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Supporting a dynamic network of scientists working across disciplines to understand the ocean's role in climate and the global carbon cycle. Learn more: us-ocb.org

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Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) @usocb.bsky.social · Aug 20

2026 OCB Activity Proposal Solicitation now open until Oct 24 - spread the word! www.us-ocb.org/science-supp... @nacp-carbon.bsky.social @usclivar.bsky.social @ccspo.bsky.social @solas-ipo.bsky.social 🌊

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IPCC @ipcc.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Attention: Early-career researchers from developing countries & countries in transition!

Are you interested in becoming a Chapter Scientist and supporting author teams for #IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report?

Apply by 18 Oct 2025

🔗 www.ipcc.ch/2025/10/07/c...

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 9d

🌊❄️ Join us 14–16 Oct 2025 for the Virtual Workshop: Ocean Connectivity & Exchange Across the Antarctic Peninsula

free | 3 sessions | global time zones | talks + discussions

👉 Sponsored by SOOS WAPSA RWG
🔗 More info & program: airtable.com/appoukWG95eu...

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 ABS RWG: Call for Leadership Team Members

Nominations (including self-noms) invited for the SOOS Amundsen & Bellingshausen Sector RWG Leadership Team!

Help drive activities & strategy in a friendly team!

Deadline extended to 22 Oct 2025 👉 soos.aq/opportunities

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 1d

🌊 Register now for the next #SOFLUX_Webinar!

🎙️ Uncovering the seasonality of storm-driven Southern Ocean heat and carbon uptake

🗓️ KatherineTurner ( University of Arizona)

🕓 23 Oct | 14:00 UTC
🔗 Register here: airtable.com/appoukWG95euPhTb9/shrCwhUWxu2NnnUKp
More webinars: soos.aq/events/soflu...

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GOA-ON @goa-on.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that GOA-ON has 11 Regional Hubs? Join us for #OceanAcidification Week from 13-17 October to discover the latest ocean acidification science from experts around the world during our Regional Hub Sessions! 🪸🌊 #OneOcean
🌐Register for these sessions and more → tinyurl.com/OAW2025

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Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) @usocb.bsky.social · 2d

New paper providing paleo perspectives on tropical ecosystems from former OCB SSC member @oceanandclimate.bsky.social

USF College of Marine Science @cmarinescience.bsky.social · 2d

🌊In a new study co-led by USF professor @oceanandclimate.bsky.social Patrick Rafter, researchers used forams from the Pliocene to show that warming in the tropical Pacific may not trigger the severe decline in nutrients predicted by earlier models.
www.usf.edu/marine-scien...

How ancient plankton point to the resilience of ocean ecosystems

The researchers used a cutting-edge approach to predict future ocean conditions by examining the distant past through analyses of microscopic fossils.

www.usf.edu

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Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) @usocb.bsky.social · 8d

New report on #phytoplankton -based #carbon solutions open for community review: oceanvisions.org/news-pcs-dra... #mCDR 🌊

Report Outlines Research Agenda for Potential Phytoplankton Carbon Solutions

The draft report identifies what is known, and still unknown, and where the highest priority research and development is needed.

oceanvisions.org

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Ocean Acidification Research Center @uaf-oarc-alaska.bsky.social · 10d

#OceanAcidification Week is October 13-17, 2025
This virtual, multi-day forum highlights OA knowledge from around the world. 🧪🌊🦑🌐 #OAWeek2025

Register for virtual events ⬇️
www.goa-on.org/webinars/OaW...

GOA-ON : OA Week

Welcome to GOA-ON, the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network

www.goa-on.org

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CDRmare @cdrmare.bsky.social · 10d

Do you know that our CDRmare infographics are published under a CC-BY licence? We do this to provide fact-based, scientifically accurate graphs to help everyone communicate on the topic of #mCDR. You can browse & download all our English-language infographics here. lnkd.in/eWcmmxsN.

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Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) @usocb.bsky.social · 9d

Earth Science Women’s Network: Careers Beyond Academia Webinar - international panelists working in different sectors who will share their thoughts, advice and experiences about careers focused on engagement and knowledge exchange.
23 October at 12:00 PM ET
eswnonline.org/careers-beyo...

Careers Beyond Academia - Engagement and Knowledge Exchange - ESWN

Earth Science Women’s Network Free Virtual Event: Careers Beyond Academia – Engagement and Knowledge Exchange, October 23rd 2025, 1600 UTC Thank you for your interest in the Careers Beyond Academia…

eswnonline.org

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 19d

New England's famous fisheries rely on tiny but mighty plankton. 😋🎣

That's why scientists keep a close eye on the offshore food web that fuels the region's marine economy through the @nes-lter.bsky.social

📲 Find more reasons we need science—and science needs us: go.whoi.edu/together

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ESIP - Earth Science Information Partners @esipfed.bsky.social · 9d

Seeking nominations for the Martha E. Maiden Award! 🏅

This award honors individuals who have demonstrated leadership, dedication, and a collaborative spirit in advancing the field of Earth science information over their lifetime.

