2026 OCB Activity Proposals due Oct 24 + Sept 23 webinar

REGISTER for the proposal info webinar Tuesday, September 23, 3-4pm This webinar will feature recent successful OCB activities and their PIs and also provide opportunities for Q&A with Project Office staff on community building and what makes a successful OCB proposal and activity. The Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Program is soliciting proposals for OCB
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NSF Ocean Sciences Office Hours – September 30

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

2025 Call for OCB Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) nominations

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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OCB2025 recordings – a week of science, connection, community

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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Survey Request on mCDR

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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NEW Report: Pathways Connecting Climate Changes to the Deep Ocean

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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METS RCN workshop recordings

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/

PAUSE on all bulk travel requests

Until further notice, OCB will not be able to consider bulk travel support requests. We will post an announcement if this changes.