News from SOLAS

SOLAS Summer School 2011

The SOLAS Summer School 2011 will be held in Cargèse, Corsica, France from 29 August - 10 September 2011. The school comprises lectures and practical sessions from world leading SOLAS scientists and represents a valuable opportunity for PhD students and early career researchers to learn more about current understanding and recent advances in a wide range of SOLAS relevant research.

Please encourage your students and colleagues to apply by downloading the summer school flyer and displaying it in your department or institute.

Application open now!

Application is open now and closes on 15 November 2010. To find out more and to make an online application visit the summer school website.

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Next COST Action-735 workshop
The joint meeting 'Trace metal speciation data in COST Actions 735 and 801: Current state of the art and towards the construction of a database' will be held 16-17 August 2010 at IFM-GEOMAR, in Kiel, Germany hosted by Peter Croot

ESF-COST High-Level Conference on “Extreme Environmental Events"
First call for applications to participate in this conference on 13-17 December 2010, Cambridge, UK is now open (submission deadline 28 September) 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. Grants are available for young researchers. For more information Click Here

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American Geophysical Union Fall meeting
13-17 December 2010, San Francisco, USA. This meeting will cover topics in all areas of geophysical sciences. SOLAS scientists may be particularly interested in the following sessions.
Abstract submission deadline 02 September 2010

• B06: Linkages in Biogeochemical Cycles Between the Surface Ocean and Lower Atmosphere Over the Pacific Ocean
• GC32: The biological pump and carbon cycling in the cryopelagic Arctic Ocean
• GC33: Controls on the vertical fluxes of biogenic materials in the global ocean: Implications for oceanic uptake of CO2.
• OS11. Eastern Boundary Ocean Margin Carbon Cycles
• OS24: "Organic Geotraces": Towards an Understanding of the Distribution of Organic Matter in the Oceans
• OS27: Biological, Chemical and Physical Controls on the Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem
• PP09: Reconstruction and Modeling of Global Climate Evolution of the Last 21, 000 years
• PP10: Interglacial Climate Variability
• PP11: Nitrogen Cycle in the Oceans, Past and Present

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting
13-18 February 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Marine and fresh water scientists will discuss emerging science on Limnology and Oceanography in a changing world. SOLAS scientists may be particularly interested in the following sessions. Click here for full session details
Abstract submission deadline 11 October 2010

• S04: Biological and Biogeochemical Science Enabled by the Aquarius and SMOS Sea Surface Salinity Missions
• S17: Phosphorus Cycling in Marine Systems: Biogeochemical, Genomic and Model Studies
• S28: Biogeochemical, Ecological and Physical Dynamics of Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems
• S41: Ecological Forecasting: Progress, Challenges and Prospects
• S49: Atmospheric Control of Nutrient Cycling and Production in the Surface Ocean
• S52. Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in Coastal Regions: Observations and Modeling Approaches
• S58: Emerging Patterns of Nitrogen Fixation and its Controls in the Oceans
• S80: Frontiers in Ocean Acidification Research: Responses of marine carbon cycling and ecosystems to ocean acidification
• S86: Linking the Physiology of Photoautotrophs to the Generation of Reactive Trace Gases
• S87: Trace Metals and their Nutritional Importance to Marine Phytoplankton and Bacteria
  

Opportunities

Map-based overview of ongoing and past 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. Prior to release of the web site researchers can contribute ocean acidification locations for inclusion in the site and suggestions for web site features. Click here for more information.

Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) plan
The SOOS plan is now available for community comment and can be downloaded from the SCAR website. All interested parties are encouraged to provide feedback to soos@scar.org before the 1 October 2010, after which a final version will be produced.

Fulbright Scholar Program
The 2011-12 program for US Faculty and Professionals is now open. For more information about this and all Fullbright programmes see http://www.iie.org/cies

Dates for your diary

International Workshop on ENSO, Decadal Variability and Climate Change in South America
12-14 October 2010 Guayaquil, Ecuador

Sentinel Scientific Products for Land, Ocean, and Cryosphere - Assessment & Consolidation Workshop 22-25 March 2011 at ESA - ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

Planet Under Pressure: new knowledge towards solutions
May 2012 (provisional), London, UK. Details will be made available on the IGBP website in due course

Third Symposium on The Ocean in a High-CO2 World
Autumn 2012. Please contact Ed Urban if you would like to provide ideas for symposium topics.