News from the SOLAS IPO

Reorganisation and relocation of the IPO

From 1 April 2010, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) will be co-funding the IPO. The IPO will be split in two, with one half remaining at the University of East Anglia, UK, and the other half relocating to in IFM-GEOMAR in Kiel, Germany, where the SOLAS Scientific Steering Committee Chair is located. Emilie Breviere, SOLAS Executive Officer, will be moving to Kiel at the end of March.

International Project Offices' meeting at IGBP headquarters in Stockholm

The SOLAS IPO staff met with their counterparts from the 7 other IGBP core projects at a 3-day meeting hosted by the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme (IGBP) Secretariat. The meeting addressed issues such as enhancing collaboration and communication between core projects and promoting core project science and accomplishments. IGBP's executive director Sybil Seitzinger also presented the upcoming IGBP 2nd synthesis, which will involve 10 key policy-relevant topics for global environmental change research. The meeting also gave the IPOs a chance to share their knowledge and experience in communications, summer schools, open science conferences and interactions with their host institutions.

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, where the IGBP headquarters are located.

SOLAS Newsletter 10 now released
This issue includes reports and articles on the SOLAS Summer School and the Open Science Conference, as well as other conference and workshop reports, partner project updates and news from the COST Action 735. Download pdf

New additions to the website

The annual reports from most of the SOLAS National Networks are now available to download by following the links to each country's webpage from the SOLAS website.

A list of SOLAS-related publications has been compiled for 2009 and some 2010 publications have been added here.

Opportunities to mention

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) call for author nominations
The IPCC is seeking experts to act as Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors or Review Editors for its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). Examples of SOLAS-relevant AR5 topics include aerosols and geoengineering. Read more about AR5.
Suggestions for nominations can be made either through IGBP (contact owen.gaffney@igbp.kva.se) or via IPCC National Focal Points (contact IPCC-Sec@wmo.int to find out who these are).
Deadline for nominations is 12 March.

European Space Agency call for proposals for postdoctoral fellowships
The deadline has been extended to 29 March. ESA propose to co-fund up to 10 postdoctoral fellowships and offer the possibility of a 6-12 month research period in an ESA establishment, as well as free access to ESA data. Read more

Sollicitation for Ocean Acidification Programme released by NSF
Read more on the Programme. Letters of intent due 29 March. Full proposal deadline 26 April 2010.

COST Action 733 Training School in Atmospheric Sciences
12-16 April 2010, Augsburg, Germany. Deadline for application 28 February. Read more.

Submit an abstract before...

UK SOLAS Science Meeting and Finale Event
22-23 March 2010, Exeter, UK
Deadline for registration (free) 18 March. Programme

5th International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Change of DMS(P) and related compounds, 19-22 October 2010, Goa, India
Abstract submission now open! Submit your abstracts via the conference website.

News from our partner projects

IMBER (Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research):
IMBIZO II Conference 'Integrating Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems in a Changing Ocean: Regional Comparisons', Crete, Greece, 10-14 October 2010. Abstract submission deadline 15 April.
Go to conference website

AIMES (Analysis, Integration and Modelling of the Earth System):
First Open Science Conference 'Earth System Science 2010: Global Change, Climate and People', Edinburgh, 10-13 May 2010. Abstract submission deadline 19 March.
Go to conference website

IGAC (International Global Atmospheroc Chemistry):
CACGP-IGAC Conference 'Atmospheric Chemistry Challenging the Future'
11-16 July 2010, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Abstract submission deadline 15 March.
Go to conference website

Integrated Land-Ecosystem Atmosphere Study (iLEAPS):
iLEAPS is co-sponsoring 12 sessions at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2-7 May 2010. See list of sessions.

LOICZ (Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone):
LOICZ Storm Surges Congress
13-17 September 2010, Hamburg, Germany. Abstract submission deadline 28 February.
Go to conference website

Past Global Changes (PAGES):
Africa 2k Regional PAGES workshop
11-14 May 2010, Ghent, Belgium
Read more

Global Land Project (GLP):
GLP Open Science Meeting 'Land Systems, Global Change and Sustainability'
17-19 October 2010, Tempe, Arizona, USA. Abstract submission deadline 15 April.
Go to conference website