We would like to thank the OCB community for submitting so many high-quality nominations for the OCB Scientific Steering Committee. Our new SSC members are Charlie Stock (NOAA/GFDL) – interactions between climate and marine ecosystems using global early system models Dreux Chappell (ODU) – molecular microbial ecology, phytoplankton cultivation/physiology, and trace metal biogeochemistry Jaime Palter […]
Read MoreA new NSF supplemental funding opportunity (INTERN) allows students to test out non-academic career paths while in graduate school. PIs can request up to six months of additional support for current graduate students supported on active NSF grants. These supplemental awards allow students to pursue internships that will broaden their professional experience and enable them […]
Read MoreSalinity-based equilibrium constants are widely used to estimate trace element speciation and solve the marine carbonate system. However, this approach is necessarily limited to solutions with seawater stoichiometry. As part of SCOR Working Group 145 and a collaborative NERC/NSF-funded project, we have been developing models that use thermodynamic equilibrium constants, together with activity coefficients, taking […]
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Human actions are driving changes in Earth’s atmosphere, ocean, and land surface at unprecedented rates. Fully-coupled Earth system models (ESMs) simulate physical aspects of the climate system, their interactions with terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and biogeochemical cycles. In this sense, ESMs are extremely valuable to understanding and managing planetary-scale human-environment interactions. Over the past few […]
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Final versions of two new IOCCG Ocean Optics and Biogeochemistry Protocols are now available on the IOCCG website: Volume 3.0: “Protocols for Satellite Ocean Color Data Validation: In situ Optical Radiometry”. This document provides protocols for the collection, processing and quality assurance of in situ measurements of the apparent optical properties of natural water for the validation of […]
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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 […]
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