Life in Hot Water


Researchers at the University of Hawai’i, Manoa, and the Coral Reef Research Foundation, Palau use ECCO state estimates in their study of how western tropical Pacific temperature conditions impact coral bleaching.

August 22, 2021 by Helen Hill

Assimilating Antarctic Sea-ice Thickness Data


A team, bringing together researchers from China, Europe, and the US, use MITgcm to develop a new data assimilation system for the Southern Ocean with the aim of improving sea-ice thickness estimates in the region.

June 27, 2021 by Helen Hill

A Big Enough Flood

Geologists from WHOI and UMass have been using MITgcm to probe whether melting arctic sea-ice could have slowed the AMOC enough to precipitate the Younger Dryas.

May 26, 2021 by Helen Hill

Med Modeling

A team of Italian climate modelers has been evaluating the performance of a new version of the Regional Earth System Model (RegCM-ES) over the Mediterranean region. The model uses MITgcm for its ocean component.

April 5, 2021 by Helen Hill

Lake MITgcm

Researchers use MITgcm to demonstrate how hydrodynamic processes in lakes can intensify the potential impact of watershed pollutants on coastal ecosystems.

March 5, 2021 by Helen Hill

Blooming Antarctica

Researchers use MITgcm to understand how phytoplankton blooms and inorganic carbon respond to sea-ice variability in the West Antarctic Peninsula.

February 8, 2021 by Helen Hill

2020 Research Roundup

Happy 2021: Another new year, another new research roundup! Best wishes as always to MITgcmers past, MITgcmers present and MITgcmers yet to come…

January 10, 2021 by Helen Hill

2019 Research Roundup

Happy 2020: Another new year, another new decade, another new research roundup! Best wishes as always to MITgcmers past, MITgcmers present and MITgcmers yet to come…

January 3, 2020 by Helen Hill

Tracking Down Climate’s Tipping Points

A group at UNIGE in Switzerland uses MITgcm aquaplanet experiments to probe climate sensitivity.

November 25, 2019 by Helen Hill

Exploring Zooplankton Dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico

FSU graduate student Taylor Shropshire has been using MITgcm to explore zooplankton dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico.

October 29, 2019 by Helen Hill