Professor Schofield studies how changes in the climate impact marine ecosystems. His research builds and deploys robotic ocean technologies to map the regional changes in the ecosystem. The research spans the global ocean from tropical, temperate and polar seas.
Publications:
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Schofield & Kohut - 2018, Lagrangian coherent structure assisted path planning for transoceanic autonomous underwater vehicle missions
G. Ramos, V. J. García-Garrido, A. M. Mancho, S. Wiggins, J. Coca, S. Glenn, O. Schofield, J. Kohut, D. Aragon, J. Kerfoot, T. Haskins, T. Miles, C. Haldeman, N. Strandskov, B. Allsup, C. Jones & J. Shapiro (2018). Lagrangian coherent structure assisted path planning for transoceanic autonomous underwater vehicle missions. Scientific Reports. DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-23028-8. -
Schofield - 2017. Seasonal time bombs: dominant temperature viruses affect Southern Ocean microbial dynamics
Jennifer R Brum, Bonnie L Hurwitz, Oscar Schofield, Hugh W Ducklow, Matthew B Sullivan. (2017). Seasonal time bombs: dominant temperature viruses affect Southern Ocean microbial dynamics. The ISME Journal, Vol 11. Issue 2. 588.
