New report available Review of US GO-SHIP (Global Ocean Shipboard Hydrographic Investigations Program) An OCB and US CLIVAR Report (November 2019) In 2018 an external review committee convened to assess US GO-SHIP, an affiliate of international GO-SHIP, which performs global ship-based decadal surveys to collect, document, and store high precision and full depth hydrographic […]
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Consider nominating yourself or others to this Consensus Study sponsored by NASEM. Note the very fast turnaround for nominations (November 26). The National Academies’ Board on Energy and Environmental Systems invites your nominations for qualified individuals to serve on a new consensus study, Accelerating Decarbonization in the United States: Technology, Policy, and Societal Dimensions. For […]
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New Biological Pump from Emma Cavan (Imperial College London) and McCork Studios, which incorporates some key remineralization processes, from this recently published Nature paper. New OA podcast featuring Libby Jewett, founding Director of the Ocean Acidification Program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Topics discussed include: Chemistry of ocean acidification Impact on animals […]
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The IOCCG sampling and measurement protocols for particulate organic carbon (POC) are now available for public comment until January 20, see these and other protocols open for comment.
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OCB is seeking nominations for new US-based Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) members, including a new early career SSC member. To qualify for the early career slot, a nominee must have completed a PhD within the last 4 years; both postdoctoral researchers and faculty members are eligible. For the early career nominees who are currently postdocs, […]
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The oceanographic community has made great strides over the past couple of decades in developing physical and biogeochemical observing capacity. However, a more holistic understanding of marine ecosystem function and change will require more large-scale, sustained ocean biological and ecological observations. The time for such an integrated approach is now. With new instruments and sensors, […]
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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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With leadership from the Ocean Atmosphere Interaction Committee (OAIC), OCB convened a community workshop Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions: Scoping directions for new research October 1-3, 2019 at The Woodlands at Algonkian in Sterling, VA. The goal of this workshop was to bring together members of the U.S. air-sea research community to facilitate new collaborations and identify knowledge […]
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Four new research projects are giving a boost to NOAA’s ability to measure, track and forecast ocean acidification, warming and other important ocean health indicators. NOAA Research’s Ocean Observing and Monitoring Division has awarded $3 million in funding for projects that will expand the ability of the global Argo Program to measure ocean chemistry. Two […]
Read MoreSeptember 13-15, 2019 (C-MORE Hale Center, Honolulu, HI) Prior to OO19, the OCB Project Office planned and hosted an NSF EarthCube Workshop focused on shipboard ocean time series data. Data synthesis and modeling efforts across ocean time series represents an important and necessary step forward in broadening our view of a changing ocean and maximizing […]
Read MoreOceanObs19 Side Meeting Enhancing biological observing capacity of ocean programs and platforms – September 18, 2019 (Honolulu, HI) During the OceanObs19 Meeting, OCB planned and hosted a side meeting to bring together members of the oceanographic community to identify biological and ecological observing technology that could be deployed on current sustained observational programs. In order […]
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Applications are now being accepted to participate in the upcoming workshop: Ocean nucleic acids ‘omics intercalibration and standardization funded by the US Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry (OCB) program. The goal of this workshop is to develop a focused marine microbial nucleic acid (na) ‘omics intercomparison and intercalibration effort to enhance future field programs that integrate methods […]
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Check out the great new comic on phytoplankton and climate change by OCB scientist Uta Passow and comic Andy Warner. See the full panels on our Outreach & Education page.
Read MoreBy Simon Clegg and Matthew Humphreys (UEA) Members of a funded NERC/NSF project A Thermodynamic Chemical Speciation Model for the Oceans, Seas, and Estuaries are working to develop new tools for the calculation of chemical speciation in seawater and other natural waters. After seeking feedback from the oceanographic community via a Town Hall at the […]
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The Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Program is soliciting proposals for OCB activities that will take place or begin during the 2020 calendar year. We seek proposals for OCB-relevant workshops and activities as follows: Scoping workshops (~50-70 people) that bring together an appropriate body of expertise to foster discussions and develop forward momentum in a […]
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