#oceanographer — Public Fediverse posts

Tracking Aftermath From #HurricaneErin on #Ocean
#Meteorologists piece together aftereffects in #hurricane’s path, and look ahead to future storms.
One key signature is temperature. Ocean is layered like a cake, with warm water on top and cold water below. #Hurricanes churn those layers, bringing cooler water to surface. Because hurricanes feed on heat, this cooling effect could weaken future storms in area, said Greg Foltz, #oceanographer at #NOAA
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/climate/hurricane-erin-wake-mixing-temperature.html
https://archive.ph/QZk0E

'We don't really consider it low probability anymore': Collapse of key #Atlantic current could have catastrophic impacts, says #oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf
he Atlantic #Ocean's most vital ocean current (#AMOC), which includes the #GulfStream, acts as a planetary conveyor belt bringing nutrients, oxygen and heat north from tropical waters, while moving colder water south, is showing troubling signs of reaching a disastrous tipping point.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/we-dont-really-consider-it-low-probability-anymore-collapse-of-key-atlantic-current-could-have-catastrophic-impacts-says-oceanographer-stefan-rahmstorf #climatechange #cliamtecrisis

“It’s basically just sitting there, spinning around & it will very slowly #melt — as long as it stays there. What we don’t know is how quickly it will… come out of this,” said Alex Brearley, an #oceanographer & head of Open #Oceans research grp at the British #Antarctic Survey.

…#Iceberg #A23a is caught in a #TaylorColumn, a current that forms around seamounts. Standard flow diverges around the mount & creates a stagnant cylinder of fluids above it, slowly rotating the water counterclockwise.

Skyrocketing #ocean temps have scientists scratching their heads, "it’s looking like it’s already June out there"
Oceans steadily warmed over decades, absorbing ~90% of extra heat humans have added to the atmosphere. “The oceans are our saviors, in a way,” says #oceanographer #FranciscoChavez of #MBARI “Things might be a lot worse in terms of #climate impacts, because a lot of that heat is not only kept at the surface, it’s taken to depths.”
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/skyrocketing-ocean-temperatures-have-scientists-scratching-their-heads/ #climatechange #climatecrisis

I decided to become an #oceanographer because 30 years ago — as an undergraduate Philosophy major — I was chosen to go on an oceanographic research cruise.

Never underestimate the power of random events to change the course of one's life.

https://archive.org/details/ldpd_12981092_034/page/158/mode/2up

Every summer, #USFCMS runs an amazing, free 3 week #Oceanography #Camp for 8th grade #girls in #Pinellas County #Florida - please share with the future #oceanographer in your life! #outreach #science #women #STEM #ocean

My department at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is looking for a #deep-sea #biological #oceanographer at the Assistant #Professor level. Please share.
https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawaiiedu/jobs/3831597/assistant-professor-deep-sea-oceanography-pos0082368?keywords=82368&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs

Happy #Caturday. Loving the #mastodon community. @ed_hawkins and I would like to introduce Sverdrup, named after the Norwegian #oceanographer and #meteorologist - Harald Sverdrup; also a unit of measure in the #ocean - 1 million cubic metres per second #catsofmastodon

Today's Google Doodle is about Marie Tharp, a pioneering #oceanographer. Click the animation to learn about her - the video and activities are great!

https://www.google.com/

For more on Marie Tharp: https://marietharp.ldeo.columbia.edu/about-marie-tharp

#ocean #WomenInSTEM #PlateTectonics #EarthScience

As an #introduction - I’m an #oceanographer that literally follows the dots! I design, build and deploy #imaging systems that measure #marine #particles and use them as tracers to visualise #turbulence. It’s fun to apply these techniques to other things too - like tracking foraging #seabirds in flight. Teach #dataanalysis #optics and #autonomoussystems. Enjoy #tech #datavis #climbing #mountains #kitesurfing and #cats

#introduction
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I'm a researcher studying coastal, deep-sea and under-ice fishes and the processes surrounding their distribution, behavior, and their roles in a sustainable future.

Currently finishing a PhD in #fisheries science and working at aslenv.com as an #acoustican / biological #oceanographer

I love to hear about entrepreneurship in ocean tech, coding geniuses changing the way we deal with #bigdata, and all about new and old discoveries about our #oceans.

born at ~350 ppm