Ocean Circulation
Physical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: North Atlantic Circulation and More Globally: Attempts at Connecting Circulation and Watermass Transformation
Peter Rhines, University of Washington Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. This will be held virtually.…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual seminar: A Proposal: Measuring Global Sea Level Changes with Surface Drifting Buoys
Shane Elipot, RSMAS Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/97073458686?pwd=U01aa2FpRStyVzFFbEREeG9laUF6QT09 Meeting ID: 970…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Observations of the Overturning Volume, Heat and Freshwater Transports in the Subpolar North Atlantic
Feili Li, Georgia Tech Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/97014554030?pwd=N3FZM1NtenpaU2ZHUGtWZFhYRExpZz09 Meeting ID:…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Revisiting Near-Inertial Wind Work: Slab Models, Relative Stress and Mixed-Layer Deepening
Matthew Alford, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/92116246862?pwd=Ui9Lbm9qRzlBWFVWbGFPOVZicWVZdz09…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Sources and Upstream Pathways of the Dense Overflow Water in the Nordic Seas
Jie Huang, Tsinghua University Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84984245113?pwd=N0g0RnNtRmREVjF6dWNybE5EU1Y2dz09 Meeting ID:…
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 MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: On the Circulation and Biogeochemistry of the Gulf of Mexico: A Summary from the CIGOM Project
Julio Sheinbaum, CICESE Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89477467024?pwd=M0FHNE4zVnVMSklLSXdISXZIR0dKQT09 Meeting ID: 894…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Decadal Changes in NADW Circulation Revealed by GRACE Satellite Measurements
Jannes Koelling, Dalhousie University Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81192526094?pwd=ZGRvYVluSzVMdG9uWnU4U01YT1RiUT09 Meeting ID:…
Read MoreTwo New Studies Substantially Advance Understanding of Currents that Help Regulate Climate
Two studies shed new light on a critical driver of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and potential impacts of rising temperatures
Read More5 Questions with Dr. Amala Mahadevan
WHOI physical oceanographer sheds light on the climate-critical link between ocean currents and plankton
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Near-Resonant Super-Inertial Fluctuations at Islands
Ken Brink, WHOI. Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86240000234?pwd=VWtDSkcwOHVhUTlOQ2plQlczYzRmdz09 Meeting ID: 862…
Read MoreHeat waves on Cape Cod may be tied to slowing ocean current
WHOI researchers studied 25 years of data in search of cause behind rising ocean temperatures.
Physical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Feedback Between Wind Stress and Oceanic Submesoscale Processes
Xu Chen, Florida State University Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89553969484?pwd=ckZKRHg3L2lhTzRFaGNwVVJISHVlQT09 Meeting…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Internal Tide Modal Refraction in Baroclinic Gulf Stream Currents
Tim Duda, WHOI Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84363953018?pwd=M0VqUjVWc3M4cmtWLzhBZ05HZTk1QT09 Meeting ID: 843…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Robust Longitudinally-Variable Responses of the ITCZ to a Myriad of Climate Forcings
Alyssa Atwood, Florida State University Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83293409154?pwd=UmJjblkyN1NZUldOUUUwNHN4TjF1Zz09 Meeting…
Read MoreStudies investigate marine heatwaves, shifting ocean currents
North America experienced a series of dangerous heatwaves during the summer of 2020, breaking records from coast to coast. In the ocean, extreme warming conditions are also becoming more frequent and intense.
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Gliders in the Gulf Stream: New Insights from Sustained Observing
Robert Todd, WHOI Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88333820483?pwd=UWM1d0xwdER4Sis4SURUd0s4MzZwUT09 Meeting ID: 883…
Read MoreNorth Atlantic Ocean yields clues for better weather predictions
Findings of a new study investigating the interactions between the North Atlantic Ocean and the atmosphere will lead to more attention to how the ocean can be an important source of predictability in weather and climate.
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Reactive Ocean Currents
Francisco Beron-Vera, RSMAS Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89098114919?pwd=UlExNm9RT3N2ZW1ta2ZDdm43Nm9BQT09 Meeting ID: 890…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: The Turbulent Bottom Boundary Layer Beneath Internal Solitary Waves
Karl Helfrich, WHOI Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88488697422?pwd=ZWVBMWZPdkh6L0hQMm9tNDJhbEhnQT09 Meeting ID: 884…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar:Likely Weakening of the Florida Current During the Past Century Revealed by Sea-Level Observations
Chris Piecuch, WHOI Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86399026678?pwd=dEhlKzBhRC8vVXFXOU9xbkVyMDludz09 Meeting ID: 863…
Read MorePhysical 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. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83612044961?pwd=Y01JMS9GWmFPdFBZbnRETkF3Y2U2QT09…
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.
