The Professorial Talk Series is an initiative by PPBI UMT to showcase the diverse range of research undertaken at the university and highlight the academic endeavours of the professorial staff. The talk also is part of the university’s efforts in disseminating knowledge through free public talks to the wider community.
Talk title: The future of Coral Reef Ecosystem in Malaysia
By Profesor Dr Zainudin Bachok, Institut Oseanografi Dan Sekitaran (INOS), UMT
Moderatored by: Profesor Madya Dr. Faridah Mohamad
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Abstract
While the sinking formation of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) is well understood, how this bottom water "returns home" through upwelling within ocean basins, particularly the Indo-Pacific, remains shrouded in uncertainty. In the 1960s, Munk’s classic "Abyssal Recipes" theory sought to explain these abyssal flows, yet later observations exposed two significant conflicts with real-world data. In 2016, Ferrari, McDougall, and colleagues proposed the "Towards a New Abyssal Recipe" framework, introducing bottom boundary layer (BBL) upwelling to address Munk’s inconsistencies. Drawing on recent evidence of a potential cooling trend in the deep ocean, this talk revisits these debates, offering a fresh interpretation of Munk’s discrepancies and proposing a new mechanism for abyssal upwelling in the Indo-Pacific. It contributes to the ongoing quest to unravel how bottom waters complete their global journey.
Presented by: Prof. Dr. HAN Lei
Affiliation: China-ASEAN College of Marine Science, Xiamen University, Malaysia
Address: Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
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