Proposal info webinar September 23, 3-4pm This webinar featured recent successful OCB activities and their PIs, Q&A with Project Office staff on community building and what makes a successful OCB proposal and activity. Watch the webinar recording The Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Program is soliciting proposals for OCB activities that will take place or […]
Read MoreThe Surface Ocean CO2 Observing Network (SOCONET), an emerging observing network of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), is looking for applications to join our Steering Committee (SOCONET SC) for term beginning on 1 December 2025. Please share the attached call document with your networks. The newly selected SC members will join those currently acting […]
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NSF Ocean Sciences Office Hours September 30, 3-4:30 PM (ET) Staff and division leadership will share information and updates on preparing proposals, address commonly asked questions, and answer yours. These office hours webinars will not be recorded. Register https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_yu5jE4EWQl2FyUZ1x2LEAw?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery#/registration
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OCB is seeking nominations for new Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) members, including a new early career member! The term begins in January 2026. The following SSC members are scheduled to rotate off at the end of 2025: Yige Zhang (formerly Texas A&M University) – paleoceanography and paleoclimatology; organic and stable isotope geochemistry; global biogeochemical cycles […]
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Your watch recordings of the workshop on the OCB YouTube channel. Constraining the dark ocean carbon cycle: Implications for ocean carbon budgets? (Co-chairs: Anne Dekas, Anela Choy, Jeff Bowman, Randie Bundy) Rivers to coasts: Biogeochemical linkages and environmental resilience (joint with North American Carbon Program) (Co-chairs: Fei Da, Kanchan Maiti, Shaily Rahman, Libby Larson, David […]
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California Ocean Science Trust, in collaboration with a network of partners across the U.S West Coast and Alaska, is conducting a survey to assess the need for and inform the development of a regional marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) exchange/network. Building on existing networks and progress made by the Pacific Northwest and California Current Regional […]
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Now published – workshop report from the Pathways Connecting Climate Changes to the Deep Ocean: Tracing physical, biogeochemical, and ecological signals from the surface to the deep sea A joint OCB-US CLIVAR scoping workshop This workshop will brought together observational oceanographers and modelers across physical, biogeochemical, and ecological communities to assess our understanding of pathways […]
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Watch recordings from the METS RCN workshop held in April on the OCB YouTube Channel. International Workshop: FAIR Data Practices for Ship-based Marine Ecological Time Series April 22-25, 2025 (ASU/BIOS, Bermuda) Workshop report: https://www.us-ocb.org/fair-data-practices-for-marine-ecological-time-series/ More on METS RCN Workshop: https://www2.whoi.edu/site/mets-rcn/projects/fair-ship-based-ocean-time-series-international-workshop/
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OSM2026 Abstract submissions are open until August 20 https://www.agu.org/ocean-sciences-meeting/present#abstract-submission Share your OCB-relevent special session via this OCB form.
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International Workshop: FAIR Data Practices for Ship-based Marine Ecological Time Series Photo credits: O. Arsenault (above) and B. Siddle (ASU/BIOS) (feature photo) Sustained ocean time series measurements are fundamental to distinguish between natural and human-induced variability in ecosystems and processes required to advance ecological forecasting. Since 2007, OCB has led and contributed to numerous efforts […]
Read MoreUntil further notice, OCB will not be able to consider bulk travel support requests. We will post an announcement if this changes.
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The OCB2025 Summer Science Workshop will take place VIRTUALLY June 2 – 6, 2025. Constraining the dark ocean carbon cycle: Implications for ocean carbon budgets? (Co-chairs: Anne Dekas, Anela Choy, Jeff Bowman, Randie Bundy) Rivers to coasts: Biogeochemical linkages and environmental resilience (joint with North American Carbon Program) (Co-chairs: Fei Da, Kanchan Maiti, Shaily Rahman, Libby […]
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The Leaky Deltas OCB workshop was held 17-20 March 2025 at Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge, USA, which is situated within the Mississippi River delta. We brought together 57 members of the research community who study river deltas in the context of the global carbon cycle. The goal of the workshop was to create […]
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Ombres, E., H. Benway, K. Bisson, A. Larkin, L. Perotti, L. Wright-Fairbanks (eds.) (2024). Connecting Observations to Models: Biogeochemical Observing and Modeling Workshop, 2024 Summary Report and Suggested Steps Forward. Published Date: 2024 Series: NOAA technical memorandum OAR-OAP ; 6, DOI: https://doi.org/10.25923/wpdj-ja69
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The NASA Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Project and Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) Program are hosting a second PACE Data Hackweek. This is a one-week social coding event that will include a combination of lectures, tutorials, and project work (data processing and analysis) that will kick-start research using the Earth science data streams […]
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