Speaker Christopher Horvat, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Brown University The Polar Tempest: ocean mixing and remote sensing at the sea ice floe scale Abstract Recent dramatic changes in both Arctic and Antarctic sea ice have profound consequences for the global climate system, yet modern climate models have long struggled to predict them. Here I will discuss […]

In the second quarter of FY 2025, GSO received $3.8 million in research funding. GSO researchers also submitted and/or participated in more than $9.4 million in proposals during this quarter. This table shows individual new awards made to GSO in Q2:

Speaker Jacquelyn Veatch, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Fine scale ocean features influence the spatial structure of a coastal marine food web Abstract The patchy distribution of prey in marine environments has a large effect on upper trophic level foraging strategies and distributions. While currents can disperse or concentrate low-motility plankton into patches […]

Speaker Bofu Zheng, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Dinoflagellate vertical migration fuels an intense red tide Abstract Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are increasing globally, causing economic, human health, and ecosystem harm. In spite of the frequent occurrence of HABs, the mechanisms responsible for their exceptionally high biomass remain imperfectly understood. A 50-y-old hypothesis […]

Speaker Yanxu Chen, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Eddy-Induced Air-Sea Coupling in Momentum and Heat Budgets Abstract The debate surrounding air-sea coupling focuses on determining whether the ocean or the atmosphere is the primary driver of momentum and heat transfers, and on elucidating the mechanisms that govern these processes across different scales. In […]