Polar Research
Physical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Subtropical Icebergs and Meltwater Routing in the Western North Atlantic
Alan Condron, WHOI 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 MoreAOP&E Department Virtual Seminar: Recent Fracture and Melt Dynamics of the West Ice Shelf and Its Tributary Glaciers in East Antarctica
Catherine Walker, WHOI This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/93873912253?pwd=Rmo0OXpTT2tJQmNsSzRVNTNwMG1Sdz09 Meeting ID: 938 7391 2253 Passcode: xF&4Gh…
Read MoreA rare mission north
Serendipitous science mission aboard the Polar Star provides “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to collect critical ocean data below the ice
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Exploring Ocean Dynamics Beneath Ice Shelves with Radar
Irena Vankova, British Antarctic Survey, UK Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/97073458686?pwd=U01aa2FpRStyVzFFbEREeG9laUF6QT09…
Read MoreIcebergs Drifting from Canada to Southern Florida
Using high resolution seafloor mapping, radiocarbon dating and a new iceberg model, the team analyzed about 700 iceberg scours (“plow marks” on the seafloor left behind by the bottom parts of icebergs dragging through marine sediment) from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to the Florida Keys.
Massive icebergs from Hudson Bay used to travel all the way to Florida, research suggests
“What our model suggests is that these icebergs get caught up in the currents created by glacial meltwater, and basically surf their way along the coast,” Condron said.
The ocean science-art connection
Some of the most complex insights in marine science are no match for the communicative power of art. Check out these five recent collaborations between ocean scientists and artists
Read MoreAOP&E Department Virtual Seminar:Interactions of Upper Ocean and Sea Ice in the Arctic Ocean: Small-Scale Processes and Their Large-Scale Implications
Madison Smith, University of Washington Sponsored by: AOP&E Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81616654629?pwd=UE5FNUpDTlJRdjVLYTVrL3REbFVIZz09 Meeting ID:…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: How Much Arctic Fresh Water Participates in the Subpolar Overturning Circulation?
Isabela Le Bras, WHOI Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/97073458686?pwd=U01aa2FpRStyVzFFbEREeG9laUF6QT09 Meeting ID:…
Read MoreNOAA Live! Webinar: Breaking Up is Hard To Do: River Ice Breakup in Alaska
Crane Johnson, NOAA’s National Weather Service Alaska Pacific River Forecast Center, Anchorage, AK Sponsored by: NOAA & Woods Hole Sea…
Read MoreWHOI research in five inhospitable locations
Whether they’re under the ice at the furthest poles or hovering above the ocean’s deepest volcanoes, these researchers get the job done.
Read MoreFrom Art to Science: the Anatomy of Glaciers
A visually exciting discussion about Greenland glacial photography and science, featuring WHOI glaciologist Sarah Das and professional aerial photographer Roger Fishman.
Read MoreChanging climate: In-depth coverage of our changing climate and environmental issues
Tracking change in the Arctic Ocean
Changes in the Arctic Ocean are becoming clearer, thanks to an ocean monitoring network maintained by WHOI researchers in the Beaufort Gyre since 2003.
Read MoreUnexpected life is discovered in a deep, dark Antarctic world
See a Tampa scientist’s views of mysterious Greenland ice holes
Using ropes, researchers explore chambers hundreds of feet below the surface of the Greenland ice sheet.
WHOI builds bridges with Arctic Indigenous communities
NSF program fosters collaboration between indigenous communities and traditional scientists, allowing WHOI’s autonomous vehicles to shed light on a changing Arctic
Read MoreAOP&E Department Virtual Seminar: Waves and Ice, In Two Parts (Signals and Noise)
Jim Thomson, University of Washington Sponsored by: AOP&E Department This will be held virtually. Please Join: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/93873912253?pwd=Rmo0OXpTT2tJQmNsSzRVNTNwMG1Sdz09 Meeting ID: 938…
Read MoreFrom north to south pole, climate scientists grapple with pandemic disruptions
Carin Ashjian, a biological oceanographer at WHOI who studies the impact of climate on ecology, was also on the ship then and remembers that “there were a lot of mixed feelings” when news of the pandemic hit them in March. She described how they were both worried about the safety of people back home, while feeling relief that they were protected from the virus by their geographic isolation.
NOAA Live! Webinar: Sea Ice
Becki Heim, NOAA’s National Weather Service, AK Sponsored by: NOAA and Woods Hole Sea Grant This will be held virtually.…
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Meltwater Drainage Dominates the Recent History of Thwaites Glacier as Recorded by Offshore Sediments
Lauren Simkins, University of Virginia Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Zoom link: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/92438868687
Read MoreBreaking the ice on melting and freezing
“Ice deforms as it melts,” said WHOI physical oceanographer Claudia Cenedese, who has worked with Hester on the project. “It makes these very weird shapes, especially on the bottom, like the way the wind shapes a mountain on a longer time scale.”
Hunger in the Arctic prompts focus on causes, not symptoms
As Arctic Inuit communities try to cope with extreme food insecurity, researchers look for answers
Read MoreG&G Department Virtual Seminar: Future Climate Response to Antarctic Ice Sheet Melt Produced by Anthropogenic Warming
Shaina Sadai, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Sponsored by: G&G Department This will be held virtually. Zoom details: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/98028388697?pwd=Wm93QkVZRkQrUlZvbnRHTW93NERsZz09 Meeting ID:…
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