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Author: Veronica Tamsitt

I'm a PhD student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla California. My research is focused on the Southern Ocean circulation and it's role in climate. For my research I sometimes spend months at sea on ice breakers collecting data, and at other times spend months analyzing computer models.
Changing winds drive more ocean heat capture
Climate Change

Changing winds drive more ocean heat capture

A team of scientists look to the Southern Ocean to show where and why the ocean has been storing extra…
January 5, 2018 Veronica Tamsitt
Antarctic krill retreat to icy terrace homes for the winter
Biological oceanography

Antarctic krill retreat to icy terrace homes for the winter

An international research time dives beneath the ice in Antarctica's remote oceans to understand how krill larvae make use of…
December 6, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Mixing it up in the Southern Ocean
Physical oceanography

Mixing it up in the Southern Ocean

A team of scientists used underwater ocean gliders to measure ocean turbulence and mixing along the Antarctic continental slope and…
November 8, 2017November 8, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Making waves in the Southern Ocean
ocean engineering

Making waves in the Southern Ocean

Scientists from the Applied Physics Laboratory in Seattle tested a wave-powered ocean robot in the treacherous, turbulent waters of the…
October 9, 2017October 9, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Return from the deep: three-dimensional pathways of upwelling in the Southern Ocean
Physical oceanography

Return from the deep: three-dimensional pathways of upwelling in the Southern Ocean

A group of scientists mapped the pathways of deep water to the sea surface in three-dimensions for the first time,…
September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Coastal waves link far-off winds to melting Antarctic ice
Climate Change

Coastal waves link far-off winds to melting Antarctic ice

The ocean surrounding Antarctica is warming, rapidly melting ice shelves from below. Scientists have now discovered that strong winds thousands…
August 8, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Book Review Climate Change

Antarctica’s growing green space

As the planet warms, Antarctic land ice is retreating rapidly in some regions, and along with this, small pockets of…
July 10, 2017July 10, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Conservation

Current connections: how far away coastlines influence marine reserves

A research team used a state-of-the-art model to map how four remote Marine Protected Areas are connected to the surrounding…
June 13, 2017June 12, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Physical oceanography Plastic Pollution

The end of the line for ocean plastics

A team of researchers set out on an Expedition around the Arctic Ocean to prove what scientists have long suspected:…
May 8, 2017May 8, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Book Review Sea Ice

Atlantic confirmed as accomplice in Arctic sea ice loss

A team of scientist gathered new evidence from the Arctic Ocean, revealing a new suspect responsible for rapidly melting Arctic…
April 10, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Book Review Physical oceanography

Oceans absorb more carbon with weaker ocean circulation

A team of researchers investigate why the ocean has been absorbing more carbon from the atmosphere in recent decades, and…
March 9, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Physical oceanography

Antarctica’s bottom waters freshen up

A team of researchers went back to the same part of Antarctic after a decade to see how the deep…
February 8, 2017February 8, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Book Review Physical oceanography

Earth’s strongest current even stronger than previously thought

The Antarctic Circumpolar current, which wraps around Antarctica and connects the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, is notoriously difficult to…
January 13, 2017January 11, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Sea Ice

Pole wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Sea Ice

In the sea ice battle between the North Pole and the South Pole, there is no winner in 2016, as…
December 12, 2016 Veronica Tamsitt
Biological oceanography Biology Climate Change Sea Ice

Positive real estate outlook for Antarctic krill

An Australian research team predict future sea-ice habitats for Antarctic krill larvae, and are surprised to find more suitable ice…
November 2, 2016 Veronica Tamsitt
Sea-level Rise

Tide records could have underestimated global sea level rise

New analysis of 100 years of sea level measurements from tide gauges show that we might be underestimating the global…
October 14, 2016October 14, 2016 Veronica Tamsitt
Climate Change

Why the Southern Ocean is getting less salty

The Southern Ocean has been getting less salty for decades, and scientists have finally proved that sea-ice is responsible for…
September 6, 2016 Veronica Tamsitt
Climate Change

Looking to the tropics to explain Antarctica’s expanding ice

Scientists confirm an surprising explanation for Antarctica's expanding sea ice in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
August 5, 2016 Veronica Tamsitt
Physical oceanography

Seals put on their thinking caps for under-ice science

Scientists investigate warm water that drives melting in Antarctica with the help of some seals with high-tech hats.
July 8, 2016July 6, 2016 Veronica Tamsitt
Physical oceanography

Ocean circulation keeping it cool in Antarctica

A group of scientists have delved deeper to solve the puzzle of why the ocean around Antarctica has been cooling,…
June 6, 2016 Veronica Tamsitt

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