Join the next Mixotrophs & Mixotrophy Virtual Meeting on April 10: Mixotrophs and Global Change

Save the date for the next OCB Mixotrophs & Mixotrophy Working Group virtual meeting on April 10, 2023 @ 11:00am-12:30pm EDT. The topic for this meeting will be MIXOTROPHS AND GLOBAL CHANGE! Confirmed speakers include Sarah Princiotta (Pennsylvania State University, Schuylkill) and Marco Calderini (University of Jyväskylä, Finland) Please register for the meeting in advance
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Applications open for OCB Working Group on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR)

As discussed in the January 2023 mCDR webinar (recording), a key outcome of the OCB mCDR workshop in Sept. 2022 will be a topical working group. Working Group members will facilitate the connection of scientists with industry representatives, entrepreneurs, foundations, nonprofits and other scientists across disciplines and career stages through the establishment ofregional node mCDR
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Apply to new OCB Operational Phytoplankton Observations Working Group

Participate in a working group to develop standards and best practices for the collection and assessment of Operational Phytoplankton Observations (OPO) using particle imaging instruments (PII). As PII technology has matured in recent years, it is becoming a more routine sampling component of ocean observing programs and networks (e.g., Bio-GO-SHIP). We are looking to gather
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Small particles contribute significantly to the biological carbon pump in the subpolar North Atlantic

The ocean’s biological carbon pump (BCP) is a collection of processes that transport organic carbon from the surface to the deep ocean where the carbon is sequestered for decades to millennia. Variations in the strength of the BCP can substantially change atmospheric CO2 levels and affect the global climate. It is important to accurately estimate
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An expanding understanding of Southern Ocean productivity and export

Biology in the Southern Ocean is known to help regulate Earth’s climate by capturing and eventually sequestering carbon from its surface. Unfortunately, accurate estimates of the magnitude of the Southern Ocean (SO) biological carbon sink are limited and subject to ongoing debate. However, a recently published study used the expanding Southern Ocean BGC-Argo fleet to
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OCB2023 Plenary Sessions

OCB2023 Summer Workshop June 12-15, 2023 The 2023 OCB Summer Workshop will be held in person June 12-15, 2023 at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Still seeking interested students and postdocs to help organize this year’s OCB summer workshop plenary sessions! https://forms.gle/HbpXKkZh2azaq2yg6  Please submit your expression of interest by Jan. 23!
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NEW OCB-relevent meeting session list

Are you organizing a session at an ASLO, OSM, AGU, or other large meeting? Submit your OCB-relevent session via this new OCB form to share them with the community. Are you looking to submit an abstract to present at one of these meetings? View the session compilation with descriptions, deadlines and more information here: https://tinyurl.com/OCB-related-sessions
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Ocean Carbon Exchange

Find jobs, funding and student opps, read news from the OCB Project Office, community and partner organizations, view upcoming meeting and deadlines and more in the Ocean Carbon Exchange eNewsletter, sent every other Thursday. Read the latest issue and sign up here. Please send announcements to ocb_news@whoi.edu.