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Celebrating 20 years of OCB + OCB2027 dates

Posted by mmaheigan 
· Monday, June 22nd, 2026 

Save the dates for OCB2027 in person June 22-25, 2027

2026 marks 20 years since the OCB Project Office began in 2006 to support science, community, and connection across a globally distributed network of scientists! To celebrate all the accomplishments of the community across these two decades, OCB is convening a one-day virtual symposium on November 18, 2026. The symposium will highlight scientific discoveries, game-changing technologies, and lessons learned from the perspective of OCB community members.

This 20th anniversary symposium will feature the following four topics, which have seen a lot of growth in OCB, particularly in the last decade:

  • Air-Sea Interactions 
  • Biological Carbon Pump
  • Ocean Carbon Removal
  • Ocean Metabolism (featuring programmatic developments across GEOTRACES, OCB, and the newly emerging BioGeoSCAPES)

Speakers and panelists will be announced soon.

The November 18 event will start at 11 am (Eastern Standard Time) and run approx. 7 hours with numerous breaks.

Learn more and register

 

 

Save the Date: OCB Workshop on Marine Viruses

Posted by hbenway 
· Saturday, May 23rd, 2026 

OCB WORKSHOP From single cells to ecosystems: Quantifying the role of marine viruses in carbon transport models

February 8-10, Grand Galvez Hotel, Galveston, Texas (hybrid)

Viruses are a ubiquitous and integral component of Earth’s ecosystems, including marine microbial communities. Virally mediated mechanisms play a central role in carbon cycling and export processes. Despite their known prevalence and activity in marine systems, fundamental knowledge gaps preclude robust representation of viruses in marine ecosystem and biogeochemical models.

To build a more cohesive marine virus research community, this workshop will bring together the knowledge and perspectives of microbiologists, viral ecologists, geochemists, and ecosystem and biogeochemical modelers. Participants will discuss existing and aspirational datasets to inform representation of viruses in models. Discussions will also focus on identifying standardized protocols, field and laboratory experiments, and other community activities and tools that would help advance our understanding of marine carbon transport via viruses. This workshop will lead to the publication of a synthesis paper describing our current state of knowledge and a holistic roadmap for addressing gaps in our observations, process understanding, and technological and computing capabilities to propel marine virus research forward and improve our capacity to understand, model and predict their roles in marine ecosystem function. Keynote speakers will include:

Registration for the workshop will open in late summer 2026 and be announced via OCB communication outlets. We will also continue to add information to the workshop website. If you have any interest in attending, please fill out this preliminary expression of interest form to help inform our planning. 

Register for the 7th DMS(P) Symposium: Sulfur Carbon Nexus in the SOLAS Sphere

Posted by mmaheigan 
· Monday, May 18th, 2026 

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. 

Learn more and register

New OCSIF Subcommittee

Posted by mmaheigan 
· Thursday, May 14th, 2026 

This new OCSIF OCB subcommittee focused on identifying and addressing uncertainties in the seawater carbonate system and increasing measurement inter-comparability, now has a full membership – see the new members and more info here.

SOOS webinar and ECR call for leadership in WGs

Posted by mmaheigan 
· Tuesday, May 5th, 2026 

SOOS & APECS are seeking Early Career Researchers (ECRs) to join the leadership of several Regional Working Groups:

This role helps connect observations, data & people across regions while contributing to coordination, communication, and community building in Southern Ocean science.

You’ll also gain:
– international network connections
– experience in science coordination & leadership
– potential contributions to publications

Deadline: 18 May 2026
Apply

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Webinar! New ways to eat: ecological influences on novel feeding in WAP humpback whales

Listen to Jenny Allen (University of St Andrews ) talk about novel feeding behaviour in humpback whales on 7 May 2026 at 13:00 UTC – brought to you by the SOOS WAPSA working group.
Everyone welcome!
Register here: go.soos.aq/WAPSA_webinar_register

 

Register today for these upcoming OCB webinars

Posted by mmaheigan 
· Thursday, April 30th, 2026 

June 23 - Metabarcoding webinar register

June 25 - SedMIP webinar register

September 22 - Metabarcoding webinar register

November 18 - 20 Years of OCB Symposium register

Find more detail on upcoming and past OCB webinars here, and watch recordings on topical playlists on the OCB YouTube Channel.

