The annual Austral Summer Institute (ASI) organized by the Department of Oceanography and the COPAS Sur-Austral Program of the University of Concepcion, Chile, provides training for a topic that is timely and of wide interest in the marine science community. ASI XVIII is organized around four courses, each one week long, that address different aspects of the general theme. […]
Read MoreThe International Group for Marine Ecological Time Series (IGMETS) has released its report entitled “What are Marine Ecological Time Series telling us about the ocean? A status report.” Download the full report PDF or individual sections. This first report presents an analysis and overview of oceanic trends through the end of 2012, based on a collection of […]
Read MoreIMBeR IMBIZO 5: Marine biosphere research for a sustainable ocean: Linking ecosystems, future states and resource management will take place October 2-5, 2017 (Woods Hole, MA). Imbizo is a Zulu word for “gathering.” This international meeting, which occurs every two years, consists of three concurrent workshops on timely topics, as well as activities that cut […]
Read MoreThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) solicited proposals addressing the research needed to begin Phase I of the EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS) field campaign – a large-scale field campaign that will provide critical information for quantifying the export and fate of upper ocean net primary production (NPP) from satellite observations. The overarching goal of EXPORTS […]
Read More2017 Fall AGU Meeting View OCB-relevant sessions at 2017 AGU Fall Meeting December 11-15, 2017 in New Orleans, LA. 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting View OCB-relevant sessions for the 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting February 11-16, 2018 in Portland, OR (abstract submission deadline: September 6, 2017). If you would like to add sessions to these lists, please send us an email.
Read MoreWe are currently seeking Review Editors for the 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR-2). The deadline for nominations is July 30. Please share this widely among your networks. Please see the instructions and a note with additional details from Dr. Nancy Cavallaro (USDA NIFA National Program Leader and CCIWG co-Chair) below. Thank you. […]
Read MoreSave the date: The 2018 OCB Summer Workshop will be held June 25-28, 2018 in Woods Hole, MA (#OCB2018). All slides and webcast footage from the 2017 OCB Summer Workshop now available here. If you attended OCB 2017 and would like to have your poster archived in online poster gallery, please submit a PDF of your poster to the OCB Project Office. […]
Read MoreOcean Optics 2017 training course entitled “Calibration & Validation for Ocean Color Remote Sensing“
The Ocean Optics 2017 training course entitled “Calibration & Validation for Ocean Color Remote Sensing“ is starting this week at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (10 July – 4 August 2017). As the course progresses, the powerpoint presentations from all the lectures plus the recordings and the lab’s printed materials will be posted […]
Read MorePBS series “Changing Seas” joined a BATS cruise during January 2017 to film an episode that introduces the biological and solubility pumps (featuring BIOS’s Nick Bates, Rod Johnson and Amy Mass, and Dennis Hansell). Watch on YouTube
Read MoreOCB supported early career participation in Cornell Satellite Remote Sensing class in June 2017. Nicole (Nikki) DeLuca is a third-year PhD student in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, advised by Benjamin Zaitchik. Her work focuses on using ocean color remote sensing in coastal and inland waters, including the Chesapeake […]
Read MoreIn 2015, the Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry science communities kicked off an effort to revisit, evolve, and revise the 2007 NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program’s Advanced Plan entitled Earth’s Living Ocean: the Unseen World. The revised draft Advance Plan covers the next decade (2017-2027) of community research and technology ideas, and is now ready for community […]
Read MoreThe Council for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) held a meeting in Rome, Italy from April 26-28, 2017, which was hosted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and chaired by Dr. George Watters (USA), Mr. Alistair Dunn (NZ), and Dr. Marino Vacchi (IT). Representatives from Argentina, Chile, China, […]
Read MoreThe #GreatAntarcticClimateHack will be held October 9-12, 2017 at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Forum, La Jolla, CA. Our first-ever Climate Hack will focus on bringing Antarctic and Southern Ocean observations to bear on evaluating the latest generation of climate and earth system models, producing new climate model metrics for the 21st century. #GreatAntarcticClimateHack is a workshop to […]
Read MoreGlobal and Coastal Ocean Satellite Data Products from Revised Website at NOAA CoastWatch/OceanWatch The NOAA CoastWatch/OceanWatch Program and the Central Operations team at the Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR, the research and development arm of the NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)) are pleased to share the news of the […]
Read MoreA recent workshop co-sponsored by US CLIVAR, OCB, NOAA, PICES, and ICES, Forecasting ENSO impacts on marine ecosystems of the US West Coast, attempted to develop a framework for using ENSO forecasts from climate and statistical models in order to predict changes in key components of the marine ecosystem in the California Current System. Click […]
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