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 IMBER News
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A new Executive Officer for IMBER
The mandate of Sylvie Roy is reaching its end. She will be remplaced by the new Executive Officer, Lisa Maddison on April 17, 2009. IMBER would like to deeply thank Sylvie for all her dedication and commitment! We wish her the very best for the future. We also would like to congratulate Lisa on her new appointment. We are very happy to have her joining us!
The next IMBER Scientific Steering Committee Meeting will be held in Paris on June 2-5, 2009.
IMBER SOLAS French meeting
The IMBER IPO is supporting the French oceanographic community to organize an IMBER SOLAS meeting in Paris (France) on June 22-23, 2009. Deadline for pre-registration: April 6, 2009 - Further info
Data Management / Reminder:
The DMC has circulated the “IMBER Cookbook” with simple recipes to guide researchers through data collection and documentation to the scientific community for feedback. Please help us to improve the Data Cookbook by taking a look at the draft version NOW available online at http://planktondata.net/imber/.
Please send comments to the IMBER Data Liaison Officer, Sophie.Beauvais@univ-brest.fr BEFORE May 15, 2009.
IMBER sponsored Meeting
13-16 July 2009: Ascona, Switzerland
Decadal variations of the Ocean's interior carbon cycle: Synthesis and vulnerabilities
Registration opened!!!
Further info
New endorsed Project
MALINA: What is the impact of the decrease in sea ice, increase in UV radiation, and permafrost thaw on microbial biodiversity and biogeochemical fluxes in the Arctic ocean?
Leader: Marcel Babin - Further info
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Funding and collaborative opportunities
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Registration for the SCOR Workshop on Ocean Biology Observations (Mestre, Italy 16-18 September 2009) is now open.
Please register at http://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=1633.
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Call for contribution: Commemorative issue of Ocean Modelling - CLIVAR prepares a special issue dedicated to the life & achievements of Dr Killworth.
Ocean Modelling is pleased to announce a special issue dedicated to the life and contributions of Peter Killworth. Until early 2008, Ocean Modelling was largely shaped, led and edited by Peter, its Founding Editor, who passed away on 28 January 2008. Papers are invited, including reviews, which focus on areas of research that are related to Peter’s interests and contributions to oceanography.
Paper submission deadline is June 30, 2009
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CALL for SESSIONS: 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting - "From Observation to Prediction in the 21st Century" is the theme for the 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting which will be held February 22-26, 2010 in Portland Oregon. The Call for Sessions has just been posted - submissions are due May 29, 2009
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Funding Opportunity Announcement from the DOE Climate Change Prediction Program: "Climate Modeling: Simulating Climate at Regional Scale".
Full proposals are due April 27, 2009
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NSF Opportunity: Understanding How Earth's Biological Systems Respond to and Influence Its Physical and Chemical Conditions
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Reminders:
NSF Program solicitation (09-536): Antarctic Research
Full Proposal Deadline: June 08, 2009
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Funding opportunities: NSF Chemical Oceanography and Biological Oceanography
Full Proposal Target Date: August 15, 2009
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Early career scientist opportunities
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POGO and SCOR announce a special AMT Visiting Fellowship for on-board training on an Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) Cruise. This fellowship offers the successful candidate the opportunity to participate in the preparation of the cruise at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory for 1 month prior to the cruise, participation in the cruise itself (13 October-27 November) and in the participation of the data processing and analysis back at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory until 21 December 2009. The Fellowship provides airfare and subsistence.
Deadline for application: April 12, 2009
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The Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) and its partner, the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), announce the POGO-SCOR Fellowship Programme for 2009. This Programme is designed to promote training and capacity building leading towards a global observation system for the oceans. The Visiting Fellowship offers successful candidates the opportunity to visit other oceanographic centres for a period of between 1 to 3 months. The Fellowship provides international airfare and a stipend for living expenses for up to 3 months. Visits must be completed by the end of April 2010.
Deadline for application: April 12, 2009
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Teacher at Sea Program: Deep Earth Academy invites educators at all levels to apply to sail on an upcoming Bering Sea expedition of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program - IODP (5 July - 4 September 2009).
