A prominent physical oceanographer who specializes in the circulation of the ocean and its interaction with the atmosphere and climate has been selected to receive the 2016 Robert L. and Bettie P. Cody Award in Ocean Sciences from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. Raffaele Ferrari, a Scripps/UC San Diego alumnus and the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Oceanography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will present the Cody Award public lecture at 3 p.m. on Oct. 12, 2016, in the Robert Paine Scripps Forum for Science, Society and the Environment (Scripps Seaside Forum), 8610 Kennel Way in La Jolla, Calif. Ferrari’s lecture will illustrate how small-scale swirls in the ocean have crucial effects on large-scale ocean currents and climate. Admission is free (seating is available on a limited basis) for the lecture, “The Role of Ocean Turbulence in Climate.” Street parking only. Dessert reception to follow.