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Author: Brian Caccioppoli

I am a recent graduate (Dec. 2015) from the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, with a M.S. in Oceanography. My research interests include the use of geophysical mapping techniques in continental shelf, nearshore and coastal environments, paleoceanography, sea-level reconstructions and climate change.
Climate Change Ecology Fisheries

Strengthening Winds and Upwelling in a Changing Climate

In 1990, Andrew Bakun hypothesized that warming temperatures and changes in sea-level pressure gradients would lead to warm season intensification…
July 16, 2014July 18, 2014 Brian Caccioppoli
Climate Change Sea-level Rise

Tipping the Domino in East Antarctica

Researchers use modeling experiments to understand the conditions necessary for irreversible melting in East Antarctica, a region previously thought to…
June 13, 2014June 13, 2014 Brian Caccioppoli
Climate Change Paleoceanography

Just How Permanent was El Niño in the Past?

New data refutes the hypothesis that permanent El Niño conditions existed in the tropical Pacific more than 3 million years…
May 16, 2014 Brian Caccioppoli
Biology Climate Change Paleoceanography

Ironing Out the Details of the Last Ice Age

"Give me a half tanker of iron and I will give you an ice age!", as was once said by…
April 17, 2014April 17, 2014 Brian Caccioppoli
Biology Climate Change Ecology Geology Paleoceanography

Hello Glaciers, Goodbye Winds!

With the intensification of glaciation in the northern hemisphere approximately 2.7 million years ago, the prominent westerly wind belts responded…
March 17, 2014March 9, 2016 Brian Caccioppoli
Climate Change

A Cool Breeze Amidst Global Warming

Climate scientists have affirmed that we are currently in a warming hiatus, similar to the 1940s - 1970s, where global…
February 14, 2014February 17, 2014 Brian Caccioppoli
Climate Change Geology Paleoceanography

Reconstructing climate history from sediments in the Gulf of Taranto, Italy

What was the climate like in Southern Italy 10,000 years ago? This question and many more can be answered by…
January 15, 2014January 15, 2014 Brian Caccioppoli
Geology

Riding the Waves of Change: A Revised Beach Cycle for Mixed Sand and Gravel Beaches

A seasonal cycle of sand volume for typical sand beaches has been described for decades. This cycle does not hold…
December 13, 2013December 13, 2013 Brian Caccioppoli
Geology

From the beach to the abyss: A sand grain’s journey at La Réunion Island

The path a grain of sand takes from land to the deep sea is largely made possible by turbidity currents-…
November 15, 2013November 15, 2013 Brian Caccioppoli
Geology

Catastrophic floods or drought? What caused the water level drop of glacial Lake Agassiz?

Formed from the meltwater of a colossal ice sheet that once blanketed North America, glacial Lake Agassiz experienced a sudden…
October 18, 2013October 18, 2013 Brian Caccioppoli

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