Going with the Wind – Our Changing Southern Ocean: Dr Edward Doddridge

Dr Edward Doddridge is an oceanographer and Theme Leader with AAPP’s Nature and Impacts of Southern Ocean Change research theme. Dr Doddridge was recently invited to present at the Royal Society of Tasmania

Abstract
The Southern Ocean is one of the few places where water moves between the surface and the deep ocean, where it can remain for centuries. This means that changes at the surface in the Southern Ocean will continue to affect the global climate system for centuries, possibly millennia, to come. Over the last century, human influences have caused the atmosphere over the Southern Ocean to change – as the atmosphere has warmed, the surface ocean has cooled. We have also seen a gradual increase in sea ice coverage, until suddenly it crashed in 2016. There is much still to learn about this crucial ocean and its influence on our future. Speaker Bio: Physical oceanographer, keen bluewater sailor, and a Royal Society of Tasmania member, Dr Edward Doddridge is a Research Associate at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, UTAS and a Theme Leader in the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP). Edward studied science at the University of Tasmania, winning numerous academic prizes and graduating with First Class Honours. Edward won the UTAS University Medal and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford. After completing his DPhil. in physical oceanography, he took up a post-doctoral position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. He has published scientific research papers in many highly respected journals. A key focus is understanding the influence of the Southern Ocean on our climate.

About Dr Edward Doddridge

Physical oceanographer, keen bluewater sailor, and a Royal Society of Tasmania member, Dr Edward Doddridge is a Research Associate at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, UTAS and a Theme Leader in the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP). Edward studied science at the University of Tasmania, winning numerous academic prizes and graduating with First Class Honours. Edward won the UTAS University Medal and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford. After completing his DPhil. in physical oceanography, he took up a post-doctoral position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. He has published scientific research papers in many highly respected journals. A key focus is understanding the influence of the Southern Ocean on our climate.