Speaker Professor J. Xavier Prochaska, UC Santa Cruz Sea Meets the Stars: How AI is Accelerating the Scientific Pursuit Abstract In less than 10 years, advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have built systems to distinguish cats from dogs, translate English to Japanese, and record your sentiment on Facebook. With the appearance of chat-bots, AI has […]
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Physical Oceanography Seminar, March 29
Speaker Georgi Sutyrin, Emeritus Marine Research Scientist, GSO The Rossby waves and long-lived vortices: enemies or friends? Abstract Mesoscale variability is known to dominate the oceanic kinetic energy (KE) playing a major role in the general circulation and climate change. External forcing creates basin-scale oceanic gyres with sloping isopycnals, providing a major energy source for […]
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Speaker Viviane Menezes, Asst. Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Deep Madagascar Basin Experiment: Antarctic Bottom Water Spreading in the Southwestern Indian Ocean Abstract This presentation will discuss the Deep Madagascar Basin (DMB) Experiment that began in 2023. The DMB aims to understand the Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) pathways from the deep fracture zones of the […]
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Speaker Bronwyn Cahill, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemünde Deconstructing co-occurring marine heatwave and phytoplankton bloom events in the Western Baltic Sea in 2018 Abstract Between May and August 2018, two separate marine heatwaves (MHWs) occurred in the Arkona Sea in the western Baltic Sea. These heatwaves bookended an extended period of phytoplankton growth […]
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Speaker Benjamin Barr, Postdoctoral Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Seastate-Dependent Sea Spray Heat Fluxes and Impacts on Tropical Cyclone Structure and Intensity Using Fully Coupled Atmosphere-Wave-Ocean Model Simulations Abstract Air-sea fluxes of sensible and latent heat are fundamental to the energetics of tropical cyclones (TCs) and their intensity. The contributions of sea spray to air-sea heat […]
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Aboard GSO, Fall 2023 Day-to-day life here on the URI Narragansett Bay Campus is a constant reminder of our founding Dean John A. Knauss’ belief that oceanographers can do anything. I couldn’t agree more—we are a unique group. Oceanographers are interdisciplinary, big-picture thinkers who code, start businesses, spend countless hours in labs, roam the halls […]
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Speaker Einat Lev, Assoc. Research Prof., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Field and laboratory investigations of lava rheology Abstract Lava and magma are complex multi-phase fluids comprised of liquid silicate melt, solid crystals, and gas bubbles. The physical properties of lava depend on the interactions between these phases. Yet, despite their critical impact on conduit and flow […]
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Speaker Dr. Harriet Lau, Assistant Professor, Brown University Evolving Solid Earth Dynamics as a Trigger for the Mid Pleistocene Transition Abstract Milankovitch cycles—orbital modulations in Earth’s insolation—are thought to pace ice ages over the last 2.6 million years, with dominant periods associated with changes in precession (~20,000 years) and obliquity (~40,000 years). While Milankovitch cycles […]
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Applications are being accepted now through February 15, 2024, by 5 p.m. EST. Rhode Island applications are due to the Rhode Island Sea Grant (RISG) office. All applications must be submitted through the eSeaGrant web platform. RISG will be hosting three information sessions to provide information on fellowship details, accessing eSeaGrant and developing a fellowship […]
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“A microfossil history from the bottom of the sea: sharks, fish, mass extinctions, and 85 million years of global change” Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Sibert, Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutione Abstract Fish are the most diverse group of vertebrates on the planet today, and the type and abundance of fish present in the marine ecosystem […]
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