@Foukalpoint

Physical Oceanographer at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

 Savannah, GA
skio.uga.edu/nicholas-foukal/
Joined August 2022
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Great article by @zhonggg and @EstherHorvath3 about our EGNOG project on the Northeast Greenland Shelf! nytimes.com/2025/12/06/clima…

Dodging Icebergs and Storms on the Hunt for an Ocean Tipping Point

Scientists fear warming is driving a collapse in the ocean currents that shape climate far and wide. The ice-choked waters off Greenland might hold the key.

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A new #WHOI study found that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or #AMOC, has not declined over the past 6 decades– a finding that contradicts other studies. 📲Read the full story in @washingtonpost : go.whoi.edu/wapo-amoc-declin… @Foukalpoint
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Great writing by @KashaPatel at the @washingtonpost summarizing our recent AMOC article: washingtonpost.com/climate-e…

Is a key ocean current system slowing down? A new study adds to the debate.

A team of researchers reconstructed a critical ocean current system — called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC — in computer models and found no evidence of long-term weakening...

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Here’s the original article in @NatureComms : nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

Atlantic overturning inferred from air-sea heat fluxes indicates no decline since the 1960s

Nature Communications - The AMOC is crucial for the global ocean overturning circulation and controls the climate around the North Atlantic. Here, the authors use 24 Earth System Models from the...

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My cover story for @WHOI's Oceanus Magazine is now online. It's on ocean physics, the wild ways scientists measure it, and how the ocean's invisible currents dominate life on this planet. Check it out! whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/oce…

Ocean in Motion

How the ocean’s complex and chaotic physics define life on our planet

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New paper in @ScienceAdvances ! In this work, we use altimetry-derived surface currents to show that extreme wind events play a major role in controlling shelf-basin exchanges around the southern tip of #Greenland. with @Foukalpoint and Kjetil Våge #EGCC doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adp92…

Extreme wind events responsible for an outsized role in shelf-basin exchange around the southern...

Particle trajectories around Southern Greenland show that shelf-to-ocean water transport is driven by extreme wind events.

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Reunited with our Labrador Coastal Current moorings! 4 out of 4 tripod moorings and both SALP moorings recovered, 18 of 20 drifters deployed, and now onto our CTD survey of the Newfoundland shelf…
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Heading out on a foggy morning in RI for another Labrador Shelf cruise! We’ll be collecting our moorings, doing as many CTD casts as we can fit in, and being generally awesome for the next 24 days. @WHOI @URIGSO @osnap_updates
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It's been a busy few weeks here: officially started on the faculty at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and published our AMOC commentary with @Leon_Chk in Oceanography Magazine! skio.uga.edu/2024/07/30/skio… tos.org/oceanography/article…
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Nick Foukal retweeted
RAPID@RAPID_AMOC9 Jul 2024
The @NOCnews has created this handy Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) animation which answers key questions, including how it works and how it could affect our climate if it slows down in the future. @NERCscience @NOCmarinePhys youtube.com/watch?v=LHGZiqOZ…
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Incredible wordsmithing by @dkgarz to summarize the complicated field of AMOC dynamics into a brief (too brief?) article: nautil.us/the-ocean-apocalyp… @WHOI @NautilusMag

The Ocean Apocalypse Is Upon Us, Maybe - Nautilus

What we know—and don’t know—about a crucial climate tipping point.

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A @UUBeta study found that changes in Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could make some areas colder. #WHOI oceanographer @Foukalpoint tells @voxdotcom how #AMOC works and what it has to do with climate. 📲 Read all about it: go.whoi.edu/VOX-AMOC 📸: @NASAGoddard
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@voxdotcom13 Mar 2024
Are we breaking the Atlantic Ocean? trib.al/LOKiSQP

Are we breaking the Atlantic Ocean?

The climate change scenario that could chill parts of the world, explained. 

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These postdoc positions are still available (deadline December 18th). I would love to hear from you if you're interested in the high-latitude oceans, circulation, carbon cycle, and climate!
Graeme MacGilchrist@GMacGilchrist23 Oct 2023
Interested in oceans, carbon, and climate? Come work with me in beautiful St Andrews @univofstandrews @EarthSciStA ! There are two 2-year postdoc positions available, and two PhD positions (1 via @IapetusDTP, 1 fully-funded). [1/6]
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Shutdown or slowdown? No, not the federal government - the #GulfStream! News headlines suggest this crucial ocean current could shut down in a few years—but #WHOI oceanographer @RTodd_Ocean says it's more complicated than the headlines. Get the facts: go.whoi.edu/gulfshutdown
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Applying to grad school this fall🍃? Interested in ocean/climate science🌊? Ocean engineering⛴? Want to learn more about studying @MIT & @WHOI? Sign up for JP ASK! We will pair you w/ a grad student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program who can answer your Qs tinyurl.com/ykfyv7zf

Joint Program Applicant Support & Knowledgebase

This form is for students applying in the Fall 2023 cycle to begin graduate school in June/September 2024. It will be viewed by a small group of current graduate students (the JP ASK Board) to best...

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David Garczynski@dkgarz3 Sep 2023
For the next 26 days, I'm serving as a watchstander on oceanographic expedition to the Labrador Sea. Sharing pics and stories of my time at sea on Instagram if anyone wants to follow along. My handle is dkgarz . Frequency will depend on the weather and internet at sea
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New paper from @ArthurCoquereau assessing satellite altimetry around southern Greenland: os.copernicus.org/articles/1…

Evaluating altimetry-derived surface currents on the south Greenland shelf with surface drifters

Abstract. The pathways and fate of freshwater in the East Greenland Coastal Current (EGCC) are crucial to the climate system. The EGCC transports large amounts of freshwater in close proximity to...

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Consider applying for the WHOI Post-Doc Scholar program for recent PhDs in oceanography, chemistry, engineering, geology, geophysics, climate science, maths, meteorology, physics, biology, economics, marine policy, and any field that fits our core mission. Deadline Oct 15th.
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7 moorings in 3 days! 4 bottom tripods with CTDs and ADCPs, and 3 SALPs that will deploy 40 surface drifters into the coastal current. The joint US/Canada Labrador Coastal Current array is in the water! We’ll be back next fall to collect the data. Now it’s on to CTDs… @cyrf0006
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