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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 3h

🌊 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...

Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 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 · 7d

🌊❄️ 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 · 14d

📺Recording now available!
Watch @morganedholm (University of Gothenburg) talk about "From Synoptic to Submesoscale: Understanding Sensible Heat Flux Variability in the Southern Ocean"
🔗 youtu.be/kqtP-pnYI-8?si
#SOFLUX_Webinar

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 14d

🌊 SOOS is in Brussels this week for the Polar Side Event at the All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance (AAORIA) Forum!

We’re connecting the Atlantic & polar research communities to strengthen cooperation from pole to pole.

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 16d

📰 SOOS WAPSA RWG Newsletter
Discover the latest from the West Antarctic Peninsula & Scotia Arc!
❄️ POLOMINTS expedition: ice–ocean interactions
🦐 Krill & phytoplankton dynamics
🌊 Water mass transport in Bransfield Strait
Meet the researchers & explore new insights: buff.ly/avTSltp

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 21d

Consider to have your project endorsed by SOOS!

Hear directly from our partner @fjordphyto.bsky.social about what this means and the benefits of SOOS endorsement in the cards below ⬇️

✅ Get your project endorsed here: www.soos.aq/activities/e...

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 21d

Citizen Science in the Antarctic!

Meet the SOOS-endorsed @fjordphyto.bsky.social project uniting scientists & travelers since 2016.

Passengers sample phytoplankton 🌱 → help track climate impacts on polar coastal ecosystems.

👉 Science by all, for all: soos.aq/news/fjordphyto

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 22d

📢 Call for Nominations: SOOS Southern Ocean Fluxes (SOFLUX) group is seeking new leadership members

🌊 Help drive strategy on air–sea fluxes of heat, freshwater, momentum & gases in the #SouthernOcean

🗓️ Nomination deadline: 15 Oct 2025
🔗 Details: soos.aq/opportunitie...

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 23d

🚢🐧🌊 From floats to animal-borne sensors, how do we observe the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean?

svenjahalfter.bsky.social and others from the SOOS SOIS RWG review current efforts, key gaps, & ways forward for this climate-critical region.

🔗 buff.ly/LTgfrZU

#SOOSSymposium2023 Special Issue

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 23d

🌈❄️ How does light shape fast-ice algae?

Emiliano Cimoli et al. used colored panels & imaging spectroscopy to track shifts in biomass, species, & photoacclimation—advancing tools for under-ice ecosystem monitoring

🔗https://buff.ly/mu2rv2U
🔖Part of the #SOOSSymposium2023 Special Issue in Elementa

Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 24d

Open Data:
1️⃣ Boosts Citations, Impact & Credibility– Studies show a robust, long-term citation impact
2️⃣ Saves Research Time (& Money!)– No more hunting through scattered repositories
3️⃣ Supports Collaboration
4️⃣ Backbone of Climate Policy–Transparent & enables multi-model comparison
#SOOS_DATAMonday

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 24d

#SOOS_DATAMonday: 2x🤔 Think twice before publishing! 📊 Only ~50% of datasets in Nature & Science were readily accessible in 2019

Why open data matters in a field where stakes are high & datasets are complex and costly to obtain #ClimateChange #PolarScience?

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 28d

👀First-ever full look at Ross Sea deep currents!

SOOS-endorsed Glomar Challenger Trough Exchange Experiment deployed multinational moorings in Feb 25.

To unlock how water moves through all 3 major troughs—vital for understanding ocean–ice dynamics

🔗 soos.aq/news/glomar-...

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 29d

🌐 Southern Ocean Data, Just One Map Away!
New in Elementa: SOOSmap a gateway to Antarctic data discovery. 50k+ observations in physics, biogeochem & biology — free & accessible.
For research experts to classroom students.
🔗 doi.org/10.1525/elem...
🗺️ soosmap.aq

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 29d

And we look forward to being there!

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · Sep 2

🌊 SOOS Early Career Newsletter – Sept 2025 is out!
mailchi.mp/5ce3720a9179...

