POGO News

Belmont Forum and G8HORCs International Opportunities Fund

laru@pml.ac.uk (Laura Ruffoni) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:17:43 GMT

Proposals are invited to this joint funding call, of approximately 20M Euros, between the Belmont Forum and G8 Heads of Research Councils (G8HORCs). This International Opportunities Fund (IOF) is aimed at supporting excellent research on the Themes of Coastal Vulnerability and Freshwater Security. Funding will support researchers to cooperate in consortia consisting of partners from at least three of the participating countries and must bring together natural scientists, social scientists and research users (policy makers, regulators, NGOs, communities and industry).

Newton 2012 Call for Proposals

ssve@pml.ac.uk (Sophie Seeyave) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:04:52 GMT

The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge now invites proposals for 1-, 4- and 6-month research programmes in any branch of the mathematical sciences. The deadline for submission is 31 July 2012, for consideration at the meeting of the Scientific Steering Committee in October 2012. Details on submitting proposals are at
www.newton.ac.uk/callprop.html.

Open Letter from OCB: Ocean Acidification in Research & Management Plans

laru@pml.ac.uk (Laura Ruffoni) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:33:37 GMT

The OCB Ocean Acidification Subcommittee, the Scientific Steering Committee, and the Project Office have written an open letter underscoring the importance of including ocean acidification in plans for future research and management. The letter is available as a PDF download at: http://www.whoi.edu/fileserver.do?id=113350&pt=2&p=73670

2012 POGO-AMT fellowship announcement

ssve@pml.ac.uk (Sophie Seeyave) — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:01:35 GMT

POGO is pleased to announce that it will once again offer a special POGO Visiting Fellowship for training on-board an Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) cruise in 2012. This initiative is now in its fifth year and has proved to be a very successful training programme providing hands-on, sea-going experience to young scientists from developing countries, and the opportunity to be involved in an internationally renowned scientific programme. Click here for further details.

Honolulu Declaration

laru@pml.ac.uk (Laura Ruffoni) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:57:07 GMT

The attached Declaration was issued following the 13th POGO Annual Meeting in Honolulu, January 2012. It represents the latest statement of the issues of concern to POGO and the recommended priority actions in the face of these issues. It is intended to reach policy makers and funding agencies worldwide. Click here to read more about the meeting.

eoul Declaration

The attached Declaration was issued following the 12th POGO Annual Meeting in Seoul, January 2011. It represents the latest statement of the issues of concern to POGO and the recommended priority actions in the face of these issues. It is intended to reach policy makers and funding agencies worldwide. Click here to read more about the meeting.

SciDev Net Spotlight on Ocean Science for Sustainable Development

ssve@pml.ac.uk (Sophie Seeyave) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:40:46 GMT

Developing countries rely on marine resources for survival, particularly in the Pacific. SciDev Net recently published a Spotlight on Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, examining how ocean data can help sustainable management and what governments should do to ensure effective use of scientific tools. Go to website.

ESA CryoSat Mission Providing Valuable Ocean Observation Products

ssve@pml.ac.uk (Sophie Seeyave) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:32:49 GMT

Ocean measurements from ESA's CryoSat mission are being exploited by the French space agency CNES to provide global ocean observation products in near-real time. Understanding sea-surface currents is important for marine industries and protecting ocean environments.

As it orbits from pole to pole, CryoSat's main objective is to measure the thickness of polar sea ice and monitor changes in the ice sheets that blanket Greenland and Antarctica. But the satellite also features an innovative radar altimeter that not only detects tiny variations in the height of the ice, but can also measure sea level and the height of the waves.

Read article on SpaceRef.com.

Update on the Southern Ocean Observing System

ssve@pml.ac.uk (Sophie Seeyave) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:34:30 GMT

The Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) is now up and running, with an International Project Office hosted by the Institute of Marine and Antarcic Studies (IMAS) at the University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. The Scientific Steering Committee has been nominated and is co-chaired by Mike Meredith (also POGO representative on the SSC) and John Gunn. The first SSC meeting was held in Salt Lake City in February 2012. The Initial Science and Implementation Strategy has just been published, and can be downloaded here. A limited number of hard copies are also available from the POGO Secretariat.

http://www.soos.aq/pdf/SOOS_Strategy-lowres.pdf

First GACS Newsletter

ssve@pml.ac.uk (Sophie Seeyave) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:22:09 GMT

The Gloabl Alliance of CPR Surveys was launched in September 2011 to bring together the Continuous Plankton Recorder Surveys being carried out in different parts of the world into a common framework. GACS now has a website (http://www.globalcpr.org) and has recently issued its first newsletter.

Research into Arctic sea-ice retreat

ssve@pml.ac.uk (Sophie Seeyave) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:49:29 GMT

A research effort led by the University of Colorado Boulder is launching a two-year study of Arctic sea ice to determine whether areas like the Beaufort Sea and the adjacent Canada Basin have passed a ‘tipping point’ and now are essentially sub-Arctic zones where ice disappears each summer. The team will use unmanned aircraft and satellites to ocean buoys in order to understand the characteristics and changes in Arctic sea ice, which in September 2011 was more than 1 million square miles below the 1979-2000 monthly average sea ice extent for September. See press release.