*'I promise to inform SOLAS of my 2008 publications before Monday 26th January'

We are formulating a list of all SOLAS-related papers and articles released in 2008. Please take five minutes to e-mail us with this information.

Alternatively, you can log on to http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/solas/science/publications/publicationform.html to notify us of your publications.

*'I will tell all PhD students and early career scientists to apply for the SOLAS Summer School before Sunday 1st February'

The application for the SOLAS Summer School to be held in Cargèse, Corsica between 3rd - 15th August 2009 closes on 1st February 2009. Please circulate this information. To apply visit: http://www.solas-int.org/summerschool/

A bit of reading....

<Biogeosciences released a special issue in November 2008 on the BIogeochemistry and Optics SOuth Pacific Experiment (BIOSOPE). To download visit: http://www.biogeosciences-discuss.net/special_issue8.html

Volume 1 of the Annual Review of Marine Science has been released this month. To download visit:
http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/toc/marine/1/1

Dates for your diary....

8 June - 17 July 2009, Hawaii, USA
CMORE Summer Course "Microbial Oceanography: Genomes to Biomes"

13 - 19 September 2009, Jena, Germany
8th International Carbon Dioxide Conference

16 - 18 September 2009, Mestre, Italy
SCOR Panel on New Technologie for Observing Marine Life: Workshop on Ocean Biology Observatories

Get abstracts submitted to....

EGU General Assembly, 19th - 24th April 2009, Vienna, Austria
OS8 Open session on SOLAS and sensitivity of marine ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles to climate change
Abstract submission deadline: 13th January 2009

3rd GLOBEC Open Science Meeting, 22nd - 26th June 2009, Victoria, Canada
Abstract submission deadline: 15th January 2009

IAMAS-IAPSO-IACS 2009 Joint Assembly , 19th -29th July 2009, Montreal, Canada
Abstract submission deadline: 23rd January 2009

2009 Goldschmidt conference - Our Volatile Planet, 22nd - 26th June 2009, Davos, Switzerland
Abstract submission deadline: 22nd February 2009


For more SOLAS-related meetings: http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/solas/news/conferencemeetings/conference.html