|
 IMBER News
|
The 6th IMBER Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) Meeting was held in Paris (France) on 2-5 June 2009. Minutes of the meeting will be available soon.
The first IMBER/SOLAS French Meeting was held on
22-23 June 2009 in Paris (France). The purpose was to present the IMBER and SOLAS programmes to the French marine science community and to highlight potential collaborations. 60 scientists attended this successful meeting. Some of the presentations are available at http://www.imber.info/IMBER_SOLAS_Programme.html.
The SOCAT dataset now contains over 2,100 cruises from 1968-2007. For more information: Contact Kathy Tedesco (k.tedesco@unesco.org) or visit the IOCCP Web site at www.ioccp.org > SOCAT
New Publications
It is our pleasure to announce that the Special Issue on Surface Ocean CO2 Variability and Vulnerabilities - Volume 56, Issues 8-10, Pages 503-674, April 2009 is now published.
Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes in Continental Margins: A Global Synthesis, by Liu, K.-K.; Atkinson, L.; Quiñones, R.; Talaue-McManus, L. (Eds.) Series: Global Change - The IGBP Series, Springer, 2009, XII, 500 p. 278 illus., 90 in color. Hardcover, ISBN: 978-3-540-92734-1. The book is the result of collaboration between the Joint Global Flux Study (JGOFS) and Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) projects through the Continental Margins Task Team (CMTT) and is written by 188 contributors.
Further information
New IMBER Endorsed Project
CAIBEX: Exchanges between continental shelf and ocean in the Canaries-Iberian marine ecosystem
Leader: Eric Desmond Barton (Spain)
Further information
Next IMBER sponsored Meetings / Reminder
13-16 July 2009: Ascona, Switzerland
Decadal variations of the oceans' interior carbon cycle: Synthesis and vulnerabilities
Registration is closed
Further information Back to top |
| |
 |
Funding and collaborative opportunities
|
Funding opportunities
EUR-OCEANS Consortium 2009 call for flagships and foresight workshops
Closing date - Foresight WS: 20 July 2009
Closing date - Flagships: 10 September 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
National Institute of Standards and Technology - Recovery Act Measurement Science and Engineering Research Grants Program.
Area of interest: Research on advanced buoy sensor technology to support accurate ocean color, ocean chemistry, and other critical measurements.
Deadline for application: 13 July 2009
Further information
The Roscoff Culture Collection (RCC) in France and the Culture Collection for Algae and Protozoa (CCAP) in Oban, UK are members of the ASSEMBLE EU FP7 research infrastructure network which has been recently launched and which offers on-site and remote access for European research groups to conduct marine research projects.
Under ASSEMBLE, European teams may write short proposals to obtain 10 or more cultured strains from either RCC or CCAP free of charge (except shipment costs).
Deadline: 15 September 2009
Further information
!!! Last weeks to submit your abstracts
PICES Annual Meeting: Understanding ecosystem dynamics and pursuing ecosystem approaches to management (23 October - 1 November 2009, Jeju, Korea) / IMBER sponsored meeting!!!
Deadline for abstract submission: 12 July 2009
Further information
SOLAS Open Science Conference (16-19 November 2009, Barcelona, Spain)
Deadline for abstract submission: 31 July 2009
Further information
Calls for Contribution
Call for review: Ocean Carbon Community White Papers at OceanObs 09
Further information
To review the CWPs, go to http://www.oceanobs09.net/blog/
Cruise leadership opportunity for a CTD/hydro/CO2/tracer section across the South Pacific Ocean in late 2009 on R/V Roger Revelle (US Global Ocean Carbon and Repeat Hydrography Program). - Contact: jswift@ucsd.edu
Community review of 'Guide to Best Practices in Ocean Acidification Research and Data Reporting'.
Deadline for submission: 15 July 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
Back to top
|
|
Early career scientist opportunities
|
CAREER Faculty Early Career Development Program - Further information
COST Action 735 offers financial support for students and post-docs in Europe for short-term scientific missions (STSMs) to qualifying European institutions for the purpose of training, development of collaborations and new techniques.
Further information
2-7 August 2009: Tilton, NH, USA
Gordon Research Conference (GRC) / Chemical Oceanography: Process, Dynamics, and Change in the Anthropocene Ocean
GRC offer an exciting opportunity for young investigators to get involved at the frontiers of science.
Deadline for application: 12 July 2009
Further information
4-8 December 2009: Victoria, BC, Canada
IPY International Early Career Researcher Symposium
Further information
4 January - 1 February 2010: McMurdo Station, Antarctica
2010 International Graduate Training Course in Antarctic Marine Biology "Integrative Biology and Adaptation of Antarctic Marine Organisms".
Deadline for application: 1 August 2010
Further information
More opportunities at: http://www.imber.info/Education_and_Training.html
Back to top
|
|
Jobs
|
SOLAS International Project Officer, University of East Anglia in Norwich UK.
Deadline for application: 12 noon (UK-time) 15 July 2009
Further information
PhD position in Electrochemical methods for autonomous chemical (phosphate) monitoring in marine environments, LEGOS, Toulouse, France.
Deadline for application: 1 September 2009
Further information
Director, Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE), Directorate for Geosciences (GEO), NSF, Arlington, VA, USA.
Deadline for application: 3 September 2009
Further information
Phd and post-doctoral positions in ocean-climate modelling, marine palaeoclimatology, and data processing, Europe, Israel and Rep. of South Africa.
Deadline for application: 30 September 2009
Further information
15 PhD and 3 post-doctoral fellowships in climate modelling, marine palaeoclimatology, data management (New Marie Curie Initial Training Network “GATEWAYS”), Spain.
Deadline for application: 30 September 2009
Further information
Postdoctoral Research Position in Ocean Data Assimilation at IFREMER, Brest, France.
Deadline for application: 15 October 2009
Further information
PhD and Post-doc Opportunities Development of a Greenhouse Gas Ocean-Atmosphere Flux Sensor with MEMS-based Photoacoustic Technology, Galway, Ireland.
Further information
Canada Excellence Research Chairs in Ocean Science and Technology, Halifax, Canada.
Further information
More jobs at: http://www.imber.info/jobs.html
Back to top
|
|
Publications / Web resources |
A recent report on the potential consequences and research requirements for ocean acidification for microbes has been posted on the OCB webpage - Read the report
The MATLAB-version of the original Program Developed for CO2 System Calculations (CO2SYS for DOS) is now available from CDIAC. Further information
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
US Carbon Cycle Science Planning for the Next Decade - Further information
Back to top |
|
2009-2010 Meetings / Conferences / Workshops
|
17-21 October 2009: Beijing, China
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and Eutrophication: GEOHAB Second Open Science Meeting
Deadline for abstract submission: 1 August 2009
Further information
7-10 December 2009: Paris, France
Second data/model synergy workshop of the GEOTRACES program
Abstract for presentations should be sent to: Jean-Claude.Dutay@lsce.ipsl.fr
14-18 December 2009: San Francisco, California, USA
2009 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Deadline for abstract submission: 3 September 2009
Further information
22-26 February 2010: Portland, Oregon
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
Back to top |
|
|
