Polar Research
Physical 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:…
Read MoreWoods Hole scientist part of MOSAiC expedition that spent year researching Arctic ecosystem
The research vessel Polarstern returned to its home port in Germany Monday after spending a year locked in thick sea ice, floating in the Arctic Ocean and gathering data. Among those onboard was Carin Ashjian, a senior scientist and biology department chairwoman at WHOI.
WHOI oceanographer completes epic Arctic mission
The largest Arctic science expedition in history has ended, with the return of the German icebreaker Polarstern to its home port of Bremerhaven more than one year after it departed Tromso, Norway.
Read MoreArctic Science Mission Wraps Up as Research Ship Docks in Germany
After a year spent drifting across the top of the world, frozen in sea ice, a German research ship returned home on Monday, ending the largest Arctic science expedition in history, one aimed at better understanding a region that is rapidly changing as the world warms.
Epic Arctic Mission Ends
An epic mission ended as the German icebreaker Polarstern returned home Oct. 12, 2020, after being frozen near the top of the world for nearly a year to study all aspects of the Arctic system.
Read MoreWHOI-NOAA Partnership Tackles Critical Gap In Climate Knowledge
Researchers at WHOI were awarded a $500,000 grant from the NOAA Climate Observations and Monitoring program to develop machine learning tools to improve estimates of air-sea heat exchange in the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
Antarctic Ice Sheet Loss Expected to Affect Future Climate Change
The research team reports that their new models with the added ice melt information reveal important interacting processes and demonstrate a need to accurately account for meltwater input from ice sheets in order to make confident climate predictions.
Read MoreAntarctic ice loss expected to affect future climate change
In a new climate modeling study that looked at the impacts of accelerated ice melt from the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) on future climate, a team of climate scientists reports that future ice-sheet melt is expected to have significant effects on global climate.
Penguin math – Science & Tech – WORLD
Penguins may not know anything about math, but their formations align with sophisticated physics and geometry concepts. The research validates an earlier study in which a team of researchers with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution used robotic, high-resolution cameras at a remote Antarctic research station to monitor the penguins’ behavior and measure the movements of individuals within the colony.
