Rationale for a web-based Best Practice Guide WEBSITE www.meddle-scor149.org The complexity of the natural environment and the number of drivers often prevent the design of a single fully factorial experiment evaluating the impact on a given species or ecosystem. For example, an experimental design to investigate 4 drivers, with 5 treatment levels per driver, and […]
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Dear Colleague Letter: Research Opportunities Related to Coastlines and People (CoPe) April 24, 2019 Dear Colleagues: With this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorates for Geosciences (GEO), Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE), Biological Sciences (BIO), Engineering (ENG), Education and Human Resources (EHR) and the Office of Integrative Activities (OIA) announce […]
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OCB workshop report: Synthesis and Intercomparison of Ocean Carbon Uptake in CMIP6 Models Climate and Earth System Modeling Centers around the world are currently preparing their state-of-the-art models to participate in the 6th phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6), which will inform the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment. An OCB […]
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The new version of the State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2) site is now live at https://carbon2018.globalchange.gov/ This new site comes equipped with a new design and many new user-friendly and interactive features including: Full content of report now available as web content, in addition to downloadable PDFs; Sections and figures including links for […]
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This workshop, held March 4-5, 2019 at Rutgers University, was attended by 14 researchers from 11 different institutions. The workshop focused on synthesizing the existing research on fish carbon flux, discussing challenges in measuring fish carbon flux, and determining approaches for estimating fish contribution to carbon flux on variable scales. Presentations and discussions were specifically […]
Read MoreThe Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation is soliciting pre-applications for investigator awards. Investigators will be selected based on their potential to conduct research that illuminates how aquatic symbioses involving microbes function, and how these interactions shape ecology and evolution in marine and freshwater habitats. The deadline for submitting […]
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New short video about trace gases and the 2018 Methane & Nitrous Oxide workshop! In October 2018, an Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB)-sponsored workshop addressed questions to help determine the future directions of methane and nitrous oxide measurements in the global oceans. The workshop was designed to sit at the interface between laboratory analysis of […]
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Global Ocean Data Analysis Project (GLODAP) version 2 includes data from approximately one million individual seawater samples collected from almost 800 cruises carried during the years 1972-2013. Extensive quality control and subsequent calibration were carried out for salinity, oxygen, nutrient, carbon dioxide, total alkalinity, pH and chlorofluorocarbon data. Following calibration, the data were used to […]
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The LDEO (Takahashi) Database Version 2018 (LDEO_Database_V2018) was published at OCADS/NCEI/NOAA: https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ocads/oceans/LDEO_Underway_Database/ Approximately 13.5 million measurements of surface water pCO2 made over the global oceans during 1957-2018 have been processed to make a uniform data file in this Version 2018. Measurements made in open oceans as well as in coastal waters are included. The data […]
Read MoreCourse call “Approaches and Tools for Numerical Modeling of High Latitude Ecosystems” DEADLINE EXTENDED – 15 MAY 2019 The Institute of Marine and Limnological Sciences and the Research Center Dynamics of High Latitude Marine Ecosystems – IDEAL of University Austral of Chile and the Research Center for the Oceanography of the Southeastern Pacific – COPAS […]
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NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2019 (ROSES-2019) – Released March 14, 2019 ROSES-18 Amendment 67 presents a new opportunity in program element A.48, Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Mission System Vicarious Calibration. ROSES-18 Amendment 66 presents a new opportunity: Carbon Monitoring System in this program element, A.49 – A.49 Carbon Monitoring System The first amendment (ROSES 2018 program element A.48) is focused on delivery of […]
Read MoreSAVE THE DATE! Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions: Scoping directions for U.S. research – October 1-3, 2019 This workshop will gather U.S. scientists working at the air-sea interface to identify research priorities and facilitate the communication and collaboration required for future significant research advances. Leadership for this workshop will be provided by the Ocean Atmosphere Interaction Committee (OAIC). […]
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The Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) Program (www.us-ocb.org) will support tuition, travel, and housing expenses for up to five U.S.-based students or postdocs to participate in the 2019 Cornell Satellite Remote Sensing Training Program taking place June 3-14, 2019 at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. If interested, please send a 2-page CV and a 1-page statement […]
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The website for the OCB Indian Ocean Science Planning community workshop has been revamped as both an archive for the 2017 workshop (report, presentation slides and recordings, poster gallery) and the new home of information, publications and more related to the US Steering Committee of the 2nd International Indian Ocean Expedition. Please visit and share […]
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The 2019 OCB Summer Workshop will be held June 24-27 in Woods Hole, MA. Registration will open in early April. The 2019 plenary sessions are: Anthropogenic changes in ocean oxygen: Coastal and open ocean perspectives Approaches and challenges to understanding biogeochemical cycling across the land-ocean aquatic continuum Calcification and the carbon cycle Carbon cycle feedbacks […]
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