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The OC4C project aims to initiate preliminary activities towards the long-term generation of ocean carbon Climate Data Records (CDRs) which will provide and use multiple Essential Climate Variables (ECVs).
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👋Hello Ocean Carbon Community,

Save the date 🗓️ 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀 12 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 '26, 13:00-16:30 𝗚𝗠𝗧
for the 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 4 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽

Hear about advancements in ocean carbon science & help guide the next steps.

Open to anyone interested.
Register👉 shorturl.at/JtqUT
Info👉 shorturl.at/cyjK1
#OC4CWS26
A very interesting morning addressing the impact of Climate Change on the Ocean Carbon Cycle @esaclimate.bsky.social Ocean Carbon From Space Workshop.

This morning concluded with a discussion on anthropogenic driven climate chance and biodiverity loss.
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
👋Hello Ocean Carbon Community,

Save the date 🗓️ 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀 12 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 '26, 13:00-16:30 𝗚𝗠𝗧
for the 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 4 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽

Hear about advancements in ocean carbon science & help guide the next steps.

Open to anyone interested.
Register👉 shorturl.at/JtqUT
Info👉 shorturl.at/cyjK1
#OC4CWS26
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Starting Monday! 🌊 A free online @esa.int Scope Project workshop bringing the #ScientificCommunity together to tackle key gaps & challenges in #CceanCarbon #research.
Join the discussions on #FieldData, #satellites & #modelling 👉
oceancarbonfromspace2025.esa.int
Ocean Carbon From Space 2025
The 2nd Ocean Carbon from Space workshop will support progress towards an integrated approach for characterising the ocean carbon cycle using satellite observations and will advance our understanding ...
oceancarbonfromspace2025.esa.int
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Scientists from PML and the University of Exeter met with #MPs to share their latest evidence on #MarineCarbonDioxideRemoval - and to explore the UK’s opportunity to lead the development of innovative, responsible approaches as part of the fight against #ClimateChange:

🔗 pml.ac.uk/news/pml-sci...
PML Scientists Share Evidence on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal in Westminster
Scientists from Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) met with MPs in Westminster to share their latest evidence on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) – and to explore the UK’s opportunity to lead th
pml.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Coming up at #COP30: Latest research on how to stay within safe & just planetary boundaries. With PIK’s Elmar Kriegler as one of the speakers.
📅 Thursday, 20.11.25, 14:45-15:45 BRT
📌 The Planetary Science Pavilion
🗺️ Blue Zone, location number: #PV-B47
More info: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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426.32 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 16-Nov-2025
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
📝 #OC4C work was used in the 2025 #GlobalCarbonBudget #GCB released today during #COP30

We provided estimates of the global ocean CO2 sink under the fCO2 (sw) product ensemble - tinyurl.com/4syapz2p

GCB preprint here👉 doi.org/10.5194/essd...
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Fascinating to hear about Pierre Friedlingstein's life and his work on carbon's pivotal role in climate change. He mentions #GCB which is to be published this week at #COP30 and includes data from our project #OC4C (more info on this soon)

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Life Scientific - Pierre Friedlingstein on carbon’s pivotal role in climate change - BBC Sounds
Pierre Friedlingstein on the pivotal role of carbon in predicting climate change.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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NEW – Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP30 climate summit | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Ho Woo Nam

Read here: buff.ly/aPAxSv5
Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP30 climate summit - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief’s real-time text tracker offers a helping hand by decoding agenda and keeping a searchable record of every document at COP30
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Our OC4C-SCOPE full surface ocean carbonate dataset zenodo.org/records/1580... has been used for the Planetary Health Check Report, for assessing the ocean acidification boundary.
October 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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A request for weather interested volunteers!