OCB will support participation in Cornell Summer Satellite Remote Sensing Workshop

Posted by mmaheigan 
· Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 

OCB will support participation in Cornell Summer Satellite Remote Sensing Workshop
June 1 – June 12, 2026, Cornell University, Ithaca New York

The Cornell Summer Satellite Remote Sensing Workshop is being offered once again this year. The workshop is highly methods-oriented and intended to give participants the practical skills needed to work independently to acquire, analyze and visualize large data sets derived from a wide range of ocean satellite sensors.

Strong emphasis is given to ocean color remote sensing and the use of NASA’s SeaDAS software to derive mapped imagery of geophysical parameters using satellite data derived from the most popular ocean color sensors.  Pre-written python scripts will be used in conjunction with SeaDAS to enable processing large quantities of ocean color data from Level-1 to Level-3.  In addition, the workshop will address the acquisition and use of Level-3 satellite data products for sea surface temperature, ocean wind speed and sea surface height.

A central goal of the course is to develop good python programming skills that are needed to make effective use of satellite data to routinely monitor ocean conditions, gain new insights into ocean dynamics, and to rigorously test new hypotheses.  Participants will work with both Jupyter Notebooks and executing python scripts from the Unix Terminal.

For more information about the training workshop content and enrollment process:
Visit: http://oceanography.eas.cornell.edu/satellite
Email: Bruce Monger

OCB will provide tuition, housing, and a travel stipend for up to 4 US-based participants in this training course. Please send the following materials in a single formatted PDF file to hbenway@whoi.edu by April 13:

1) Abbreviated (2 pages max) CV 
2) 1-page statement of interest about how this course would benefit your education, research, and/or professional goals. 

Applications will be reviewed the week of April 13, and applicants will be notified the week of April 20. 

Sign up for the OCB eNews

Posted by mmaheigan 
· Thursday, March 12th, 2026 

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Metabarcoding Intercal webinar April 9

Posted by mmaheigan 
· Wednesday, March 11th, 2026 

Join us for the first Metabarcoding Intercal webinar on April 9 at 12PM ET / 9AM PT to hear from

Dr. Felix Milke, University of Oldenburg, Biogeography of Microbial Cohorts in the Global Oceans

Dr. Mahwash Jamy, Uppsala University, Opportunities and Challenges in Long‑Read Metabarcoding for Ecology and Evolution

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This new activity has just launched and there are multiple opportunities to get involved.

→Sign up and nominate speakers for the bi-monthly webinar series. Self-nominations are encouraged.

→Apply to join the working group. Participants will be expected to prepare and analyze samples for 16S or 18S sequences and attend a synthesis meeting either in-person or virtually. Detailed protocols and workflows are expected to be made publicly available.

→Learn more about this activity

Register for April 9 webinar
Sign up or nominate speakers for the bi-monthly webinar series
Apply to join the working group

Join the SOOS WSDML working group as ECR representative: advance your career, visibility, and network!

Posted by mmaheigan 
· Tuesday, March 10th, 2026 

SOOS & APECS seek an ECR representative for the Weddell Sea & Dronning Maud Land RWG. Build your network, gain leadership experience & contribute to Southern Ocean science.

This is a great opportunity for an ECR to:
• connect with an international network of Southern Ocean researchers
• contribute to coordination of observations and data activities in the region
• gain experience in science coordination and communication
• potentially contribute to publications and working group outputs

Application deadline: 26 March 2026

👉 Learn more and apply: https://www.apecs.is/news/apecs-news/5471-apply-to-join-the-soos-weddell-sea-and-dronning-maud-land-regional-working-group-wsdml-rwg.html

Social media links:

https://x.com/SOOSocean/status/2031193820558405920

https://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mgockfw4ek2u

https://www.facebook.com/SOOSnews/posts/pfbid0eGLrzrfhjuCL4jLPuWq2QjDvgmKb6wyjvxgmTN9r5LBdLvzkUb6xvYtou4YSALt2l

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7436965456206462976 

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