Within the context of the WHIRLS Scientific Talk Series, we will host a webinar approximately once a month—on the second Wednesday of each month—featuring a scientific presentation within the WHIRLS thematic framework, followed by a discussion. The presentations will be given by both project members and external subject-matter experts.
If you are interested in presenting as part of this series, please feel free to contact areitz@geomar.de.
The following presentations are planned for the coming months:
- Wednesday, 11 November2027, 15:00-16:00 CET
Presenter 1: Tristan Mitchell, UCT (University of Cape Town)
Title: Variability of size-fractionated chlorophyll a concentrations in a cyclonic–anticyclonic eddy pair in the Cape Basin, South Atlantic Ocean
Presenter 2: Vivienne Banks, UCT (University of Cape Town)
Title: Probing the Nutrient Dynamics in the ‘Cape Cauldron’ - Wednesday, 09 December2027, 15:00-16:00 CET
Presenter: Leon Mock, GEOMAR (Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)
Title: Submesoscale processes reduce water mass retention in Agulhas Rings - Wednesday, 13 January2027, 15:00-16:00 CET
Presenter: Lars Stemmann, LOV (Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche)/Sorbonne Universite
Title: tbc - Wednesday, 10 February, 15:00-16:00 CET
Presenter: Agostino N. Meroni, University of Milano-Bicocca
Title: tbc
Past presentations:
- Wednesday, 14 October2026, 15:00-16:00 CET
Presenter: Marcel du Plessis, University of Gothenburg
Title: Closing the Gap: New observational perspectives on air-sea heat and momentum exchange in the South Atlantic - Wednesday, 13 May2026, 15:00-16:00 CET
Presenter: Luc Lenain, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Title: An unprecedented view of ocean surface (and near surface) currents - Wednesday, 08 April2026, 15:00-16:00 CET
Presenter: Rene Schubert, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Title: Centrifugal Effects in the Ocean - Wednesday, 11 March2026, 15:00-16:00 CET
Presenter: Sabrina Speich, Ecole Normale Supérieure
Title: From Observations to Theory: Decoding the Physics of Ocean Mesoscale Eddies - Wednesday, 10 December2025, 15:00-16:00 CET
Presenter: Mara Freilich, Brown University
Title: Observing submesoscale impacts on microbial community structure - Wednesday, 12 November2025, 15:00-16:00 CET
Presenter: Arne Biastoch, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Title: The importance of Agulhas leakage on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and a 101 in ocean modelling - Wednesday, 8 October2025, 15:00-16:00 CET
Presenter: Sarah Fawcett, University of Cape Town
Title: Nutrient transport, supply, and consumption in the Agulhas Current system: implications for productivity, carbon export, and climateNutrient transport, supply, and consumption in the Agulhas Current system: implications for productivity, carbon export, and climate