n°20 - February 2009

The GLOBEC-IMBER Transistion Task Team (TTT) was established in 2008 to recommend to SCOR and IGBP on how the second phase of the IMBER programme should proceed to accommodate new developments in marine ecosystem research that need addressing after the completion of the GLOBEC research programme at the end of 2009. The task team met in Reading, UK in July 2008 and again in Washingtom, DC, USA in December 2008. Read the article
A draft report of the TTT has now been compiled in response to the terms of reference given to the team by the programmes' sponsors. The report is now available for comment by the community. Please download the report and send any comments to the TTT chair, John Field (jgfieldUCT@gmail.com ) by 1 March 2009. http://www.imber.info/products/TTT_Report_Feb09.pdf

IMBER sponsored Meeting
13-16 July 2009: Ascona, Switzerland
Decadal variations of the Ocean's interior carbon cycle: Synthesis and vulnerabilities
Registration opened!!!
http://www.up.ethz.ch/news/csf_conference

2 New endorsed Projects
CROZEX (CROZet Natural Iron Bloom and EXport Experiment) - Leader: Dr. Raymond Pollard - Further info
POMAL (Population Outbreak of Marine Life) - Leader: Dr. Hiroaki Saito - Further info

Last IMBER Newsletter (Issue #12) http://dev.imber.info/index.php/Products/Newsletters

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NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM SEEKS RESEARCH PROPOSALS
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) and the President's Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration (ICOSRMI) are currently seeking proposals meeting the goal of partnerships between at least two of the following three sectors: academia, industry (including NGOs), and government.
Research proposals are being solicited for three topics:
* Improving Wind Wave Predictions: Global to Regional Scales
* Sensors for measurement of Biological, Bio-Optical, Optical or Chemical Properties of the Ocean
* Improving Cyclone Intensity Forecasting
For more information, refer to the full Broad Agency Announcement: http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/ - BAA # 09-012

2009 NASA ROSES (Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences): http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId={F35D3EEA-790E-663A-CEA2-ACE5B9E13A53}&path=open
Opportunity A3. Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry (NOI: 4/1/09, Proposals due 6/1/09)
Opportunity A22. Interdisciplinary Research in Earth Science (IDS) (NOI: 7/10/09, Proposals due 9/10/09)
To view the complete list of 2009 NASA ROSES solicited research programs, please visit: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/cmdocumentid=177035/Table%203.html

New 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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National Research Council has provisionally approved the Committee on the Development of an Integrated Science Strategy for Ocean Acidification Monitoring, Research, and Impacts Assessment. The roster has been posted for public comment at http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/projectview.aspx?key=49047, and additional project information is available on the Ocean Studies Board website (http://www.dels.nas.edu/osb/).

Scientific Expedition Opportunity
The Arctic Circle 2009
North Spitsbergen 5-22 October 2009
Application Deadline: Sunday, 15 March 2009
For further information, please go to: http://www.thearcticcircle.org/ Or contact: Aaron O'Connor Email: aaron@thearcticcircle.org

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International Polar Field School: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCE IN POLAR STUDIES - Svalbard, Norway (15 June-3 July 2009)- Application deadline: 27 March 2009 - Further info

ICES ANNUAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE 2009 - Berlin, Germany (21-25 september 2009): travel funds are available for early-career scientists - Deadline is June 15, 2009. Further info

The International Antarctic Institute (IAI) is a global consortium of universities and agencies that provide university-level education and conduct research in Antarctica. The IAI offers international opportunities in Antarctic undergraduate and postgraduate multi-disciplinary education by sharing teaching resources between international partner universities. We are also developing new and innovative Antarctic courses and pathways between degrees to encourage student and staff mobility.

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. Visit http://www.cost-735.org/science/STSM.html

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PostDoc - Electrochemical methods for autonomous chemical (nitrate and silicate) monitoring in marine environments, Toulouse, France.
Deadline for application: June 1, 2009
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Marine Research Assistant, Rhode Island, USA
Deadline for application: until position is filled
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Postdoctoral Associate in Dissolved Gas Biogeochemistry, U. Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA.
Deadline for application: until position is filled
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Postdoc position in the field of Marine Biology, at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA.
Deadline for application: March 15, 2009
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Post-Doctoral position on global ecosystem modelling (EU FP7, project MEECE), Saclay (near Paris) at LSCE (France).
Deadline for application: until position is filled
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Marine Researcher (Ecosystem Modelling), Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium.
Oral interviews start in the beginning of April.
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Post-doc position, JIMAR PFRP (Pelagic Fisheries Research Program (PFRP), Assistant Researcher, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Deadline for application: March 18, 2009
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Report from the OCB scoping workshop on ocean acidification: http://www.us-ocb.org/OCB_OA_rept.pdf

The Journal of Marine Education National Marine Educators Association, Volume 25, Number 1, 2009 special issue "Ocean Acidification-from Ecological Impacts to Policy Opportunities" - http://www.us-ocb.org/publications/CurrentFINAL.pdf

On 30 January 2009, the Monaco Declaration on Ocean Acidification was released, calling for urgent action to limit damages to marine ecosystems due to accelerating ocean acidification. The Declaration, signed by 155 experts who attended the October Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World, organised by IGBP, SCOR, IOC and IAEA, received wide media coverage. It draws on the Research Priorities Report on Ocean Acidification, which summarises the advances presented at the Symposium. Both are available from: www.ocean-acidification.net

The newest version of "Google Earth," contains a feature called "Ocean in Google Earth" that enables users to dive beneath the surface of the sea and explore the world's oceans. "Ocean in Google Earth" includes videos, photos, diagrams and texts that vividly illustrate glacial, geological and ocean processes influencing the behavior of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in Antarctica. More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114084&govDel=USNSF_51

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28-30 April: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, CA, USA
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Scoping Workshop: "Observing Biogeochemical Cycles at Global Scales with Profiling Floats and Gliders"
Deadline for registration: March 1, 2009 // Last days to submit an abstract!!
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20-24 May: Washington D.C, USA.
International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC)
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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
Registration deadline: April 15, 2009
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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
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19-20 July: Montreal, Canada  
Scientific Assembly of IAPSO (International Association of Physical Sciences of the Oceans)
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31 August-4 Sept: Geneva, Switzerland
World Climate Conference
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1-4 September: Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
AGU Chapman Conference on the Biological Carbon pump of the Oceans
Deadline for abstract submission: May 1, 2009
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13-19 September: Jena, Germany
8th International Carbon Dioxide Conference
Deadline for abstract submission: April 30, 2009
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16-18 September: Mestre, Italy
Workshop on Ocean Biology Observatories (SCOR)
Further information

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