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.
Read MoreSOCATv2022 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 […]
Read MoreDear 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 […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreRecording: 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 […]
Read MoreDates: 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 […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreNew 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 […]
Read MoreWe 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 […]
Read MoreWorkshop 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 […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreFish, Fisheries, and Carbon – 3-part international workshop DATES: 6, 8, and 9 March 2023 1) Register for the workshop here 2) Sign up for the Zoom links below The primary aims of this workshop are to: showcase emerging research by the international community on the interactions between fish and the carbon cycle, and the […]
Read MoreOcean Nucleic Acids ‘Omics Workshop Report Released In January 2020, the workshop on Ocean nucleic acids ‘omics intercalibration and standardization was convened by the US Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry (OCB) program. The goal of this workshop was to develop a focused marine microbial nucleic acid (na) ‘omics intercomparison and intercalibration effort to enhance future field programs […]
Read MoreWK14 Advancing microfluidics and metabolomics in microbial ecology This half-day workshop is intended for researchers with expertise in microbial ecology, microfluidics and metabolomics, with the aim of interdisciplinary training, idea exchange and to foster collaborations. This event will feature several invited talks from leaders in the respective fields and will highlight recent developments and persistent […]
Read MoreWhat’s behind the curtain of the NASA Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission? The NASA PACE Project and Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Project Office are excited to announce the upcoming summer class “What’s behind the curtain of the NASA Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission?” This one-week graduate-level course will provide in-depth […]
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