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 IMBER News
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Goodbye to Elena Fily
Elena Fily has been the Administrative Assistant at the IMBER office almost since its inception and we are extremely sorry that she is leaving. A big thank you to her for all her hard work over the years and we wish her the best of luck in her new job.
Her position at the IMBER IPO is now open for application (see the announcement below).
Job opportunity at IMBER!
Administrative Assistant position at the IMBER International Project Office (IPO), Brest, France.
Deadline for application: 7 September 2009
Further information
New Publication: The 13th IMBER Newsletter is now available.
Next IMBER sponsored meeting
23 October - 1 November 2009: Jeju, Korea
PICES Annual Meeting: Understanding ecosystem dynamics and pursuing ecosystem approaches to management.
Further information
News from our sponsors
Call for proposals to host the IGBP Open Science Conference in 2012.
IGBP is seeking sponsors and a host city for its 2012 Open Science Conference: 'Planet Under Pressure: new knowledge, new solutions'. The three-day science conference is expected to attracts about 2500 leading environmental-change scientists. It will be followed by a day dedicated to discussing findings with policymakers, the public, and funders of environmental science.
Deadline for application: 30 October 2009
Further information
SCOR is welcoming comments for review on the six submitted Working Groups proposals: http://www.scor-int.org/2009EC/2009EC.htm
Deadline for submission: 15 September 2009
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Funding and collaborative opportunities
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Funding opportunities
EUR-OCEANS Consortium 2009 call for 'flagships' proposals.
Closing date - Flagships: 10 September 2009
Further information
CAMEO Funding Opportunity: This announcement solicits proposals for the Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystem Organization (CAMEO) Program which is implemented as a partnership between the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service and National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences. The purpose of CAMEO is to strengthen the scientific basis for an ecosystem approach to the stewardship of our ocean and coastal living marine resources.
Deadline for application: 5 October 2009
Further information
COST invites researchers throughout Europe to submit proposals for research networks and use this unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and to embark on new European perspectives.
Deadline for application: 25 September 2009
Further information
Calls for Contribution
Solicitation for the next two OCB scoping workshops - Themes: 'Improve understanding and prediction of: 1. Oceanic uptake and release of atmospheric CO2 and other greenhouse gases 2. Climate sensitivities of biogeochemical cycles and interactions with ecosystem structure'.
Deadline for submission: 15 September 2009
Further information
The Community White Paper: “A Global Sea Surface Carbon Observing System: Inorganic and Organic Carbon Dynamics in Coastal Oceans” has been published. To review and comment see the Oceanobs’09 web site.
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Early career scientist opportunities
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2-13 November 2009: Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
OCB-EPOCA Ocean Acidification short course
The OCB ocean acidification short course is open to postdocs and young faculty members.
Deadline for application: 1 September 2009
Further information
4-8 December 2009: Victoria, BC, Canada
IPY International Early Career Researcher Symposium
Deadline for application: 6 September 2009
Further information
CAREER Faculty Early Career Development Program - The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization.
Further information
COST Action 735 offers financial support to students and post-docs in Europe for short-term scientific missions (STSMs) in qualifyed European institutions. The STSMs offer a chance for young scientists to develop data sets, experimental methods and air-sea gas flux product development.
Further information
More opportunities at: http://www.imber.info/Education_and_Training.html
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Jobs
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Post-doctoral Research Fellowship in Oceanopgraphy, LEGI, Grenoble, France.
Deadline for application: until position is filled
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Postdoctoral Position in Ocean Biogeochemical Modelling, (EU FP7, project MEECE) - LEGOS/CNRS (Toulouse) and LPO/IRD (Brest), France.
Deadline for application: 15 September 2009
Further information
Postdoctoral Position in Ocean Modelling - Climate Change Downscaling, IFREMER, Brest, France.
Deadline for application: 15 August 2009
Further information
Principal Investigator (PI) in any of the following three areas: 1) Ocean observation, 2) Ocean acidification and 3) Biogeochemical/ecosystem modelling, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, West Boothbay Harbor, ME, USA.
Deadline for application: 15 September 2009
Further information
Ph.D. position in Biogeochemical Ocean Modelling, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
Deadline for application: 24 August 2009
Further information
Executive Officer for International GEOTRACES Programme, Toulouse, France.
Deadline for application: 15 August 2009
Further information
More jobs at: http://www.imber.info/jobs.html
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Publications / Web resources |
Microbial Oceanography of the Dark Ocean’s Pelagic Realm
Arístegui, Javier, Josep M. Gasol, Carlos M. Duarte, and Gerhard J. Herndl
Limnol. Oceanogr., 54(5), 2009, 1501–1529 - Read the article
Ocean Acidification: Summary for Policymakers - Read the document
Science Policy Briefing on the “Impacts of Ocean Acidification” - ESF (August 2009)
Read the document
The first Southern Ocean Sentinal Workshop 'Monitoring climate change impacts on marine biodiversity: establishing a Southern Ocean Sentinel program' took place in April 2009 in Hobart, Australia. This workshop aimed to consider how to measure, assess and provide early-warning detection of climate change impacts on the Southern Ocean and how these could be used to signal future impacts on marine and other ecosystems elsewhere in the world.
Read more about the meeting
The EUR-OCEANS Consortium scientific perspective document 'Building scenarios for marine ecosystems under anthropogenic and natural forcing in the XXI Century' has been released.
Read the document
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2009-2010 Meetings / Conferences / Workshops
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1-4 September 2009: Brockenhurst, Hampshire, UK
AGU Chapman Conference on the Biological Carbon Pump of the Oceans
!!! Deadline for registration: 14 August 2009
Further information
21-25 September 2009: Venice, Italy
OceanObs'09: Ocean Information for Society: Sustaining the Benefits, Realizing the Potential
!!! Deadline for abstract submission for additional contributions (posters): 15 August 2009
Further information
2-10 November 2009: Trieste, Italy
Workshop and Conference on Biogeochemical Impacts of Climate and Land-Use Changes on Marine Ecosystems
!!! Deadline for abstract submission: 31 August 2009
Further information
14-18 December 2009: San Francisco, California, USA
2009 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Deadline for abstract submission: 3 September 2009
Further information
27-29 January 2010: Tromso, Norway
Arctic Frontiers 2010 Conference
Deadline for abstract submission: 19 October 2009
Further information
15-17 February 2010: Kochi, India
International Symposium on Remote Sensing and Fisheries
Deadline for abstract submission: 15 October 2009
Further information
22-26 February 2010: Portland, Oregon, USA
2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting: 'From Observation to Prediction in the 21st Century'
Deadline for abstract submission: 15 October 2009
Further information
6-11 June 2010: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
ASLO Summer Meeting: 'Aquatic Sciences: Global Changes from the Center to the Edge'
Proposals for special sessions: 30 September 2009
Further information
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