Welcome to OCB
OCB Mission
To establish the evolving role of the ocean in the global carbon cycle, in the face of environmental change, through studies of marine biogeochemical cycles and associated ecosystems
Overarching Scientific Themes
Improve understanding and prediction of:
1) oceanic uptake and release of atmospheric CO2 and other greenhouse gases;
2) climate-sensitivities of biogeochemical cycles and interactions with ecosystem structure
Currently Identified Priorities
- Ocean acidification
- Terrestrial/coastal carbon fluxes and exchanges
- Climate sensitivities of and change in ecosystem structure and associated impacts on biogeochemical cycles
- Mesopelagic ecological and biogeochemical interactions
- Benthic-pelagic feedbacks on biogeochemical cycles
- Ocean carbon uptake and storage
- Expanding low-oxygen conditions in the coastal and open oceans
OCB Information Resources
- OCB Ocean Fertilization Website
- Subscribe or post to the OCB email list
- Submit a paper to the OCB publications list
Community News
AUGUST 18: View updated GO-SHIP Repeat Hydrography Manual
AUGUST 16: Matlab Toolbox to Perform Secondary Quality Control (2nd QC) on Hydrographic Data published at CDIAC
JULY 21: Third Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World to take place in Monterey, CA in Autumn 2012
JULY 21: NOAA funding opportunity on global carbon cycle announced - proposal deadline is September 10, 2010
JULY 11: View the special issue of Deep Sea Research Part II on Ecological and Biogeochemical Interactions in the Dark Ocean
JUNE 17: Special issue of Science (June 18, 2010) on Changing Oceans now available
JUNE 15: Deepwater Horizon Response Research Opportunity
JUNE 4: Registration deadline for 2010 OCB Summer workshop is JUNE 15!
MAY 19: Guide to Best Practices in Ocean Acidification Research and Data Reporting now available for download
APRIL 22: The U.S. National Research Council's report on ocean acidification, entitled "Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean" released in prepublication form
APRIL 16: The Environmental and Economic Impacts of Ocean Acidification, a hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will take place April 22 at 10 am
Acknowledgments
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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OCB HIGHLIGHTS
AUGUST 2010
OCB and NACP announce the first Coastal Interim Synthesis workshop, which will take place December 11-12, 2010, just before the 2010 Fall AGU meeting in San Francisco, CA. View workshop announcement.
JULY 2010
OCB holds its annual Summer Workshop in La Jolla, CA - view highlights on the workshop website. Talks and archived video files of the webcast are being posted.
JUNE 2010
OCB Southern Ocean scoping workshop organizers release final comprehensive science plan for Southern Ocean research
MAY 2010
OCB Ocean Acidification Subcommittee and OCB Project Office submit OCB community response to the EPA's Call for Public Comment on 303(d) Program and Ocean Acidification
APRIL 2010
OCB Southern Ocean scoping workshop organizers draft comprehensive science plan for Southern Ocean research: A U.S. Southern Ocean Carbon, Ecosystems and Biogeochemistry Science Plan
MARCH 2010
The OCB Project Office has developed a new informational website on ocean fertilization
FEBRUARY 2010
Sarah Cooley (OCB Project Office), with assistance from EPOCA, has coordinated and compiled a peer-reviewed list of ocean acidification FAQs