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5 December 2025

Call for Applications to the SOLAS Early Career Scientist Committee

Early Career Scientists (ECS) comprise a significant portion of the SOLAS community. The SOLAS Early Career Scientist Committee (ECSC) is opening a call for new members. The committee’s objectives are to represent this critical group’s unique insights and opinions at all SOLAS levels and to provide future-generation scientists with networking and collaboration opportunities.

The SOLAS ECSC welcomes applications from ECS who have received their latest PhD degree within 10 years (with an extension allowance for caregiving leave) as well as PhD students. The committee members are appointed for a 3-year term or until they can no longer be defined as an ESC. Candidates from developing countries, island states, and Oceania are explicitly encouraged to apply. In SOLAS, we seek to build a diverse and unbiased academic culture. We encourage ECS from underrepresented groups in Atmospheric and Ocean sciences (including law, economics and policy aspects) to apply as new members. Expertises from all themes of SOLAS science are encouraged, particularly expertise in polar and coastal systems, data science (AI and Machine Learning applied to marine sciences), and modeling of fundamental biogeochemical processes.

The call for (self-)nominations is now open until 9 January 2026. Please send a short bio of your expertise and profile and how you think this can contribute to SOLAS (~300 words) and your CV to Joan Llort (committee chair, joan.llort@bsc.es) and Li Li (SOLAS IPO, lili34@xmu.edu.cn).

We look forward to engaging our future committee members!

More information on the current SOLAS Early Career Committee can be found here.
1 December 2025

Special Ocean Colour Community Webinar: Commercial Data Provider Panel, 4 Dec

Don’t miss this important community discussion on 4 December 2025 at 13:00 CET! Moderated by Dr. Paula Bontempi (URI) and Dr. Pedro Ribeiro (INDRA), five esteemed ocean colour panelists have been invited to share their thoughts and insights as representatives of commercial providers. The panel hopes to foster a lively audience-engaged discussion on Earth intelligence and private-public partnership opportunities.

The goal of the Panel Session is twofold: 1) to better understand industry challenges and the value proposition of community participation for commercial ocean colour data service providers, and 2) to discuss a unifying scientist-commercial partnership topic which is innovative and benefits the ocean colour community. Panel outcomes will be shared with IOCCG.

This is a hybrid event – join in-person if you are attending the IOCS meeting, or register here to attend for free online (you can also use the QR code above or the REGISTER button below). You do not need to be registered for IOCS to join this community discussion online.

25 November 2025

Registration is Now Open for FAIRSEAS – A Joint SOLAS, OASIS, CLIVAR Workshop!

FAIRSEAS: The Future of Internationally Coordinated Air-Sea Interactions Research — A Joint SOLAS, OASIS, CLIVAR Workshop
We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for FAIRSEAS, a one-day EuroMarine Foresight Workshop jointly organised by SOLAS, OASIS (Observing Air–Sea Interactions Strategy), and CLIVAR (Climate and Ocean Variability, Predictability and Change). It will be held on 21 February 2026 in Edinburgh, Scotland, with an online participation option.

This one-day workshop will bring together three international programs — SOLAS, OASIS, and CLIVAR — to chart the next decade of coordinated air-sea interaction research. The workshop will feature presentations and discussions spanning observational, modeling, and remote-sensing approaches to better understand the physical, chemical, and biological processes at the air-sea transition zone.

Registration Information
  • Deadline: 15 January 2026
  • Financial support: A limited number of grants (up to 500 EUR per person) are available for early-career scientists (from M.Sc to 10 years post-PhD).
  • Interest in financial support can be indicated directly within the registration form.

Register Now

20 November 2025

4D-BGC Webinar #6 – Gian Giacomo Navarra

We are pleased to announce an upcoming 4D-BGC webinar on Thursday, December 4th, at 11:00 EST / 16:00 UTC. Gian Giacomo Navarra from Princeton University will present Causality Analysis of Positive Trend in Southern Ocean Chlorophyll-a. More information below:

Thursday, 4 December 2025, at 11:00 EST / 16:00 UTC

Registration Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/sRsVP45gSHGdr7z-aRIwnw

Meeting ID: 991 9491 3012  ●  Passcode: 088600

Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kdy6pLJAeC

 

SCOR Working Group 168 Webinar #6

 Title: Causality Analysis of Positive Trend in Southern Ocean Chlorophyll-a

 Presenter:

Gian Giacomo Navarra

Princeton University

 

The positive trend in Southern Ocean chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentrations remains a central and unresolved question in ocean biogeochemistry and climate research. Satellite records have suggested regional increases in surface Chl-a, yet the underlying drivers remain debated due to sparse in situ observations and the complex interplay of physical and biogeochemical processes. Here we have used satellite observations with a data-assimilating biogeochemical state estimate (B-SOSE) to investigate the mechanisms shaping the observed positive trend in Southern Ocean Chl-a over the past decade. We perform a suite of diagnostics, including trend analyses, iron budget decomposition, and causality analyses to separate the roles of physical forcing (e.g., freshwater fluxes, mixed layer depth, mesoscale diffusion, and advection) and ecosystem processes (light and iron limitation). Our results highlight a latitudinal difference in terms of what originates the Chl-a trend. In the ACC region, enhanced mixing leading to changes in mixed layer depths and changes in wind stress amplitude are the main causes of the Chl-a increase. In the low-latitude Pacific and near the Antarctica Coast, reduction in light limitation is the main driver.

You can view and subscribe to the 4D-BGC webinar calendar here:
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/2?cid=c2Nvci53Zy4xNjhAZ21haWwuY29t

4D-BGC seminars are recorded, and previous presentations can be found at https://www.youtube.com/@4D-BGC

17 November 2025

IMECaN’s Global Survey for Early-Career Researchers

The Interdisciplinary Marine Early Career Network (IMECaN) invites you to take part in a short survey designed to help us better understand the backgrounds, interests, communication needs, and engagement of early-career ocean professionals.

IMECaN was established in 2016 under the endorsement of the IMBeR Scientific Steering Committee to provide a collaborative platform for early-career marine researchers. Through interdisciplinary exchange, skills development, and leadership opportunities — with particular attention to researchers from developing regions — IMECaN fosters a vibrant, inclusive community dedicated to ocean sustainability.

Your participation in this short survey will help us:

  • Understand how IMECaN supports your professional growth,
  • Identify new ways to engage and communicate effectively with members, and
  • Shape priorities for future activities and collaborations within the network.

The survey takes 10 minutes to complete.

Thank you for sharing your valuable insights. Together, we can continue building an inclusive and dynamic global community for the next generation of marine scientists.

Take the Survey