MITgcm Goes to Ocean Sciences 2026
This month, a taste of papers using MITgcm at this year’s Ocean Sciences Meeting.
2025 Research Roundup
Happy 2026: Another new year, yet another new research roundup! Best wishes as always to MITgcmers past, MITgcmers present and MITgcmers yet to come…
Modeling Ancient Wildfires
MITgcm sheds light on climate–vegetation–fire feedbacks in the early Triassic.
Modeling Ocean’s Most Abundant Oxygen Producer
Researchers use MITgcm to explore the response of Prochlorococcus to changes in the marine environment.
Modeling Cloudy Exoplanets
Researchers use MITgcm to simulate 3D cloud dynamics on WASP-80b, revealing how atmospheric feedback shapes the planet’s spectra.
Smarter Coastal Sea Level Forecasting
Researchers use MITgcm to help improve seasonal US Gulf and East Coast sea level forecasts.
A Cold Bloom: Modeling Productivity in West Greenland
MITgcm helps uncover link between glacier melt and coastal productivity in Greenland.
Probing Possible Tipping Points
Research using MITgcm reveals surprising shifts in Atlantic Ocean circulation under sudden climate forcing.
Seasonal Ocean Transport Along the Indian Coast
High-resolution modeling reveals how monsoons, eddies, and equatorial forces shape the movement of water, heat, and freshwater—critical for climate and coastal forecasting.
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Leaky Eddies
Researchers from Fudan University, Shanghai, China have been using MITgcm to explore leakage in cyclonic and anticyclonic mesoscale eddies.