Mike Dinniman, a CCPO research scientist, was acknowledged in the latest issue of Earth and Space
Science News (EOS) magazine about his work with the West Antarctic
Glacier-Ocean Model Project, a workshop held at the Abu Dhabi
campus of New York University last year. See the full article
here.
In addition, Mike presented a seminar on "Ocean Melting of Antarctic Ice
Shelves; Why Do We Care and The Tricky Business of Modeling How It Might Change<94> for the CCPO &
MARI Seminar series. His discussion focused on mass loss from a floating ice shelf, how melting
affects sea level rise, and regional simulations of water movement and glacial melt for the West
Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) and the Ross Sea. To learn more about the seminar series, click
here
Science Pubs Event: Dr. Ben Hamlington
You have likely seen advertising for Old Dominion University's Science
Pubs. Yes, Science Pubs means that beer is involved! The general
public is able to meet with sea level rise researchers from ODU at
local pubs to discuss the area's growing concern about the changing
climate. Michelle Covi, Assistant Professor of Practice of the Ocean,
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (OEAS) department at ODU and Virginia
Sea Grant Extension Partner for the Mitigation & Adaptation Research
Institute, had the idea connecting research to community.
These events are unlike seminars or lectures because they have an
informal setting and the purpose is to engage with everyday people who
want to learn more about adapting to rising sea level. The result is
a broad ranging discussion with experts about current problems and
possible solutions for locally rising sea level.
Local residents were able to meet Dr. Joshua Behr at the first Science
Pubs in September at O'Connor Brewing Company in Norfolk. Dr. Behr
posed the very real question, "Should I Get Outta Dodge?". He
addressed common attitudes and perceptions about severe storms and
evacuation which generated considerable discussion.
Monday's Science Pubs at the St. George Co. in Hampton, Va. drew a
large crowd to hear Ben Hamlington, Assistant Professor in the
OEAS department, explain what we actually know about sea level rise
from a unique perspective: space. Dr. Hamlington and the Science Pub
discussion was featured in today's Virginian Pilot (
click here to read
the article and to learn more about Science Pubs). Among the audience
was a group of science teachers and NASA colleagues who enjoyed the
conversation and learning a bit more about global sea level rise
patterns
Michelle is working with the ODU Office of Community Engagement and
Office of Research to plan the next Science Pubs for the spring
semester. Look for the event popping up in Virginia Beach and
Portsmouth next semester.
Summer REU focus: Sara Doermann
Sara is a junior marine science major at the University of South Carolina. Her
research project is entitled "Improved estimate of 20th Century
Global Mean Sea Level Using Tide Gauge Clustering".
Her mentor is Dr. Ben Hamlington.
Learn more about Sara and her summer research in the fall issue of the
CCPO Circulation. More details of the REU program is provided in the
Summer CCPO
Circulation newsletter.
Summer REU focus: Jin-Si Over
Jin-Si is a junior geology major at the University of North Carolina - Wilmington. Her
research project is entitled "Contribution of Sea Surface Height
Changed and Subsidence to Local Sea Level Changes at the U.S. East
and West Coasts". Her mentor is Dr. Hans-Peter Plag.
Learn more about Jin-Si and her summer research in the fall issue of the
CCPO Circulation. More details of the REU program is provided in the
Summer CCPO
Circulation newsletter.
Summer REU focus: Zachary Wolff
Zachary is a junior meteorology major at Pennsylvania State University. His
research project is entitled "Eddy Length Scale in the Ross Sea from
Observations and a Model". His mentor is Dr. John Klinck.
Learn more about Zachary and his summer research in the fall issue of the
CCPO Circulation. More details of the REU program is provided in the
Summer CCPO
Circulation newsletter.
Three Undergrads spend Summer at CCPO doing research
The OEAS summer REU program has begun with 10 undergraduates spending
10 weeks at ODU working with various faculty in the department. Three
students are working with CCPO faculty. Sara Doermann, Jin-Si Over and
Zachary Wolff are working with Ben Hamlington, Hans-Peter Plag and
John Klinck, respectively.
Sara is a junior at U South Carolina majoring in marine science,
Jin-Si is a junior at UNC-Wilmington majoring in geology/oceanography,
and Zachary is a junior at Penn State majoring in meteorology.
The students arrived May 26 and are settling into the labs, meeting
each other and their advisors, and developing a research plan for the
summer. We look forward to hearing about their research successes in
the coming weeks.
Marine Disease Workshop Hosted at CCPO
The Research Coordination Network (RCN) program funded by NSF is
supporting research on diseases of marine organisms with a focus on
the transmission mechanisms. CCPO hosted a workshop May 11-15 on modeling of
marine diseases. Over 30 participants discussed various
aspects of marine diseases with a focus on withering syndrome in
abalone.
Several models were provided to the workshop participants as a
starting point for modeling diseases in abalone. Workshop participants
with expertise in experimental studies of marine disease collaborated
with modelers to define and represent host-pathogen processes in the
various models.
Presentations at the workshop are available on the workshop web pages
http://www.ccpo.odu.edu/RCNworkshop2015/workshop.html.
Workshop participants are also
identified along with various references for marine diseases and model
codes.
Eileen Hofmann, Professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences at
Old Dominion University, is part of an $11 million
grant from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)
for environmental studies funded by the
petroleum company BP in response to the
Macondo/Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout in 2010.
Full story
Professor Eileen E. Hofmann has been elected President of the Ocean Sciences section of the American Geophysical Union.
Section presidents serve 3 successive terms of 2 years duartion in different capacities. Her 2-year term as President-Elect will begin January 1, 2015. She will continue as Section President on January 1, 2017 and serve as Past-President starting January 1, 2019.
Dr. Hofmann has been a member of AGU since 1978. In the past, she served AGU as Ocean Sciences section secretary (1990-1992), member of the AGU Meetings Committee (1994-1998), chair of the Ewing Medical Committee (2006-2008) and member of the Geophysical Research Letters editor search committee (2009-2010). She was designated as Fellow of the AGU in 2013.
Dr. S. George Philander to Give 27th Endowed Ludwick
Lecture (April 10)
The Knox Taylor Professor of Geosciences at Princeton University, will give the
Ludwick Lecture on Thursday, April 10, 3 pm at the Oceanography/Physics Bldg. Rooom 200.
Professor Philander is a world renowned scientist in the field of atmosphere and ocean
dynamics, an author of over 100 research papers, a dozen book chapters and books on the
El-Niño phenomena, climate change and global
warming."El-Niño's Family Tree" is the topic of tomorrow's lecture.
ODU Announcement.
College of Sciences | Department of OEAS | Contact CCPO | ODU Directories
You have likely seen advertising for Old Dominion University's Science
Pubs. Yes, Science Pubs means that beer is involved! The general
public is able to meet with sea level rise researchers from ODU at
local pubs to discuss the area's growing concern about the changing
climate. Michelle Covi, Assistant Professor of Practice of the Ocean,
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (OEAS) department at ODU and Virginia
Sea Grant Extension Partner for the Mitigation & Adaptation Research
Institute, had the idea connecting research to community.
