Events on campus, May through October, 2024
Continue reading "Happenings on the Waterfront"Happenings on the Waterfront
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New Faculty
Assistant Professor Erin Peck Like many things in life, Erin Peck’s decision to become a coastal geomorphologist was a bit of an accident. “I started college pre-med, but it only lasted about a week,” she says. “When I decided to transfer out of calculus, the only open class was geology. It immediately spoke to me. […]
Continue reading "New Faculty"Ocean Robotics Lab Construction, December 2024
12/19/24: The contractor has completed the installation of foundation reinforcing steel and is wrapping up the formwork to prepare for pouring of foundation walls before the New Year. The elevator pit walls and rough-in of the conduits for electrical supply are also complete. After some pending foundation waterproofing and drainage work, the site will be […]
Continue reading "Ocean Robotics Lab Construction, December 2024"Bio@Noon Seminar, December 11 – Laura Eme, Ph.D., Université Paris-Saclay
Speaker Laura Eme, Ph.D., Université Paris-Saclay The Origin(s) of Eukaryotes Abstract The origin of the eukaryotic cell remains one of the most contentious puzzles in evolutionary biology. It is now clear that eukaryotic cells represent hybrid organisms: they exhibit a mixture of archaeal and bacterial features, as well as a vast number of eukaryotic-specific ones. […]
Continue reading "Bio@Noon Seminar, December 11 – Laura Eme, Ph.D., Université Paris-Saclay"Physical Oceanography Seminar, December 6
Speaker Ruth Musgrave, Ph.D., Asst. Professor of Oceanography, Dalhousie University The Role of Super-Inertial, Coastally Trapped Waves in Tidal Energy Pathways Abstract In this talk I will discuss tidal energy pathways with a focus on the role of coastally trapped waves. In particular, I will describe the generation of super-inertial coastally trapped waves by the […]
Continue reading "Physical Oceanography Seminar, December 6"Bio@Noon Seminar, December 4 – David Richardson, Ph.D., Research Fisheries Biologist, Oceans and Climate Branch, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA
Speaker David Richardson, Ph.D., Research Fisheries Biologist, Oceans and Climate Branch, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Spawning in the Western Atlantic Ocean There is currently a lack of consensus on the spatial, seasonal and decadal-scale persistence in the patterns of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) spawning in the western North Atlantic Ocean. […]
Continue reading "Bio@Noon Seminar, December 4 – David Richardson, Ph.D., Research Fisheries Biologist, Oceans and Climate Branch, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA"Narrow River “Overturns”
An unusual (but not abnormal) event—an overturn (also called a ventilation) of bottom waters—happened in the Upper Pond of Narrow River on Saturday, November 16, 2024. The resulting hydrogen sulfide (rotten egg) smell was strongest near Upper Pond in North Kingston but has been noticed as far away as the Walgreen’s on Boston Neck Road. A […]
Continue reading "Narrow River “Overturns”"New Funded Research in Q1 of FY2025
In the first quarter of FY 2025, GSO received $39.4 million in research funding. GSO researchers also submitted and/or participated in more than $15.4 million in proposals during this quarter. This table shows individual new awards made to GSO in Q1:
Continue reading "New Funded Research in Q1 of FY2025"STEEP Seminar, November 20
Speaker Joseph Braun, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology, Brown University PFAS Exposure and Its Health Impacts: Understanding Sources, Health Risks and Interventions Abstract Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent chemicals found in nearly all humans and are suspected to contribute to various metabolic disruptions. PFAS exposure, particularly during key developmental periods, may increase the risk […]
Continue reading "STEEP Seminar, November 20"Physical Oceanography Seminar, November 22
Speaker Kurt Polzin, Assoc. Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution A Brazil Basin Reprise Abstract A series of recent modeling studies [Drake et al. 2022, Ledwell 2024] concerning an iconic tracer release in the Brazil Basin [Polzin et al. 1997, Ledwell et al. 2000] document levels of diapycnal mixing required to explain the long term dispersion […]
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