Speaker Mary-Louise Timmermans, Ph.D., Damon Wells Professor of Earth and Planetary Science, Yale Dynamics of the Beaufort Gyre in a Changing Arctic Abstract The Beaufort Gyre circulation system is a central part of the Arctic climate undergoing significant change across all environmental parameters. The talk presents two decades (2003-2024) of intensive observations in the Beaufort […]
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Bio@Noon Seminar, Sept. 24
Speaker Holly Bik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Marine Sciences, U. of Georgia Stories from a single worm: searching for novel symbioses in marine nematodes Abstract In marine ecosystems, bacterial symbionts are known to influence the development and environmental adaptation of host organisms. However, our knowledge of symbiosis in microbial metazoan taxa (animal species <1mm […]
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Speaker Tetsu Hara, Ph.D., Professor of Oceanography, URI Graduate School of Oceanography Does the Stoke drift affect propagation of surface waves? Abstract Spectral surface wave models predict the wave action evolution of multiple wave components. It is well understood that the group speed of the wave action of a particular wave component is modified if […]
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Speaker Paula Pérez-Brunius, Ph.D. ’02, Faculty Member, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada Transport, Dispersion, and Mixing Processes in the Gulf of Mexico: A Lagrangian perspective Abstract This talk presents a thematic mosaic of several studies that examine diverse aspects of tracer transport, dispersion, and mixing in the Gulf of Mexico. […]
Continue reading "Physical Oceanography Seminar, Sept. 5"New Funded Research in Q4 of FY2025
In the third quarter of FY 2025, GSO received $8.5 million in research funding. GSO researchers also submitted and/or participated in more than $66.3 million in proposals during this quarter, including $45.4 million for the Year 7 increment of the NOAA Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute. This table shows individual new awards made to GSO in Q4:
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November 2024 —April 2025 The Ocean State of Mind Film Fest celebrates stories that inspire a reconnection with the ocean by screening short ocean films curated from the 2024 San Diego Undersea Film Exhibition, one of the most prestigious underwater film festivals worldwide. As part of the Coastal State Discussion Series sponsored by R.I. Sea […]
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By Bill Ibelle With the national economy in flux, fulfilling GSO’s mission to “build the blue economyworkforce” requires the ability to adapt to a changing world. That’s where advisors like Anthony Mercurio come in. Mercurio serves on GSO’s Advisory Council, where he brings a private industry perspective to GSO’s top-tiered academic setting. He has spent […]
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Ocean science is entering a pivotal decade, one shaped by urgent global challenges and the need for bold, forward-looking research. I was honored to help lead an effort to meet these challenges as co-chair of the National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) committee tasked with creating a 10-year vision for the National Science […]
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