Welcome to Seamantic Science! Seamantics is a portmanteau of Sea and Semantic, which comes from the Ancient Greek meaning “significant”. The global sea covers over 70% of the surface of the Earth, plays a huge role in climate, and is crucial for life on our planet – definitely significant contributions! Semantics is the study of meaning, with a focus on relationships between things.

I am Dr Jonathan Lauderdale, a Research Scientist in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Seamantic science will chart the research I am involved in, searching for the meaning of relationships that emerge as I explore ocean observations, theory, and numerical model simulations of marine biogeochemistry, the carbon cycle, ocean circulation, and climate….

…among other things.