Find jobs, read news from the OCB Project Office and OCB Community, view upcoming meeting and deadlines in the Ocean Carbon Exchange eNewsletter, sent every other Thursday. Click to read the latest issue or sign up here. Note, this eNewsletter replaces the ocb-all email listserv. The Ocean Carbon Exchange archive is available here. Please send announcements to […]
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The new OCB Working Group “Towards a better understanding of fish contribution to carbon flux” now has 14 members and is getting started on the following goals: 1) Synthesize the existing research on fish carbon flux; 2) Recognize challenges in measuring fish carbon flux and discuss approaches to resolve them; 3) Develop research priorities to […]
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Thank you to all members of the SOLAS and OCB communities who submitted such high-quality nominations for the new subcommittee on Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions. We received a total of 28 nominations. A small committee of scientists from the OCB and SOLAS scientific leadership independently reviewed all of the nomination packages and then engaged in an open […]
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The OCB Biogeochemical Profiling Float Workshop will bring together potential users to discuss biogeochemical profiling float technology, sensors, and data management, to begin the process of the intelligent design of future scientific experiments. The workshop will be held July 9-13, 2018 at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA, USA). Steering Committee: Stephen Riser (University of Washington), Ken […]
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The application is open for the new OCB Workshop: Synthesis and intercomparison of ocean carbon uptake in CMIP6 models. The workshop will take place December 8-9, 2018 in Washington, DC. PIs include John Dunne (NOAA/GFDL), Scott Doney (Univ. Virginia), Matthew Long (NCAR), Anastasia Romanou (NASA/GISS), Galen McKinley (Columbia/LDEO). Apply here by July 13.
Read MoreFrontiers in Marine Science research topic: We Shed Light: Optical Insights into the Biological Carbon Pump From an OSM18 session led by the TOMCAT (Translation of Optical Measurements into particle Content, Aggregation & Transfer) SCOR working group. Abstract deadline June 29, 2018 and manuscript deadline March 29, 2019. Frontiers in Marine Science research topic: Spatial […]
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Registration is now full! Please contact Mary Zawoysky to be placed on a waiting list. Please visit the workshop website for registration, and details about plenary sessions and logistics. The 2018 OCB Summer Workshop will be held June 25-28, 2018 in Woods Hole, MA. 2018 Plenary Sessions: Phytoplankton physiological engines of biogeochemical models (Chairs: Andrew […]
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We are currently seeking nominations for members of a newly established Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Subcommittee. The scientific focus of this subcommittee is on ocean-atmosphere interactions and their role in marine biogeochemical cycles. There is substantial overlap between the scientific goals of the OCB and SOLAS (Surface Ocean and Lower Atmosphere) communities, and this subcommittee seeks to […]
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OCB is providing early career support for the Ocean Optics XXIV Conference, October 7-12, 2018 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Are you an early career scientist looking for a perfect place to present your latest discoveries (and you need some travel support to do so)? Look no more – Ocean Optics XXIV conference registration is open, and OCB is offering […]
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Apply by June 1 for the OCB Oceanic Methane and Nitrous Oxide: The present situation and future scenarios three-day workshop on oceanic methane and nitrous oxide covering chemical analysis, microbial metabolism, and our observational and predictive capabilities. The workshop will take place October 28-31, 2018 at the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center (California, USA). The […]
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Funding of early career US-based scientists to travel to the Ocean Biogeochemistry GRS and GRC in Hong Kong: Applications will be accepted until April 30, 2018 The Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) program (us-ocb.org) will cover the GRC registration fees of 9 US-based early-career researchers, and other funds will cover their GRS registration fees and […]
Read MoreGoldschmidt 2018 Student and Early Career Grants https://goldschmidt.info/2018/grants The Geochemical Society is actively seeking applications for student and early career grants to attend the 2018 Goldschmidt Conference in Boston. The society is significantly increasing the amount of funding available this year to support student/early career participation, as detailed below. Apply by March 30 if you […]
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Arctic-COLORS (Arctic-COastal Land Ocean inteRactionS): A Science Plan for a NASA Field Campaign in the Coastal Arctic View or download the PDF Executive Summary Over the past century, average Arctic surface air temperatures have increased at almost twice the global average rate and this rapid warming trend is expected to continue over the next century. […]
Read MoreBy Nancy Steinberg (OSU) originally published in Terra on February 2, 2018, excerpt reposted with permission. The Pacific Ocean west of Newport is among the most well-studied seas on the planet. It still has secrets to tell. Last Fall, Oregon State’s small research vessel Elakha embarked on an overnight cruise, setting sail under clear fall skies, […]
Read MoreThe Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) and Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) are pleased to announce that the POGO-SCOR Visiting Fellowship programme for 2018 is now open for applications. The deadline for applications is 9 April 2018. The program is designed to promote training and capacity building leading towards a global observation system for the […]
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