Ocean Circulation
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.
Read MoreUpper Ocean Temperature and Salinity Variability and Compensation in the Arabian Sea
Jesse Anderson, WHOI Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
Read MoreSpecial Physical Oceanography Department Seminar: Midlatitude Oceanic Fronts Maintained by Mesoscale Eddies
Zhao Jing, OUC Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
Read MoreSpecial Physical Oceanography Department Seminar: The Rapid Warming of the North Atlantic Subpolar Basin During 1993-2012
Xiaopei Lin, OUC Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
Read MoreWarm Spiral Streamers Over Gulf Stream Warm-Core Rings
Gordon Zhang, WHOI Sponsored by: AOP&E Department
Read MoreConsequences of Differential Diffusion in a Simple Model of Deep Ocean Circulation
Jack Whitehead, WHOI Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
Read MoreThere will be no AOP&E seminar today
Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Thesis: New Insights into the Marine Oxygen Cycle from Manganese Oxide Minerals and Reactive Oxygen Species
Kevin M. Sutherland, MIT-WHOI Joint Program Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
Read MoreGlobal heating supercharging Indian Ocean climate system
Global heating is “supercharging” an increasingly dangerous climate mechanism in the Indian Ocean that has played a role in disasters this year including bushfires in Australia and floods in Africa.
Particles in Waves: Transport of Microplastics in the Ocean from a Particle Perspective
Michelle DiBenedetto, WHOI Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
Read MoreUpper-Ocean Response to Precipitation Forcing in an Ocean Model Hindcast of Hurricane Gonzalo
John Steffen, WHOI Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
Read MoreThree things you may not know about sea level rise
Since the turn of the 20th century, seas have risen six to eight inches globally. New technologies, along with a better understanding of how the oceans, ice sheets, and other components of climate interact, have helped scientists identify the factors that contribute to sea level rise.
Read MoreDense Antarctic water returning to the Atlantic
“This region, the Scotia Sea, is unique in that it hosts several different physical mechanisms which launder dense water to make it lighter within a relatively small basin (the Southern Scotia Sea),” says co-author Dr. Kurt Polzin of WHOI. “This small basin relative to a relatively large volume transport enables researchers to assess changes in water mass production ultimately coming from the Antarctic Shelves on a biennial basis, compared to decadal time scales from other sections.”
