SOLAS UPDATE

SOLAS Open Science Conference-
DEADLINE EXTENDED to 31 August 2009

Please submit a discussion session proposal or poster abstract by 31 August 2009. Click here to submit

Newsletter 9 has been released>

Focussing on SOLAS partners and collaborations this issue has been a pleasure and a success to compile (.pdf). If you wish to receive a hardcopy, please email us

Register before...

31 July: AGU Fall Meeting 2009, 14 - 18 December 2009, San Francisco, USA
01 August: 5th WMO Symposium on the Assimilation of Observations in Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, 5 - 9 October, Melbourne, Australia
07 August: 8th International Carbon Dioxide Conference, 13 - 19 September, Jena, Germany
14 August: AGU Chapman Conference on the Biological Carbon Pump of the Oceans, 1 - 4 September, Brochenhurst, UK
19 August: World Climate Conference, 31 August - 4 September, Geneva, Switzerland
31 August: ICES Annual Science Conference 2009, 21 - 25 September, Berlin, Germany
01 September: Ocean Obs'09, 21 - 25 September, Venice, Italy

Submit an abstract before...

01 August: Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and Eutrophication: GEOHAB 2nd Open Science Meeting, 17-21 October, Beijing, China
28 August: 8th Asia Flux Workshop, 27 - 29 October 2009, Sapporo, Japan
31 August: SOLAS Open Science Conference, 16 - 19 November, Barcelona, Spain
03 September: AGU Fall Meeting 2009, 14 - 18 December 2009, San Francisco, USA

A bit of reading on
Ocean Acidification

Credit: http://ioc3.unesco.org/

'Guide to Best Practices in Ocean Acidification Research and Data Reporting' has been initiated by EPOCA and IOC, sponsored by EPOCA, IOC, SCOR, US OCB and the Kiel Excellence Cluster 'The Future Ocean', a community review of the guide now open

<'Ocean acidification: Summary for Policymakers' has been published by the sponsors of the '2nd symposium of the Ocean in a High CO2 World' and is available with key recommendations

A report on the 'Impacts of Ocean Acidification' produced by ESF is available to download

'Consequences of high CO2 and ocean acidification for microbes in the global ocean,' and more relevant papers are available from the US-OCB website

'Establishing best practice for the collection, processing, quality assurance and dissemination of marine biological data' aimed to aid facilitation between data commissioners, providers and archive centres is available to download

'Integrated assessment of the European and North Atlantic Carbon Balance key results, policy implications for post 2012 and research needs' is available online

Opportunities to mention...

The ESF call for 2011 conference proposals is now open. Deadline for application: 15 Sept 2009 Further information

The National Academy of Science is encouraging nominations for the Alexander Agassiz Medal in Oceanography. Deadline for nomination: 15 Sept 2009 Further information

Discover the Journal of Marine and Ocean Science, a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal, published monthly Further information

A date to put in your diary...

6th International Symposium on Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces
17-21 May 2010, Kyoto, Japan

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