Latest news from the SOLAS International Project Office
JULY
28-07-10
Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) plan available for community comment
The Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) plan outlines the scientific rationale and strategy for the SOOS; identifies the variables to be observed; presents a draft plan for an integrated multi-disciplinary observing system for the Southern Ocean; and identifies the next steps required for implementation. All interested parties are encouraged to provide feedback by email before 1 October, after which a final version will be produced. Further details are available from the SOOS page of the SCAR website
28-07-10
ESF-COST High-Level Conference on “Extreme Environmental Events" - call for applications
First call for applications to participate in this conference on 13-17 December 2010, Cambridge, UK is now open. This conference aims to bring together an inter-disciplinary group including statisticians, climate modellers, meteorologists, and other environmental scientists to focus on extreme events and the uncertainties inherent in their understanding.
Submission deadline 28 September 2010. Grants are available for young researchers. For more information Click Here
20-07-10
Call for Abstracts for AGU Fall Meeting Special Session
SOLAS Scientists are encouraged to submit abstracts for a Special Session on Linkages in Biogeochemical Cycles Between the Surface Ocean and Lower Atmosphere Over the Pacific Ocean. Convened by Mitsuo Uematsu, Bill Miller, and Maurice Levasseur the session will be held at the AGU Fall meeting, 13-17 December, San Francisco.
Submission opens 21 July 2010 and closes 2 September 2010. Click Here for more information
20-07-10
Call for applications to participate in the ESF-COST High-Level Conference on “Extreme Environmental Events”
The 1st call for actions for the ESF-COST High Level Conference on Extreme Environmental Events, 13-17 December 2010, Cambridge, UK is now open
Application submission deadline 28 September 2010. Click Here for more information
08-07-10
Project Officer position open in the SOLAS IPO, Kiel, Germany
This fixed term position is located at the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences at (IFM-GEOMAR) in Kiel, Germany. The office, which is led by Executive Officer, Emilie Breviere, supports the Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) of SOLAS in implementing the project and the recently identified SOLAS Mid-term Strategy. The Project Officer will lead or contribute to scientific communication activities including event organisation, production of communication materials and developing and maintaining links within the SOLAS community and with other related projects.
Deadline for applications is 15 August 2010. Go to job advert.
02-07-10
Map-based overview of research projects on ocean acidification
The SOLAS-IMBER Ocean Acidification working group is developing a web-based, interactive database of ocean acidification research. The goal of the project is to provide a map-based overview of ongoing and past research projects on ocean acidification, with web links for research groups to promote information and coordination of activities. The release of the web site is planned for mid to late summer, 2010 but researchers can contribute OA locations for inclusion in the site and suggestions for web site features now. Click Here to find out more
JUNE
30-06-10
SOLAS e-bulletin 60 now available
Our most recent bulletin is now available here. If you wish to subscribe to our monthly e-bulletins and/or our newsletter, please find the links in the left-hand sidebar or click here.
30-06-10
LDEO Database Version 2009 now available from CDIAC:
The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) database is now available at http://cdiac.ornl.gov/oceans/LDEO_Underway_Database/ Approximately 4.75 million measurements of surface water partial pressure of CO2 obtained over the global oceans during 1968-2009 are listed
29-06-10
Programme available - 5th International DMS(P) Symposium
Sessions and Invited talks for the 5th International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Chemistry of DMS(P) and Related Compounds (19 - 22 October 2010, CSIR, Goa, India) are now available at www.dmsp.nio.org/ Registration and abstract submission closes on 31July 2010.
29-06-10
"Chemistry at Marine Interfaces" Symposium - Extended Deadline 5 July 2010
A mini symposium on Chemistry at Marine Interfaces will be held as part of the "Third Biannual International Symposium on The Future Ocean" from Monday, 13 September until Thursday, 16 September 2010 in Kiel, Germany. Abstract for talks and/or posters are solicited from experimental as well as numerical modelling or theoretical groups. Submission deadline extended till Monday 5 July 2010.
11-06-10
Marine climate change impacts synthesis activity - call for input
a Working Group at the National Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, USA (www.nceas.ucsb.edu/featured/richardson) are searching for published papers and reports for a global meta-analysis of climate change impacts on marine systems. You can upload pdf or word documents for potential inclusion at https://groups.nceas.ucsb.edu/marine-climate-impacts/provide-data.