👋 Welcome new ECR reps:

🧹 Explore the Frictionless Data project for smarter data cleaning

📄 ECR perspective on ocean negative carbon emissions

Subscribe & stay connected with SOOS ECRs: airtable.com/apphL7veWjIB...

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · Aug 27

🌊 #SOOS_Update Aug 2025 is out!

Meet new leadership & catch up on workshops, webinars & open-access research.

Discover Antarctic citizen science, reveal Ross Sea currents, & other essential reads for anyone following climate impacts
👉 southernoceanobservingsystem.createsend.com/t/j-e-whddkh...

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Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) @clicwcrp.bsky.social · Aug 26

REMINDER: Only 5 days left to submit your abstract for the CliC Open Science Conference 2026! ❄️

✏️ Abstract guidelines: clic2026.com/abstracts
🌏 Travel grant info: clic2026.com/travel-grants
🎟️ Register now: clic2026.com/registration

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · Aug 25

📺 Now available: Recording of the last webinar by Yuanxu Dong (GEOMAR) "Direct observational evidence of strong CO2 uptake in the Southern Ocean based on eddy covariance measurements" ▶️ buff.ly/fpETIas

SOFLUX Seminar, "Evidence of strong CO2 uptake in the Southern Ocean based on eddy covariance"

This is a recording of the webinar in the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) Southern Ocean Fluxes (SOFLUX) Working Group Seminar Series, which took part in April 2025, "Direct observational…

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · Aug 25

🌊 Next #SOFLUX_webinar coming up!

🔹 From Synoptic to Submesoscale: Understanding Sensible Heat Flux Variability in the Southern Ocean
🎙️ Johan Edholm (University of Gothenburg)
📅 18 Sept 2025
🕓 16:00 CEST
🔗https://buff.ly/4Xo97I7

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · Aug 25

🌊 Virtual Workshop: Ocean Connectivity & Exchange Across the Antarctic Peninsula 🌍

📅 Oct 14–16, 2025 | 2–3 hrs/day
💬 Invited talks • Short presentations • Discussions

🔗 Submit interest/short talk by Sept 5 → buff.ly/tLHpaWz?
By SOOS WAPSA RWG

Virtual Workshop on Ocean Connectivity and Exchange Across the Antarctic Peninsula: Processes and Impacts

Organizers: Tiago S. Dotto (1), Kate Hendry (2), Carlos Moffat (3), Andrea Piñones (4,5,6), Madeleine Youngs (7). (1) National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK; (2) University of Delaware,…

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BEPSII @bepsiiseaice.bsky.social · Jul 4

❄️🧊Our Sea Ice School is back in 2026!

📅 🌏 Join us in Saroma-Ko Lagoon, Hokkaido, Japan from Feb 28 to Mar 9 for hands-on polar training in sea ice, snow, clouds & aerosols.

🏫 Open to PhD, MSc & early postdocs. Apply by Sept 2025!

🔗 Info: tinyurl.com/3fhwa6ak

📝 Apply: tinyurl.com/56pafvdd

Biogeochemical exchanges at Sea Ice Interfaces - BEPSII - CATCH Sea-Ice School 2026

Saroma Sea Ice School 2026 Saroma-ko Lagoon, Hokkaido, Japan From 28 Feb. to 9 Mar. 2026 By BEPSII, CIce2Clouds, CATCH DESCRIPTION Saroma Sea Ice School 2026 is designed for early-career...

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · Aug 20

State of the Southern Ocean 2024

Record heat, warming seas, shifting salinity & summer chlorophyll spikes: the SOOS-led Southern Ocean chapter in this year's @ametsoc State of the Climate highlights how the SO is reshaping global climate. ➡️https://ametsoc.net/sotc2024/06Antarctica_SotC2024.pdf

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · Aug 19

✨ 2025 ABS RWG Workshop ✨
Amundsen–Bellingshausen Sector 🌍

Two sessions, global time zones 🌐 | Talks • Lightning Presentations • Discussion

📅 Sept 2 | Register now for Zoom & lightning talk sign-up 🔗 airtable.com/appoukWG95eu...

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