Current campaign: WHIRLS!

Our team is currently at sea on the RV Marion Dufresne, participating in the WHIRLS expedition. Our key objective is to deploy and pilot a fleet of autonomous vehicles to explore the ocean fine-scale processes that impact on climate, marine biogeochemistry and biodiversity. Fine-scale ocean dynamics play an important role in the exchange of heat and carbon between the ocean and the atmosphere.

WHIRLS is an ERC Synergy Project that aims to understand the dynamics of the upper ocean and its role in regulating global climate. We work alongside colleagues from the University of Cape Town, SOCCO, CSIR, GEOMAR, ENS, and STS to understand these vital global climate regulators.