07-06-10
CO2 Forum: Open discussion on the changing carbon cycle
A group of scientists created a web forum open for the discussion of the global carbon cycle and its relation with climate variability and change, human and ecological impacts.
You are welcome to post, comment, join or start new discussions on topics relevant to the carbon cycle. A current topic is "Can we detect the impact of the 2008-2009 economic downturn in the CO2 record?"
07-06-10
Ocean Acidification guide to Best Practices - now online
The Guide to Best Practices in Ocean Acidification Research and Data Reporting is now online and ready for printing. The PDF version of the whole guide as well as each separate chapter are available for download at the EPOCA web site Printed copies of the guide will be available shortly. Please contact Lina Hansson
07-06-10
The Gulf oil spill and NSF RAPID Grants
NSF has a mechanism in place to receive time-sensitive proposals related to unanticipated events such as the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. For more information, please see the NSF Grant Proposal Guide
MAY
20-05-10
SOLAS IPO Welcomes new Project Officer
The SOLAS International Project Office is pleased to announce the arrival of Kath Mortimer as Project Officer based in the SOLAS Nodal Office in Norwich, UK. Kath is taking over from the current Project Officer, Sophie Seeyave, who will be leaving at the end of June. Read More
17-05-10
SOLAS e-bulletin 59 now available
Our most recent bulletin is now available here. The bulletin archive is available in the 'news' section on the navigational bar on this webpage. If you wish to subscribe to our monthly e-bulletins and/or our newsletter, please find the links in the left-hand sidebar or click here.
13-05-10
Last chance to submit an abstract for the 14th Biennial Challenger Society Conference on Marine Science (deadline 21 May)
The conference will take place at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, on 6-9 September 2010. The conference will address the major marine science issues of the day under the overarching theme 'Ocean Challenges in the 21st Century'. Visit the conference website to view the wide ranging programme, register and submit an abstract. Themes include 'Biogeochemical cycles and climate feedbacks', 'Carbon in the ocean: Past, present and future' and a debate on geo-engineering. Abstracts from students and post-docs are particularly welcomed. A late registration fee of £50 will apply after 21st May.
10-05-10
10th SOLAS Scientific Steering Committee Meeting took place at the end of April
The 10th SOLAS SSC meeting took place in Lueneburg, near Hamburg, from 26 to 28 April and was attended by the Chair (Doug Wallace), 12 SSC members from 10 countries, (including 2 members via a videoconference link), representatives of 3 of the 4 SOLAS sponsors, SCOR, IGBP and iCACGP, and the IPO staff. The working papers are currently available and the minutes of the meeting will be made available shortly on the meeting webpage.
SOLAS mid-term strategy themes
The mid-term strategy is a set of specific scientific themes that were identified at the 9th SSC meeting as priority research areas within SOLAS. Strategies to promote and coordinate research in these areas were discussed at the 10th SSC meeting. A web page will be created for each theme and e-mails will be sent out to the SOLAS community to encourage people to be part of these research initiatives. The mid-term strategy will also be the theme for the next SOLAS Newsletter.
Air-sea gas fluxes in Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems (EBUS) and Oxygen Minimum Zones (OMZs) meeting in Lima, Peru, 8-10 November 2010
This is the first meeting of the mid-term strategy theme, 'Air-sea gas fluxes in EBUS and OMZs'. It will be held at the Instituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE) in Lima, Peru and is organised by Veronique Garcon (LEGOS, Toulouse, France and SOLAS SSC member), Michelle Graco (IMARPE, Lima, Peru), Aurelien Paulmier (LEGOS, Toulouse, France) and Miriam Tanhua (IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany).
The workshop, including one day of short presentations and one day and a half for discussion, aims to stimulate an experimental oceanic and atmospheric effort, coordinated at the international scale from 2011-2012.
Read more.
08-05-10
Update from endorsed project FLATOCOA
The French project FLATOCOA investigates the atmospheric flux of particles of continental origin in the Southern Ocean, with the aim to quantify dust deposition and in particular determine the bioavailable fraction. Read project update and preliminary results. Read about other endorsed projects.