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Subarctic-Arctic Interest League
SAIL (Subarctic-Arctic Interest League) is an international, interdisciplinary collaboration platform that brings together researchers at all career stages to jointly advance Arctic research.
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SAIL meets with Igor Bashmachnikov and Iuliia Radchenko from Russia's Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre
Igor Bashmachnikov and Iuliia Radchenko joined SAIL members for dinner and a conversation about culture, interests and career development, strengthening mutual understanding.
SAIL founder Ruijian Gou attends the Global Tipping Points Conference 2026
At the conference in Kuala Lumpur, Ruijian Gou presented research on abrupt Arctic Ocean warming and a poster on Arctic resilience, and discussed ocean-circulation tipping points.
SAIL welcomes new members at its 2026 recruitment event
SAIL introduced its departments and plans for research training, academic exchange, science outreach and innovation projects to prospective members.
SAIL marks National Science Popularization Month with a polar expedition talk and museum visit
A September 23 polar expedition talk and September 24 museum visit connected Arctic field observations with the university's marine research history.
SAIL members invited to the 2026 Polar Science Summer School
SAIL members were invited to give presentations at the 18th Polar Science Summer School, a flagship academic exchange platform of the Key Laboratory of Polar Science under the Ministry of Natural Resources.
Ruijian Gou receives Outstanding Presentation Award at the Chinese University Earth System Science Alliance Young Scholars Forum
SAIL founder Ruijian Gou received the highest score and the Outstanding Presentation Award for his presentation on scale-dependent surprises in ocean and climate dynamics.
SAIL's Ruiqi Shu presents Ocean-E2E at KDD 2026
Ruiqi Shu gave a first-author oral presentation on Ocean-E2E, a hybrid physics-based and data-driven framework with end-to-end neural assimilation for global extreme marine heatwave forecasting.
SAIL Members Attend Tsinghua University Complex Systems Summer School
SAIL members exchanged ideas on complex systems, artificial intelligence, interdisciplinary science, and future collaboration during the Tsinghua University Complex Systems Summer School.
The Hero's Journey as a Heuristic for Understanding Academic Careers
Gerrit Lohmann published a perspective article in Discover Education, proposing the Hero's Journey as a framework for understanding challenges, transformation, and value in academic careers.
SAIL hosts Prof. William Cabos from Universidad de Alcalá for collaboration talks
Prof. William Cabos visited Qingdao for academic exchanges with SAIL on regional high-resolution climate modeling, marine extremes, and potential joint research.
SAIL gathered for a graduation dinner to celebrate members starting new journeys
SAIL hosted a farewell dinner for Yanni Wang, Qiaoshi Zhu and Jiayi Zhang, looking back on shared research discussions and future collaboration.
Ruijian Gou presented SAIL Arctic research at EGU 2026
Ruijian Gou delivered an oral presentation on future Arctic Ocean convection and introduced the collaboration between SAIL and the Norwegian ArMOC project.
Ruijian Gou visited AWI for academic exchange on Arctic variability, tipping and resilience
Invited by Gerrit Lohmann, Ruijian Gou visited AWI and gave a talk on small-scale perturbations and large-scale Arctic climate shifts.
SAIL chaired an Arctic resilience session at the ERC i2B annual meeting
At the i2B annual meeting in Tromsø, SAIL chaired a session on Arctic resilience, environmental change and interdisciplinary collaboration.
SAIL discussed Arctic tipping-point collaboration with John Schellnhuber
Ruijian Gou held a collaboration meeting with Hans Joachim “John” Schellnhuber on Arctic tipping mechanisms and international cooperation.
SAIL chaired a session at the 2026 CAMAS Annual Meeting
Ruijian Gou chaired a session on sea surface temperature and sea ice, while SAIL members participated in core CAMAS sessions.
SAIL advanced interdisciplinary Arctic collaboration with EU i2B project scholars
Ruijian Gou and Jiayi Zhang exchanged ideas with the i2B team on Arctic tipping points, paleoclimate reconstruction and modeling.
SAIL founder Ruijian Gou delivered an academic report at NERSC
Ruijian Gou gave a Bjerknes Visiting Fellow lecture on future Arctic marine heatwaves, ecosystem impacts, model uncertainty and data integration.
