[SEMCO] July Schedule for Science Made Public Talks

[Kathy Patterson]

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Science Made Public
All talks held at the WHOI Ocean Science Exhibit Center
15 School Street, Woods Hole

Link: http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=44975

July 13, 2:30 p.m.
*Red Sea Oceanography: A Saudi-U.S. Collaboration*
Amy Bower, Physical Oceanography Department

The Red Sea, which connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Indian Ocean, 
is an ocean basin of local, regional and global significance for human 
activities. It is fringed by extensive coral reefs, many in pristine 
condition, that provide critical habitat for marine life, support 
several important fisheries and attract tourists. This region has 
previously been off-limits to oceanographers, but a new collaboration 
between WHOI and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology 
(KAUST) has provided new opportunities for studying the Red Sea. Learn 
about the importance of the Red Sea and exciting new results about the 
currents from the first comprehensive large-scale survey of these waters 
done in March 2010.

July 20, 2:30 p.m.
*Chasing Uncertainty in the East China Sea*
Glen Gawarkiewicz, Physical Oceanography Department

Marine scientists today routinely use complex computer models to study 
ocean circulation and sound propagation in the ocean. Because of the 
complexity of the ocean circulation, these models have both strengths 
and weaknesses relative to the many processes which we observe in the 
real ocean. To test ocean and acoustic models in the East China Sea, a 
large Taiwanese/U.S. field effort occurred in late summer of 2008 and 
2009 to study how well ocean models and acoustic propagation models are 
able to forecast in the complex continental shelf and slope environment 
northeast of Taiwan. Along the way, encounters with typhoons, canyons, 
squid, and international diplomacy will be described.

July 27, 2:30 p.m.
*It’s All About the Oil*
George Hampson, Oceanographer Emeritus, Biology Department

Oil is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons which vary greatly in molecular 
structure. Oil refineries process crude oil into useful products from 
gasoline to asphalt. All of these oils and by products have different 
toxicity depending on their chemical makeup. Learn about long-term 
studies of oils spills right here in Buzzards Bay and their impacts on 
the environment.



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