I recently delivered a public webinar to the Royal Society of Tasmania. In this lecture I presented my recent research into the response of the Southern Ocean to human-caused changes in the atmosphere. The lecture was recorded and you can view it online.
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Moving to IMAS
I’ve recently accepted a new position at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) in Hobart, Tasmania as part of the new Australian Antarctic Partnership Program, starting in November.
Aronnax: an idealised isopycnal model
I spent the first part of my PhD working with a very simplified model of the ocean – the science didn’t go anywhere, but eventually the model did. After moving to MIT I was lucky enough to work with a real programmer and together we improved the model substantially. I learnt a lot working with Alexey, and am very excited about the new and improved model. It’s easier to use, comes with vastly improved documentation, and the Fortran is hidden behind a friendly Python wrapper. Our short paper describing the model has just been published in the Journal of Open Source Software.
If you’ve been looking for a fast and flexible isopycnal model, then Aronnax might be just what you’re after.
Southern Ocean workshop
I recently attended a Southern Ocean workshop in Colorado, USA, where my presentation was recorded and posted online. I spoke about the influence of the Southern Annular Mode (the strength and latitude of the Roaring Forties) on sea ice extent around Antarctica.
Is this how you feel?
Yesterday I discovered Is this how you feel?
Australian climate scientists were asked to hand write letters describing their feelings. Those letters show the emotional toll that we as a society are inflicting on our climate scientists – and yet many of them are optimistic about the future.
Go to the website. Read some of the letters and share their stories with your friends.
Welcome
The experience of being a scientist can be much like the duck pictured above; head down and focused on the details. Since arriving in Oxford I’ve come to realise that science without communication, while no less worthy, is much less useful. This then, is my attempt to come up for air and to not always be like the duck in the picture.
Edward Doddridge 