidly changing Arctic
A new study by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and their international colleagues found that freshwater runoff from rivers and continental shelf sediments are bringing significant quantities of carbon and trace elements into parts of the Arctic Ocean via the Transpolar Drift—a major surface current that moves water from Siberia across the North Pole to the North Atlantic Ocean.
Read MoreOcean’s ‘biological pump’ absorbs more carbon than previously estimated
New research suggests the ocean’s “biological carbon pump” is more efficient at absorbing carbon than scientists previously estimated.
$8.3M award to WHOI extends observational record of critical climate research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded $8.3 million to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to extend the life of the Overturning in the Sub-polar North Atlantic Program (OSNAP) in a key part of Earth’s ocean-climate system.
Read MoreIndian Ocean phenomenon spells climate trouble for Australia
New international research by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and colleagues has found a marked change in the Indian Ocean’s surface temperatures that puts southeast Australia on course for increasingly hot and dry conditions.
Read MoreStudy reveals Missoula Floods impact on past abrupt climate changes
A new study shows for the first time how massive flood events in the eastern North Pacific Ocean—known as the Missoula Floods—may have in part triggered abrupt climate changes in the Northern Hemisphere during the last deglaciation (approximately 19,000–11,700 years ago).
Read MoreThe future of the ocean’s conveyor belt
WHOI scientist Young-Oh Kwon discusses the state of the AMOC—the crucial North Atlantic current that regulates our planet’s climate.
Read More‘A Little Shocking’: Ocean Currents Are Speeding up Significantly, Study Finds
“This is a really huge increase,” Susan Wijffels, an oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who was not involved with the paper, told Science Magazine.
Oases in Sea Ice Are Essential to Life in Antarctica
This video explains the key physical, biological and ecological processes in oases on the Antarctic icy coast — polynyas. Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the University of Delaware are trying to unveil crucial connections among the physical and biological components in the polynyas and to understand how the Antarctic ecosystem responds to changes in the large-scale environment.
Read MoreGlobal Ocean Heat Transport Dominated by Heat Export from the Tropical Pacific
Gael Forget, MIT Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
Read MoreInvestigating the ocean’s influence on Australia’s drought
Researchers look to the Indian Ocean for clues on how Australia’s blazing wildfires and bone-dry conditions have reached such extremes.
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