As another graduation season arrived, SAIL hosted a farewell dinner for Yanni Wang, Qiaoshi Zhu and Jiayi Zhang. Members gathered around the table to look back on shared research discussions and collaborations, and agreed to keep regular communication as the graduates move on to new institutions and fields.
SAIL founder Ruijian Gou delivered an oral presentation at the 2026 European Geosciences Union General Assembly on stronger future Arctic Ocean convection associated with resolved boundary currents in high-resolution simulations. The presentation also introduced the collaboration between SAIL and the Norwegian ArMOC project.
Invited by Gerrit Lohmann, SAIL founder Ruijian Gou visited the Alfred Wegener Institute and gave a talk entitled “Variability, Tipping, Resilience in the Arctic Ocean: Small-Scale Perturbations to Large-Scale Climate Shifts.” The exchange strengthened SAIL’s collaboration with AWI on Arctic Ocean and climate-change research.
At the annual meeting of the ERC Synergy project “i2B – into the blue” in Tromsø, SAIL founder Ruijian Gou chaired a SAIL-initiated session on Arctic resilience. The discussion brought together project members from AWI, NORCE and UiT and focused on Arctic environmental change, resilience and interdisciplinary collaboration under climate warming.
SAIL founder Ruijian Gou held a collaboration meeting with Hans Joachim “John” Schellnhuber. The discussion focused on future cooperation around Arctic tipping mechanisms, international collaboration and the role of SAIL in advancing Arctic climate research.
The 3rd CAMAS Annual Meeting was held at MBARI in California. Ruijian Gou chaired a session on sea surface temperature and sea ice. Yanni Wang presented progress on Arctic sea temperature and sea-ice memory variability, while Guo Jiahao, Zhu Qiaoshi and Diao Yufei participated online in core sessions.
Ruijian Gou and Jiayi Zhang held academic exchanges with the core team of the EU “i2B – into the blue” project, including scholars from AWI, NORCE and UiT. The discussion focused on Arctic tipping points, paleoclimate reconstruction and numerical modeling applications.
Invited by researchers from the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Ruijian Gou gave a lecture as a Bjerknes Visiting Fellow on future Arctic marine heatwaves and their potential ecosystem impacts. The discussion covered interdisciplinary data integration, model uncertainty and Arctic climate-ecosystem adaptation.
Marianne Williams-Kerslake from the University of Bergen visited SAIL and Ocean University of China. The meeting focused on Arctic marine heatwaves, including formation mechanisms in the Barents Sea, and laid the foundation for follow-up collaboration on Arctic marine heatwave definitions and mechanisms.
Gerrit Lohmann from the Alfred Wegener Institute joined a regular guidance meeting for SAIL Arctic research. The participants discussed mathematical models, analytical tools, abrupt Arctic climate changes and their responses to climate change.
Ruijian Gou participated in a meeting hosted by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research to discuss key marine processes and their roles in the Planetary Boundaries framework. The meeting brought together leading scholars from multiple institutions and reached preliminary consensus on marine boundaries.
Ruijian Gou held cooperation discussions with Johan Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and creator of the Planetary Boundaries framework. The discussion explored links between SAIL Arctic research, planetary boundaries and climate tipping points.