Deadline for application: April 17, 2009
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Schort course: Scaling the effects of climate change on marine zooplankton (1- 10 July 2009, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Deadline for application:: May 15, 2009
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Summer School on Understanding global environmental change: Processes, compartments and interactions (31 August - 5 Sept 2009, The Netherlands)
Deadline for application: June 30, 2009
Further info
More opportunities at: http://www.imber.info/Education_and_Training.html
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Jobs
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M.S. level Marine Zooplankton Ecologist, Seattle, USA
Application: April 6, 2009
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Postdoctoral position in bivalve biology – relating environmental records in biological archives to climate variations on ocean margins over the last 20 years, Brest, France
Application: April 6, 2009
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Postdoctoral Fellowship on ocean biogeochemical processes observed with chemical and biological sensors on profiling floats, Moss Landing, CA, USA
Application: as soon as possible
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Ph’D position on Ocean Acidification reconstruction, Paris, France
Application: April 10, 2009
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Researcher in Carbon Cycle Modelling, Bergen, Norway
Application: April 20, 2009
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Post-Doctoral Research Associate in zooplankton ecology, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, USA
Application: April 30, 2009
Further info (Job ref: G0042V)
Postdoctoral position in ocean ecosystem modelling Liege, Belgium
Application: as soon as possible
Further info
More jobs at: http://www.imber.info/jobs.html
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Publications / Web Resources
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Based on the OceanSensors08 conference, Utes Schuster and colleagues have submitted an article entitled "Sensors and instruments for oceanic dissolved carbon measurements" for the special issue of Ocean Science. The paper is now on-line for discussion and can be accessed at: http://www.ocean-sci-discuss.net/6/491/2009/osd-6-491-2009.html
Article of interest: Thomas, H., A.E.F. Prowe, I.D. Lima, S.C. Doney, R. Wanninkhof, R.J. Greatbatch, U. Schuster and A. Corbière, 2008. Changes in the North Atlantic Oscillation influence CO2 uptake in the North Atlantic over the past two decades, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, doi:10.1029/2007GB003167 - Read the abstract
Report available: Arctic Ocean Observing System Report 2008
To view the report: http://www.aosb.org/pdf/iAOOS2008_final.pdf
New issue available: March 2009 Issue of the Journal ARCTIC / Volume 62, Number 1
Journal of the Arctic Institute of North America (AINA)
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NSF News: Interactions among Earth's Environment, Society and the Economy
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NSF News: New Evidence from NSF-funded ANDRILL Demonstrates Climate Warming Affects Antarctic Ice Sheet Stability
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2009 Meetings / Conferences / Workshops
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8-9 June: Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) scoping workshop: New Frontiers in Southern Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research
Deadline for registration: April 15, 2009
Further info
10-12 June: Incheon, South Korea
16th International Symposium on Polar Sciences
Deadline for registration: April 17, 2009
Further info
13-16 July: Ascona, Switzerland / IMBER sponsored Meeting!
Decadal variations of the Ocean's interior carbon cycle: Synthesis and vulnerabilities
Chair: Nicolas Gruber
Registration for this workshop opens on Feburary 1, 2009
Further info
1-4 September: Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
AGU Chapman Conference on the Biological Carbon pump
of the Oceans
Deadline for abstract submission: May 1, 2009
Further info
1-9 September: Concarneau, France
European Society of Marine Biotechnology ( ESMB) Conference 2009: Marine Biotechnologies in the marine value chain
Deadline for abstract submission: April 25, 2009
Further info
16-18 September: Mestre, Italy
Workshop on Ocean Biology Observatories (SCOR)
Further info
21-25 September: Venice, Italy
OceanObs'09: Ocean Information for Society: Sustaining the Benefits, Realizing the Potential
Further info
5-9 October: Melbourne, Australia
5th WMO Symposium on the Assimilation of Observations in Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology
Deadline for abstract submission: May 15, 2009
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5-9 October: Bergen, Norway
CarboOcean Final Conference
Contact: Christoph Heinze
13-16 October: Cape Town, South Africa
DIVERSITAS OSC2: "Biodiversity and Society: Understanding connections, adapting to change"
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16-19 November: Barcelona, Spain
SOLAS Open Science Conference
Registration opens in March
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