POGO News

SCAR is pleased to announce the launch of its 'Visiting Professor Scheme'.

vch@pml.ac.uk (Victoria Cheung) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:16:05 GMT

The scheme is designed to encourage the active involvement of scientists and academics in Antarctic research, and to strengthen international capacity and cooperation in Antarctic research.

Royal Society - Funding Opportunity for UK-Indian Workshops

laru@pml.ac.uk (Laura Ruffoni) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:32:34 GMT

The Royal Society and India’s Department of Science and Technology, have announced an opportunity for mid-career scientists who want to organise a small three-day scientific seminar between groups of scientists from India and the UK. The closing date for applications is May 31, 2013. Further information is available at http://royalsociety.org/grants/schemes/india-uk-seminars/

2013 Call for SCOR Working Group Proposals

laru@pml.ac.uk (Laura Ruffoni) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:16:48 GMT

The SCOR Secretariat will accept proposals for new working groups from now until 15 May 2013. Please read the attachment below for details.

Bio-Moorings and Sediment Traps in the Arctic Ocean

laru@pml.ac.uk (Laura Ruffoni) — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:36:44 GMT

Click here to read a white paper submitted to the Arctic Observing Summit 2013 that aims at supporting the further development of bio-moorings and sediment trap arrays to better understand the changing Arctic Marine Ecosystem.

Ocean Acidification: MedSeA Project Blogs

laru@pml.ac.uk (Laura Ruffoni) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:53:28 GMT

The European Mediterranean Sea Acidification in a changing climate (MedSeA) initiative, which focuses on assessing uncertainties, risks, and thresholds related to Mediterranean Sea acidification, hosts two blogs that may be of interest to you:

In memoriam Carlo Heip, NIOZ

laru@pml.ac.uk (Laura Ruffoni) — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:06:34 GMT

We have to announce the sad message of Carlo's passing, on Friday 15th of February. Our thoughts are with his family, who have surrounded him with care during his fatal illness.

The funeral service will take place at the 'Kasteel van Brasschaat', Gemeentepark 5, 2930 Brasschaat, Belgium on Wednesday 20 February 2013, at 11.00 am.

New articles on ocean observations

ssve@pml.ac.uk (Sophie Seeyave) — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:39:52 GMT

New articles on long-term ocean observation programmes of societal relevance have been added to the POGO collection, by KIOST (on satellite observations), JAMSTEC (on earthquake and tsunami monitoring) and IOCAS (on jellyfish monitoring).

Dave Karl awarded 2013 NAS Alexander Agassiz Medal

laru@pml.ac.uk (Laura Ruffoni) — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:40:57 GMT

David M. Karl, professor of oceanography at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, is the recipient of the National Academy of Sciences' 2013 Alexander Agassiz Medal. Karl is acknowledged for leadership in establishing multidisciplinary ocean-observing systems, for detection of decadal regime shifts in pelagic ecosystems, and for paradigm-shifting insights on biogeochemical cycles in the ocean.

3rd GACS Newsletter

laru@pml.ac.uk (Laura Ruffoni) — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:04:54 GMT

The Global Alliance of Continuous Plankton Recorder Surveys is an international scientific partnership that was established in September 2011. The goal of GACS is "to understand changes in plankton biodiversity at ocean basin scales through a global network of CPR surveys". To read the 3rd GACS Newsletter open the attachment below.

Ocean Observatories Initiative Newsletter - October 2012

laru@pml.ac.uk (Laura Ruffoni) — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:12:42 GMT

The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) program’s Regional Scale Nodes (RSN) team has completed a significant construction milestone with installation of the seven primary nodes for the cabled componenet of the OOI infrastructure in the Northeast Pacific Ocean