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Dr. Tianning Wu and Dr. He's new paper in Geophysical Research Letters quantifies how Gulf Stream dynamics drive sea level anomalies along the southeastern coast of North America — with implications for storm surge risk and coastal planning.

Gray, Chattopadhyay, Wu, Lowe, and He publish in Ocean Sciences, demonstrating that the OceanNet Fourier neural operator framework can skillfully predict Gulf Stream meander position weeks ahead — outperforming traditional numerical models at extended lead times.

Wu & He publish in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, linking Gulf Stream mesoscale eddies to anomalous bottom water warming at deep-water methane seep sites in the northwest Atlantic — raising concerns about destabilization of seafloor gas hydrates.

The National Science Foundation has funded a new collaborative research project to investigate how water masses are transformed as they flow through the Caribbean Sea — a key process controlling Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and heat transport.

OOMG joins the EcoTern collaborative training initiative, building a cyberinfrastructure workforce capable of conducting sustainable and transdisciplinary environmental science research across institutions.

Chattopadhyay, Gray, Wu, Lowe, and He publish in Scientific Reports, introducing OceanNet — a Fourier neural operator model that serves as a computationally efficient digital twin for regional ocean forecasting, validated against independent observations in the Gulf of Mexico and western North Atlantic.

NC State University has recognized Dr. He with the Goodnight Innovation Distinguished Professorship in Oceanography, honoring his sustained contributions to ocean observing systems, AI-driven ocean modeling, and training of the next generation of oceanographers.

OOMG joins the PARTNER consortium, bringing together researchers to develop AI and machine learning tools for coastal environmental data collection, modeling, and prediction in Southeast Florida — a region particularly vulnerable to sea level rise and hurricane impacts.

Work by OOMG on how hurricanes affect upper ocean carbon and heat content was featured in Science News, highlighting the group's contributions to understanding extreme weather–ocean interactions in a changing climate.

Several OOMG members presented posters and oral presentations at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans, covering topics including Gulf Stream dynamics, AI-driven ocean modeling, and coastal observing systems.