Wokil Bam
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Assistant Professor @USM, University of Southern Mississippi, Former Postdoc @WHOI, PhD @LSU Chemical Oceanographer #GeoChemistry #Radiochemistry #Water #Ocean #Environment #BCP #Carbon www.radiogeochemistry.com
The physics of El Nino from 1988: Every few years the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean warms up around the equator and plays havoc with the climate on several continents. Why does this happen? #Elnino physicsworld.com/a/the-physic...
The physics of El Niño – Physics World
Every few years the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean warms up around the equator and plays havoc with the climate on several continents. Why does this happen?
physicsworld.com
No single experiment can answer all questions about ocean iron fertilization for mCDR. 🌊 We’re excited to announce the ExOIS Field Research Coalition, bringing together independent research programs to share knowledge & advance responsible OIF research. Learn more: www.whoi.edu/press-room/n...
With multiple hurricanes churning across the Pacific lately, you might be wondering where these storms originate and what drives their extreme intensity.🌀⛈️🌀 #HurricaneSeason2026 #Hurricane @whoi.edu
As cities prepare for 2026’s super El Niño, some crucial blind spots can’t be ignored #Elnino theconversation.com/as-cities-pr...
As cities prepare for 2026’s super El Niño, some crucial blind spots can’t be ignored
Aging levees and dams are only the beginning of the risks communities face. One of the biggest challenges is helping people manage the heat and storms.
theconversation.com
2026’s El Niño is shaping up to be a doozy – it’s already affecting global shipping, fish behavior and heat #Elnino theconversation.com/2026s-el-nin...
2026’s El Niño is shaping up to be a doozy – it’s already affecting global shipping, fish behavior and heat
El Niño can affect agriculture, marine life and economies in profound ways, including slowing commerce at the Panama Canal. This El Niño is likely to be the strongest in over a century.
theconversation.com
Easy to understand El Niño. What Is El Niño & Why Is It So Powerful 🌡️🤯 Super El Niño 🌊 Source: Geoglobel_tales #elnino #superelnino #pacificocean #geography #maps
I think it’s important for the media to distinguish carbon capture from carbon removal.
🌊🧪 Uranium is present in the sea in remarkably great quantities compared to its abundance in crustal rocks. - Broecker and Peng (1982), Tracers in the Sea
Our lab is expanding and accepting applications for a graduate assistant position (MS or PhD) in Marine Science beginning January 2027 (Spring Semester), focusing on Critical Minerals and Marine Geochemistry in the Orca Basin. findajob.agu.org/job/8028114/...
Graduate Research Assistantship in Critical Minerals & Marine Geochemistry in the Orca Basin - University of Southern Mississippi job with Division of Marine Science, The University of Southern Mississippi | 8028114
Graduate Research Assistantship in Critical Minerals & Marine Geochemistry in the Orca Basin, Gulf of America The Radioisotope Geochemistry Lab (“B...
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Tropical Storm Edouard could 'significantly strengthen' before reaching the Texas, Louisiana coasts later today weather.com/2026/09/01/s...
Tropical Storm Edouard could 'significantly strengthen'
Flooding rain is possible in Houston and across eastern Texas and southwest Louisiana from Edouard. Here's the latest.
weather.com
I checked a 2019 manuscript draft (not yet published), and the AI‑writing tool flagged about 25% as “AI‑generated.” I’m genuinely curious how it’s detecting AI in something I wrote before half these models even existed. It even flagged my citations and bibliography as plagiarized. #Academic
Time to give hydration breaks the red card? What science says about keeping cool #Worldcup #Fifa #Football #Hydrationbreak www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Time to give hydration breaks the red card? What science says about keeping cool
Inappropriate use of cooling breaks in sport is undermining trust in heat-health research.
nature.com
Tracking Microplastics Above and Below the Waves: Measuring plastic particles carried on Cozumel’s sea breezes and ocean currents reveals how simple physics shapes the particles’ pathways and the impacts they may have on coastal regions. #Microplastics #Ocean #Pollution eos.org/science-upda...
Tracking Microplastics Above and Below the Waves - Eos
Measuring plastic particles carried on Cozumel’s sea breezes and ocean currents reveals how simple physics shapes the particles’ pathways and the impacts they may have on coastal regions.
eos.org
Hurricane season officially started yesterday, June 1st ! 🌀⛈️🌊 Checkout the cool video from @whoi.edu explaining the formation of hurricane. #Hurriance #Storms
Tracing the Path of PFAS Across Antarctica: A new study examines the presence of forever chemicals in one of Earth’s most remote regions. eos.org/articles/tra...
Tracing the Path of PFAS Across Antarctica - Eos
A new study examines the presence of forever chemicals in one of Earth’s most remote regions.
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Eddy or Not: Do Eddies Actually Transport That Much Carbon? #Carbon #Ocean eos.org/research-spo...
Eddy or Not: Do Eddies Actually Transport That Much Carbon? - Eos
New data from remote floats around the world indicate the eddy subduction pump is of only secondary importance.
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How can science support and enable the High Seas Treaty? #BBNJ #HighSeasTreaty phys.org/news/2026-04... via @physorg_com
How can science support and enable the High Seas Treaty?
The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) agreement—often known as the High Seas Treaty—came into force in January 2026 following almost two decades of negotiations. Its key objectives are ...
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Last Friday, I had the pleasure of delivering a seminar in the University of Alabama’s Department of Geological Sciences seminar series, where I discussed marine carbon cycling across the equatorial Atlantic.
Red‑winged Blackbirds standing guard, their scarlet epaulets glowing against the quiet backdrop. Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) #Birds
I received a manuscript for blind review, but it came with the authorship contribution section proudly attached. It felt like someone saying, “Guess who wrote this!” while wearing a name tag. #AcademicHumor #Academia
Optimism About Nuclear Energy Is Rising Again. Will It Last? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/b...
Optimism About Nuclear Energy Is Rising Again. Will It Last?
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Journals across the major publishers are indeed rolling out explicit AI‑use policies for reviewers !!
The Northern Sargasso Sea Has Lost Much of Its Namesake Algae eos.org/articles/the...
The Northern Sargasso Sea Has Lost Much of Its Namesake Algae - Eos
There’s less than a tenth as much Sargassum as there was a few years ago, a shift that may be linked to increasing sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico.
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“A naturalist’s life would be a happy one if he had to observe and never to write” -Charles Darwin
What Could Happen to the Ocean’s Carbon If AMOC Collapses eos.org/research-spo...
What Could Happen to the Ocean’s Carbon If AMOC Collapses - Eos
Mass glacier melting may have led this influential ocean current system to collapse at the end of the last ice age. A pair of modeling studies examines how such a collapse could affect dissolved inorg...
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