Ocean Sciences

Mariana Salinas Matus

Mariana Salinas-Matus is an oceanographer interested in understanding how physical processes influence ocean biogeochemistry. She is currently pursuing her PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, where she primarily uses numerical models to study how mesoscale processes affect air–sea fluxes and the ocean surface layer.

How do mesoscale eddies modulate CO2 fluxes in the Southern Ocean?

Mariana Salinas Matus January 23, 2026

Mesoscale eddies and Southern Ocean carbon sink The Southern Ocean takes up more than a quarter of the anthropogenic CO₂. Its powerful westerly winds, deep overturning circulation, and intense mixing make it a major player in Earth’s climate system. But beneath this large-scale picture lies a world of swirling, dynamic structures that constantly reshape the …[Read More]