Norwegian PhD candidate Marianne visited SAIL for Arctic marine heatwave collaboration
Marianne Williams-Kerslake visited SAIL and discussed Arctic marine heatwave definitions, mechanisms and follow-up collaboration.
Gerrit Lohmann provided regular guidance on SAIL Arctic research projects
Gerrit Lohmann joined a regular guidance meeting to discuss mathematical models, abrupt Arctic climate changes and analytical tools.
SAIL founder contributed to formulating marine boundaries in the Planetary Boundaries framework
Ruijian Gou joined a PIK meeting on key marine processes and their roles in the Planetary Boundaries framework.
SAIL founder discussed collaboration with Johan Rockström
Ruijian Gou discussed links between SAIL Arctic research, planetary boundaries and climate tipping points with Johan Rockström.
Publications
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Systematic Ocean Ventilation Biases in Climate Models Indicated by Chlorofluorocarbon-12
CFC-12 observations reveal systematic ocean ventilation biases across 22 model simulations and show how higher resolution can improve deep-ocean renewal and carbon uptake.
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Evaluation-constrained projections of Arctic marine heatwaves using CMIP6 models
Evaluating 19 CMIP6 models shows how performance-based model selection, sea ice and baseline choice affect future Arctic marine heatwave projections.
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Ocean-E2E: Hybrid Physics-Based and Data-Driven Global Forecasting of Marine Heatwaves with End-to-End Neural Assimilation
Ruiqi Shu, Ruijian Gou, Yanfei Xiang, and Xiaomeng Huang.
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HybridOM: Hybrid Physics-Based and Data-Driven Global Ocean Modeling with Efficient Spatial Downscaling
Ruiqi Shu, Xiaohui Zhong, Qiusheng Huang, Ruijian Gou, Tianrun Gao, Hao Li, and Xiaomeng Huang.
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Polar processes set Arctic marine heatwaves apart
Marylou Athanase, Ruijian Gou, Eike E. Köhn, Benjamin Richaud, and Amélie Simon.
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Multidecadal Atlantic “warming hole” heat content variations are caused by ocean heat transport, not by surface fluxes
Stefan Rahmstorf, Ruijian Gou, Lijing Cheng, and collaborators.
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Increased Arctic Sea-Ice Variability Is Associated With Amplified Air-Sea Heat Fluxes
Yanni Wang, Gerrit Lohmann, Ruijian Gou, Huaming Yu, Xiao Hua Wang, Jun Meng, Jingfang Fan, and Lixin Wu.
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Eddy-resolving simulations reveal amplified marine cold spells in the Southern Ocean under greenhouse warming
Ruijian Gou, Gerrit Lohmann, Wenju Cai, Gregor Knorr, and Lixin Wu.
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Advanced forecasts of global extreme marine heatwaves through a physics-guided data-driven approach
Ruiqi Shu, Hao Wu, Yuan Gao, Fanghua Xu, Ruijian Gou, Wei Xiong, and Xiaomeng Huang.
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The changing nature of future Arctic marine heatwaves and its potential impacts on the ecosystem
Ruijian Gou, Klara K. E. Wolf, Clara J. M. Hoppe, Gerrit Lohmann, and Lixin Wu.
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Impact of Downwelling-Favorable Winds on Eddy Formation in the West Greenland Current
Ruiqi Shu, Ruijian Gou, Clark Pennelly, Yaocheng Deng, Lixin Wu, Ke Xiao, Yitian Huang, and Paul G. Myers.
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Advanced long-term earth system forecasting by learning the small-scale nature
Hao Wu, Yuan Gao, Ruijian Gou, Kun Wang, and collaborators.
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NeuralOM: Neural Ocean Model for Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Simulation
Yuan Gao, Ruiqi Shu, Hao Wu, Ruijian Gou, and collaborators.
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Cracking the Code of Arctic Sea Ice: Why Models Fail to Predict Its Retreat?
Ruijian Gou, Gerrit Lohmann, Deliang Chen, Shiming Xu, Ruiqi Shu, Shaoqing Zhang, and Lixin Wu.
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