📣 Deadline 11/7.
Learn more ➡️ www.esipfed.org/awards/marth...

Martha Maiden Award - ESIP

The Martha Maiden Lifetime Achievement Award honors outstanding service to the Earth science information community.

www.esipfed.org

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 9d

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Nature Climate Change @natclimate.nature.com · 9d

🚨 We are hiring - Nature Climate Change is recruiting for a full time editor to join our team. This is a great opportunity for a PhD trained researcher to move into editorial. Applications close 23 October
www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Climate Change - Shanghai (CN) /Beijing/New York job with Springer Nature Ltd | 12845336

Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor (Nature Climate Change) Organisation: Nature Portfolio Location: Shanghai, Beijing, New York, New Jersey - hy...

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Belmont Forum @belmontforum.bsky.social · 14d

Join Anne Toomey, author of "Science with Impact," for a webinar on October 2nd at 16:00 (UTC+0)! Learn how research can drive societal change. Registration required: belmontforum.org/archives/new...

Missed our other activities? Watch the recordings on YouTube!

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Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) @usocb.bsky.social · 9d

Join a new monthly NSF info session - Oct 16 1-12p ET is a special BIO Virtual Office Hour on GRFP solicitation (NSF 25-547) with Q&A (register and pre-submit your Qs ahead of the webinar:
nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...

Webinar Registration - Zoom

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ICOS RI @icos-ri.eu · 9d

The ICOS Ocean Thematic Centre has published the results of the largest intercomparison study of its kind, comparing 27 instruments for surface ocean pCO₂ measurements. One method was proved most reliable.

➡️ Read the study by Steinhoff et al: ow.ly/glBV50X4g8S

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North American Carbon Program @nacp-carbon.bsky.social · 15d

September newsletter is out!
Info on:
* 2026 @usocb.bsky.social Activity Proposals
* GHG Coalition
* 2026 @fluxnet.bsky.social Secondment Program
* Job highlights
... and more!

tinyurl.com/55k4p5x4

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Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) @usocb.bsky.social · 16d

Happening this afternoon - join us in ~90m.

Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) @usocb.bsky.social · 21d

Join us on Sept 23 to learn about submitting a successful proposal to OCB! Proposals are due Oct 24.
mailchi.mp/whoi/2025-oc...

Join us for an info webinar about OCB proposals on Sept 23

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Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) @usocb.bsky.social · 21d

NSF Ocean Sciences Office Hours
September 30, 3-4:30 PM (ET)
Staff and division leadership will share information and updates on preparing proposals, address commonly asked questions, and answer yours. These office hours webinars will not be recorded.

Register nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...

Webinar Registration - Zoom

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Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) @usocb.bsky.social · 21d

Join us on Sept 23 to learn about submitting a successful proposal to OCB! Proposals are due Oct 24.
mailchi.mp/whoi/2025-oc...

Join us for an info webinar about OCB proposals on Sept 23

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Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) @usocb.bsky.social · 27d

Call for SSC nominations - due Oct 24.
AND join us Sept 23 at 3p for a info webinar on submitting your activity proposal to us + highlights of recent successful proposals. mailchi.mp/whoi/2025-oc...

Call for SSC nominations + proposal info webinar

mailchi.mp

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Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) @solas-ipo.bsky.social · Sep 9

🚨 Register Now!
Join SOLAS Seminar XI “Air-Sea gas exchange in warming polar regions: impacts of the changing sea-ice scape” on 14 October 2025, 15:00-16:00 UTC+2, online!
Free registration: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
More info：https://www.solas-int.org/events/solas-seminar/solas-semianr-xi.html

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Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) @usocb.bsky.social · Sep 4

Did you miss #OCB2025? or want to revisit a talk or 3? You're in luck as the recordings are now available on the OCB YouTube channel :-)

OCB2025 Summer Workshop - YouTube

OCB2025 Plenary SessionsConstraining the dark ocean carbon cycle: Implications for ocean carbon budgets? (Co-chairs: Anne Dekas, Anela Choy, Jeff Bowman, Ran...

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Galen McKinley @oceancarbon.bsky.social · Sep 4

news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/09/04/t... We've had a new analysis published on the impact on the ocean carbon sink from the unprecedented ocean warming of 2023.

The Ocean Carbon Sink Is Ailing

Measurements analyzed by an international research team indicate the global ocean absorbed significantly less CO₂ than anticipated during the unprecedented marine heatwave in 2023.

news.climate.columbia.edu

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NOAA @noaa.gov · Sep 4

Attention students: Save the date to apply to be a #NOAAScholar!

National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · Sep 4

The application for the 2026 Hollings scholarship is opening October 1, 2025, but you can start preparing to apply now! Learn more about the program and check out resources for applicants: noaa.gov/office-educa...
#NOAAScholars

NOAA undergraduate scholars complete summer internship projects that span NOAA's mission.(Image credit: NOAA Office of Education)

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