Jen MacKinnon
@jenmackinnon.bsky.social
Oceanographer, parent, ally for diversity and inclusion work
Does anyone know what's happening with NSF oceanography related panels? I think the physical oceanography one is usually early November; presumably it's been cancelled or delayed due to the shutdown. Is there any vague schedule now that they're open again? 🌊
November 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Does anyone know what's happening with NSF oceanography related panels? I think the physical oceanography one is usually early November; presumably it's been cancelled or delayed due to the shutdown. Is there any vague schedule now that they're open again? 🌊
This paper represents an experiment with an 'extra' 2 days of ship time after our funded work was done. These observations were entirely designed by, carried out by, analyzed by and written up by our students. We PIs sat back and stood our watches on deck as told. They did an amazing job 🤩 🌊
Submesoscale processes are important contributors to the global heat budget. Hilditch et al., present high-resolution observations of a subduction event at a dense filament in the Gulf of Mexico estimating the associated heat flux 🌊
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This paper represents an experiment with an 'extra' 2 days of ship time after our funded work was done. These observations were entirely designed by, carried out by, analyzed by and written up by our students. We PIs sat back and stood our watches on deck as told. They did an amazing job 🤩 🌊
If you're at COP this week, check out the ocean pavilion! scripps.ucsd.edu/news/ocean-p.... 🌊
Ocean Pavilion to Identify Top Five Ocean Issues at COP30
UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography will identify the most pressing issues affecting the ocean at the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30), the United Nations-convened annual meeting ...
scripps.ucsd.edu
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If you're at COP this week, check out the ocean pavilion! scripps.ucsd.edu/news/ocean-p.... 🌊
Our amazing students rand a whole class, including a week at sea, to teach other students about turbulence and mixing. 🌊
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/shaken-...
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/shaken-...
Shaken and Stirred: Teaching the Next Generation of Oceanographers about Ocean Turbulence and Mixing
If you’ve ever been on an airplane, you know how turbulence feels: shaky and chaotic. Just like there is turbulence in the air, there is turbulence in the ocean, except ocean turbulence doesn’t requir...
scripps.ucsd.edu
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Our amazing students rand a whole class, including a week at sea, to teach other students about turbulence and mixing. 🌊
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/shaken-...
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/shaken-...
Hi friends - In the face of unprecedented cuts to the basic research science funding, climate scientists are staging an 100-hour live stream of why science matters. There will be many talks on all sorts of things (I'm Saturday at 12:30 PT). Please share widely! wcstreamathon.netlify.app. 🌊🧪
The Weather & Climate Livestream
Join us starting May 28th, as meteorologists and climate scientists from across the US share their research and answer your questions.
wcstreamathon.netlify.app
May 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Hi friends - In the face of unprecedented cuts to the basic research science funding, climate scientists are staging an 100-hour live stream of why science matters. There will be many talks on all sorts of things (I'm Saturday at 12:30 PT). Please share widely! wcstreamathon.netlify.app. 🌊🧪
A huge national program on diversity in science, that I put a ton of blood sweat tears and effort into because I don't think good science is possible without those things, was canned this morning. How is wanting the best and brightest in the room problematic?!@&? 💔 🌊 🧪
February 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
A huge national program on diversity in science, that I put a ton of blood sweat tears and effort into because I don't think good science is possible without those things, was canned this morning. How is wanting the best and brightest in the room problematic?!@&? 💔 🌊 🧪
Reposted by Jen MacKinnon
Academic institutions in the US need to seriously consider how they will support and protect their minority faculty during this time. The conditions we face are already hostile for most - targeted attacks and added barriers to advancement will push many to simply walk away.
January 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Academic institutions in the US need to seriously consider how they will support and protect their minority faculty during this time. The conditions we face are already hostile for most - targeted attacks and added barriers to advancement will push many to simply walk away.
🌊 Anyone have a favorite movie (simulation) of internal wave generation in the ocean? For pedagogical purposes. TIA!
January 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
🌊 Anyone have a favorite movie (simulation) of internal wave generation in the ocean? For pedagogical purposes. TIA!
Graduate student Kerstin Bergentz, who I have the pleasure to work with as a mentor, has written a great post about her recent trip to COP29. scripps.ucsd.edu/news/crude-r.... 🌊
Crude Realities
In early November, the eyes of the climate community turned to Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, as more than 60,000 delegates descended on the city for two weeks of climate negotiations at COP29. The ...
scripps.ucsd.edu
December 6, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Graduate student Kerstin Bergentz, who I have the pleasure to work with as a mentor, has written a great post about her recent trip to COP29. scripps.ucsd.edu/news/crude-r.... 🌊
🌊 We're hiring! Seeking someone working on air-sea interactions to come join us at Scripps. Happy to answer any questions about the job or life at Scripps. apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03874
Observational Air-Sea Interactions - Assistant Professor
University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!
apol-recruit.ucsd.edu
November 20, 2024 at 2:58 AM
🌊 We're hiring! Seeking someone working on air-sea interactions to come join us at Scripps. Happy to answer any questions about the job or life at Scripps. apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03874
Watching the recent cabinet appointments makes me wonder if we have reached this phase of late stage capitalism
November 15, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Watching the recent cabinet appointments makes me wonder if we have reached this phase of late stage capitalism
Our students at COP!
🧪🌊🐟 Happening now at the #OceanPavilion during #COP29: Our incredible @scrippsocean.bsky.social PhD students are presenting their fascinating. Don’t miss it! #climate #co2 #temperature #argo
November 14, 2024 at 5:52 AM
Our students at COP!
Here’s one of our awesome students explaining her work and why it’s fun and important. I’m lucky to get to work with students like Taylor :)
The Math of Water
Dive into the world of underwater weather with Scripps Oceanography PhD student Taylor McKie. This engineer-turned-oceanographer studies how the physics happ...
www.youtube.com
September 7, 2023 at 7:13 AM
Here’s one of our awesome students explaining her work and why it’s fun and important. I’m lucky to get to work with students like Taylor :)