Including Early Career Scientists Meeting (19/05/2025) and Workshop on robotic platforms (23/05/2025)
Unravelling the impact of ocean fine-scale whirls on our climate and ecosystems
We are pleased to announce our first ERC-Synergy project WHIRLS General Assembly (GA) after one year since WHIRLS kicked off. The GA will take place at the Dockyard Hotel in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The GA will provide an in-depth overview of the interdisciplinary science conducted and planned in WHIRLS combining the expertise in ocean observing and modelling.
The core of the WHIRLS GA will be held from 20 – 22 May; and the first two days (20-21/03) will be open to invited guest. These first two days will be about showcasing and discussing emerging research, informing about WHIRLS developments and collaborations, presenting and discussing WHIRLS experimental plan for observations and modelling.
The WHIRLS GA is accompanied by side events, starting with the ice-breaker for the WHIRLS Early Career Scientists (ECS) on Sunday evening, 18 May followed by a day of skill-development workshops such as data visualization, science communication and data management for ECS and interested WHIRLS members on Monday, 19 May. On Friday, 23 May we offer an open workshop on autonomous robotic observations for about half a day.
About WHIRLS
Fine-scale ocean dynamics play an important role in the exchange of heat and carbon between the ocean and the atmosphere. They influence the ocean’s ability to mitigate climate change, as well as how the ocean is affected by climate change. Funded by the European Research Council (ERC), the WHIRLS project zooms in on such fine-scale processes and explores their impact on climate, marine biogeochemistry and biodiversity. Physical oceanographers with specialisation in modelling and observations and biogeochemists from Germany, France, Sweden and South Africa work together to improve our understanding of the ocean’s fine scale, and our ability to predict future changes in our ocean and climate.