Met Eireann would like to rescue millions of weather observations taken in Ireland over many decades that are still stuck on paper. #WeatherRescue

Anyone can help: www.zooniverse.org/projects/met...
October 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The Planetary Health Check 2025 @pik-potsdam.bsky.social report of the ‘ocean acidification boundary’ was assessed using the joint #OC4C and #SCOPE surface ocean carbonate system dataset. #PlanetaryBoundaries

See our data here: oceancarbon4climate.org/oc4c-data-in...
October 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Reposted by OceanCarbon4Climate
Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today. #PlanetaryBoundaries
➡️ www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
September 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reposted by OceanCarbon4Climate
Direct link to article here www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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In the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, we are hiring an Assistant Professor in Atmosphere and/or Ocean Physics. No deadline stated, but review will begin soon, so please do not delay. apply.interfolio.com/173819
September 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Lovely shot of some of the #OC4C team enjoying a meal after our Mid-Term Review @vliz.be.
We hope you all got home safely and well done again for a great first half! ;-)
September 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Great work Amanda & Galen at al. See their new climatologies of mean ΔfCO and net sea–air CO flux for the global ocean below 👇
Amanda Fay et al.* present new climatologies of mean ΔfCO and net sea–air CO flux for the global ocean.

doi.org/10.5194/essd...

#ocean #co2 #flux

*David Munro, Galen McKinley, Denis Pierrot, Stewart Sutherland, Colm Sweeney, Rik Wanninkhof
September 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Posters & presentations from ESA's Living Planet Symposium 25 #LPS25 are available, here is OC4C's lps25.esa.int/lps25-presen...
Title: The Strengths And Limits Of Satellite-driven pCO2 Products And Model Estimates For Assessing The Ocean Carbon Sink presented by Dr. Dan Ford and Dr. Jamie Shutler
September 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Published in Nature Climate Change (@NaturePortfolio) with Peter Landschützer,
👉vliz.be/en/news/ocean-…
🌊The ocean carbon sink is ailing. In 2023’s record marine heatwave, the ocean absorbed ~1 Gt less CO₂ – ≈ half the EU’s annual emissions.
New study published in Nature Climate Change with VLIZ, ETH Zürich, ICOS & University of East Anglia.
Read more 👉 www.vliz.be/en/news/ocea...
September 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
ESA have given us a lovely new CCI style square Icon (see below👇)

You can also read more about our project on the ESA website:
climate.esa.int/en/supportin...
September 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Dr Dan Ford's latest manuscript on Earth System Science Data (ESSD):
'UEx-L-Eddies: Decadal and global long-lived mesoscale eddy trajectories with coincident air-sea CO2 fluxes and biogeochemical conditions' essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...

Read more: oceancarbon4climate.org/manuscript-s...
UEx-L-Eddies: Decadal and global long-lived mesoscale eddy trajectories with coincident air-sea CO2 fluxes and biogeochemical conditions
Abstract. Mesoscale eddies are prevalent features within the global ocean that modify the physical, chemical and biological properties as they move and evolve. These modifications can alter the air-se...
essd.copernicus.org
August 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Reposted by OceanCarbon4Climate
The buoys we manage in Alaska are part of a global network that contributes to understanding ocean-air carbon dioxide flux. #CO2 #OceanAcidification #GAKOA 🧪🌊🦑🛟

aoos.org/project/long...
Long-term Ocean Acidification Moorings - Alaska Ocean Observing System
Monitoring Resurrection Bay and the southern Bering Sea
aoos.org
August 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
As part of our SOCOMv2 initiative, a dedicated session focused on all things ocean-atmosphere interactions—CO₂ fluxes, aerosols, sea ice, the microlayer, and more is being organized at the upcoming Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 (OSM26)
Read more here: oceancarbon4climate.org/oc4c-at-ocea...
August 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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How much carbon can ocean absorb as the planet warms? @lamont.columbia.edu microbial oceanographer Sonya Dyhrman studies marine microbes, which underpin the dynamics of the ocean’s highly complex ecosystem, and are pivotal in how much carbon the ocean can hold: lamont.columbia.edu/news/tiny-gi...
July 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM