Are you an early career researcher working on the Southern Ocean? Consider joining the SOCCOM early career mailing list and our meetings! This is a space for Southern Ocean ECRs to come together to discuss work and life and to exchange tips about potential careers, networking, and resources. All Southern Ocean ECRs are welcome, regardless […]
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The U.S. Federal Government is soliciting nominations for members of the Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP) who represent the views of (1) ocean users, State, Tribal, territorial or local governments, academia, and such other views as the Co-Chairs of the Ocean Policy Committee consider appropriate; and (2) members eminent in the fields of marine science, […]
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NASA’s Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems (CC&E) focus area will be hosting the next Joint Science Workshop (JSW) on May 8-12, 2023 at The Hotel in College Park, MD. NASA’s CC&E focus area is an umbrella under which four program elements (Land-Cover and Land-Use Change, Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry, Terrestrial Ecology, and Biological Diversity) provide knowledge […]
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The South Korean Research vessel R.V. Isabu is carrying annual research cruises to the Seychelles-Chagos Thermocline Ridge in the Indian Ocean. The cruises on this state-of-the-art vessel will run until at least 2026. The potential exists for US PIs to participate in these cruises. See the Science Plan for the Korea-US inDian Ocean Scientific (KUDOS) […]
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Apply now to attend the upcoming OCB Workshop on Extreme Events (learn more here). Review of applications begins July 20, but application will remain open through August 3, as long as there are still available spots.
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SOCATv2022 is now available via www.socat.info! The ocean absorbs a quarter of the global CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions from human activity. The community-led Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (www.socat.info)is key for the quantification of ocean CO2 uptake and its variation, now and in the future. SOCAT version 2022 has quality-controlled in situ surface ocean fCO2(fugacity of […]
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Dear NASA PIs – We wanted to bring an important topic to your attention: the NASA EOS era is coming to a close. Terra and Aqua are aging spacecrafts, and while they are still collecting valuable data and producing critical products, the number of spacecraft anomalies is increasing, especially over the past year. The missions are […]
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The 2022 OCB Summer Workshop will be held in-person June 20-23, 2022 at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. We will live stream plenary sessions, and will share recordings after the event. Register for streaming (via Zoom) – one access link for all meeting days. Follow and contribute to the workshop conversation […]
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Recording: FAIR data solutions to support a global observing system of marine ecological time series
A community meeting (a repeat of a recent Ocean Sciences Town Hall Meeting to enable broader participation) to learn more about a new NSF EarthCube-funded Research Coordination Network for Marine Ecological Time Series (METS-RCN) tasked with bringing together members of the oceanographic, data science, and informatics communities to build consensus on key components of a […]
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Dates: June 20-23, 2022 (Woods Hole, MA) Registration opened April 1 and has filled, we are now taking waitlist registrations. Contact us for more info. OCB2022 Plenary Topics Filling the gaps in observation-based estimates of air–sea carbon fluxes Co-chairs: Galen McKinley (Columbia University, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory), Peter Landschützer (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology), Tim […]
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The National Science Foundation Biological Oceanography Program is pleased to announce a new event series that will begin this month: Biological Oceanography Office Hours. Office Hours will be a new opportunity for our scientific community to ask questions about the Program and our review process. We encourage anyone considering submitting a research proposal or who […]
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New OCB Scoping Workshop (October 23-26, 2022 at North Carolina State Univ. in Raleigh, NC, in person) : C-saw Time domain controls on carbon storage, release, and transformation in coastal and estuarine waters following extreme events. The aim of this workshop is to push forward our knowledge of extreme weather and fire effects on coastal […]
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We have two programs in C-CoMP (https://ccomp-stc.org/) that the OCB community may be interested in – a postdoc program and a bridge-to-PhD program. Both programs are 2-year fellowships with professional development, mentoring opportunities and rich research experiences across the ocean sciences and education research. The postdoc fellowship asks applicants to identify a host who can […]
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Workshop to discuss scientific research ideas and best practices for using OOI biogeochemical sensor data June 16-18, 2022 at WHOI The NSF-funded OOI Biogeochemical Sensor Data Working Group was established in summer 2021 to develop guidelines and best practices for using OOI biogeochemical sensor data to broaden users and applications of these data, and build […]
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The hybrid workshop Daily to Decadal Ecological Forecasting along North American Coastlines took place April 12-14, 2022 in Woods Hole, MA and online. Check out the full workshop agenda with linked slidedecks and talk recordings on the workshop website (US CLIVAR website). You can also view the whole playlist of recordings on the OCB YouTube […]
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