| Carl Isaac Wunsch | |
| Birth Place: | Brooklyn, United States of America |
| Fields: | Oceanography, Geophysics, Statistics |
| Workplaces: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University |
| Alma Mater: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis Title: | On the scale of the long period tides |
| Thesis Url: | http://library.mit.edu/F/7R8IBKNCXNNKJJESYPDE5X6V49THMA13IF4UC5AV9QCAXBQSQF-09855?func=full-set-set&set_number=006495&set_entry=000002&format=999 |
| Thesis Year: | 1966 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Henry Stommel |
Carl Wunsch was the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physical Oceanography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, until he retired in 2013.[1] He is known for his early work in internal waves and more recently for research into the effects of ocean circulation on climate.
Wunsch received his Ph.D. in Geophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1966. He began teaching there in 1967, achieving tenure in 1970, and was named Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physical Oceanography in 1976.
Wunsch was one of the scientists interviewed in the controversial documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle, but he complained that his views were grossly distorted by context.http://ocean.mit.edu/~cwunsch/CHANNEL4.html http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2007/s1977366.htm