A joint workshop with SCOR, SOLAS, and Schmidt Sciences: Climate
October 12-15, 2026 in person at Bigelow Laboratory (Boothbay Harbor, Maine) and online.
The organosulfur compound dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) ignited an entire subfield of biogeochemistry to investigate the precursor of the “anti-greenhouse gas” dimethylsulfide (DMS). Since then, decades of research have unveiled the importance of DMS(P), and related compounds, to carbon cycling and air-sea interactions, and ultimately an outsized contribution to global climate. This Symposium will bring together a diversity of researchers interested in synthesizing the inextricable link of the sulfur and carbon cycles from cellular to global scale processes. OCB will provide partial support for this workshop, to be held at the Bigelow Laboratory later this year in partnership with Schmidt Sciences: Climate, SOLAS, and SCOR.
Leads: Stephen Archer (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences), Erin McParland (Oregon State University), David Kieber (State University of New York) and Patricia Matrai (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences), Katherina Petrou (University of Technology Sydney) and Elisabeth Deschaseaux (Institut de Ciènces del Mar).
This will be the first DMS(P) Symposium gathering since the 6th Symposium, held in Barcelona, Spain, in 2014! More information will continue to be updated on the Symposium webpage.
The sessions are:
Atmosphere: carbon – sulfur chemistry and aerosols
Air-sea exchange of carbon – sulfur compounds
Carbon-sulfur ocean processes: molecular to ecosystem to global
Translating observations into models: biogeochemistry to climate
Registration is now open.
