<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000099'><div><div style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><div><div><div><div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT525"></span></font><font style="font-style: italic;" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT526"></span></font><b>From: </b>"Kathy Patterson" <kpatterson@whoi.edu><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution<br>Science Made Public<br>All talks held at the WHOI Ocean Science Exhibit Center<br>15 School Street, Woods Hole<br><br>Link: http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=44975<br><br>July 13, 2:30 p.m.<br>*Red Sea Oceanography: A Saudi-U.S. Collaboration*<br>Amy Bower, Physical Oceanography Department<br><br>The Red Sea, which connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Indian Ocean, <br>is an ocean basin of local, regional and global significance for human <br>activities. It is fringed by extensive coral reefs, many in pristine <br>condition, that provide critical habitat for marine life, support <br>several important fisheries and attract tourists. This region has <br>previously been off-limits to oceanographers, but a new collaboration <br>between WHOI and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology <br>(KAUST) has provided new opportunities for studying the Red Sea. Learn <br>about the importance of the Red Sea and exciting new results about the <br>currents from the first comprehensive large-scale survey of these waters <br>done in March 2010.<br><br>July 20, 2:30 p.m.<br>*Chasing Uncertainty in the East China Sea*<br>Glen Gawarkiewicz, Physical Oceanography Department<br><br>Marine scientists today routinely use complex computer models to study <br>ocean circulation and sound propagation in the ocean. Because of the <br>complexity of the ocean circulation, these models have both strengths <br>and weaknesses relative to the many processes which we observe in the <br>real ocean. To test ocean and acoustic models in the East China Sea, a <br>large Taiwanese/U.S. field effort occurred in late summer of 2008 and <br>2009 to study how well ocean models and acoustic propagation models are <br>able to forecast in the complex continental shelf and slope environment <br>northeast of Taiwan. Along the way, encounters with typhoons, canyons, <br>squid, and international diplomacy will be described.<br><br>July 27, 2:30 p.m.<br>*It’s All About the Oil*<br>George Hampson, Oceanographer Emeritus, Biology Department<br><br>Oil is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons which vary greatly in molecular <br>structure. Oil refineries process crude oil into useful products from <br>gasoline to asphalt. All of these oils and by products have different <br>toxicity depending on their chemical makeup. Learn about long-term <br>studies of oils spills right here in Buzzards Bay and their impacts on <br>the environment.<br><br></div></body></html>