Marine Biodiversity Workshop: From the Sea to the Cloud – Pole to Pole MBON of the Americas (P2P) Twenty-five researchers from the Americas have been selected to participate in a five-day training program offered by the Pole to Pole Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) of the Americas (P2P) and AmeriGEOSS. The workshop includes marine scientists working on coastal […]
Read MoreWe’re maintaining a list of OCB-relevant sessions for the Fall AGU meeting. Email ocb_news@whoi.edu to add yours! December 10-14, 2018 AGU Fall Meeting (Washington DC) Abstracts are due August 1. See OCB-relevant session list here.
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Call for papers Carbon cycling in tidal wetlands and estuaries of the contiguous United States in an AGU cross-journal special collection Despite the growing recognition of the importance of the coastal zone to the global carbon cycle, an understanding of carbon transport and transformations in large coastal regions is lacking. A special collection of manuscripts, […]
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By Ken Johnson (MBARI) The Biogeochemical-Argo (BGC-Argo) Program is an international effort to develop a global network of biogeochemical sensors on Argo profiling floats that has emerged from over a decade of community discussion and planning. While there is no formal funding for this global program, it is being implemented via a series of international […]
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The 2018 OCB Summer Workshop will be held June 25-28, 2018 in Woods Hole, MA. workshop website We have added most presentation slides and recordings are coming soon to the agenda page. Follow and tag #OCB2018 on twitter. 2018 Plenary Sessions Monday, June 25 9:30 AM-12:00 PM Evolutionary insights on marine organism response to climate […]
Read MoreWe have put together a new page on how to promote your science, with tips and resources for ways to give your research, lab, and publications a greater reach. See the new page here and if you have things to add please send them to us! Thanks to Mike DeGrandpre (Univ. Montana) for spearheading this […]
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The application is open for the new OCB Workshop: Synthesis and intercomparison of ocean carbon uptake in CMIP6 models. The workshop will take place December 8-9, 2018 in Washington, DC. PIs include John Dunne (NOAA/GFDL), Scott Doney (Univ. Virginia), Matthew Long (NCAR), Anastasia Romanou (NASA/GISS), Galen McKinley (Columbia/LDEO). Apply here by July 13.
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Moore Foundation to co-sponsor OCB workshop Oceanic Methane and Nitrous Oxide: The present situation and future scenarios! This three-day workshop will address chemical analysis, microbial metabolism, and our observational and predictive capabilities. Applications are now closed. The workshop will take place October 28-31, 2018 at the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center (California, USA). Important links: […]
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The new OCB Working Group “Towards a better understanding of fish contribution to carbon flux” now has 14 members and is getting started on the following goals: 1) Synthesize the existing research on fish carbon flux; 2) Recognize challenges in measuring fish carbon flux and discuss approaches to resolve them; 3) Develop research priorities to […]
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Thank you to all members of the SOLAS and OCB communities who submitted such high-quality nominations for the new subcommittee on Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions. We received a total of 28 nominations. A small committee of scientists from the OCB and SOLAS scientific leadership independently reviewed all of the nomination packages and then engaged in an open […]
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The OCB Biogeochemical Profiling Float Workshop will bring together potential users to discuss biogeochemical profiling float technology, sensors, and data management, to begin the process of the intelligent design of future scientific experiments. The workshop will be held July 9-13, 2018 at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA, USA). Steering Committee: Stephen Riser (University of Washington), Ken […]
Read MoreFrontiers in Marine Science research topic: We Shed Light: Optical Insights into the Biological Carbon Pump From an OSM18 session led by the TOMCAT (Translation of Optical Measurements into particle Content, Aggregation & Transfer) SCOR working group. Abstract deadline June 29, 2018 and manuscript deadline March 29, 2019. Frontiers in Marine Science research topic: Spatial […]
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We are currently seeking nominations for members of a newly established Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Subcommittee. The scientific focus of this subcommittee is on ocean-atmosphere interactions and their role in marine biogeochemical cycles. There is substantial overlap between the scientific goals of the OCB and SOLAS (Surface Ocean and Lower Atmosphere) communities, and this subcommittee seeks to […]
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Funding of early career US-based scientists to travel to the Ocean Biogeochemistry GRS and GRC in Hong Kong: Applications will be accepted until April 30, 2018 The Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) program (us-ocb.org) will cover the GRC registration fees of 9 US-based early-career researchers, and other funds will cover their GRS registration fees and […]
Read MoreGoldschmidt 2018 Student and Early Career Grants https://goldschmidt.info/2018/grants The Geochemical Society is actively seeking applications for student and early career grants to attend the 2018 Goldschmidt Conference in Boston. The society is significantly increasing the amount of funding available this year to support student/early career participation, as detailed below. Apply by March 30 if you […]
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