March 2018:

• A Word from the Editors
  New IOCCP co-Chair: Kim Currie takes over from Toste Tanhua
  Véronique Garçon joins IOCCP SSG as responsible for the new IOCCP Oxygen Theme
  IOCCP SSG member profile: Kim Currie
  Updates on ocean acidification
  Surface Ocean CO2 Global Observing Network (SOCOGON)
  Best practices for ocean observing systems
  A user’s guide for selected autonomous biogeochemical sensors
  New global datasets published
  Upcoming Events

 

October 2017:

• 
• A Word from the Editors
• SOCATv5 released at 10th SOCAT Anniversary
• IOCCP at ICDC10
  • IOCCP side event on data management
  • SOLAS-IMBER-IOCCP-GCP-CLIVAR-WCRP meeting on future ocean carbon cycle research
• IOCCP SSG member profile: Doug Connelly
• Sensors and Instrumentation Roadmap produced by the EU AtlantOS project
• GOOS Biogeochemistry EOVs version 2.0 released
• Implementation of Multi-disciplinary Sustained Ocean Observations (IMSOO)
  • IMSOO workshop and report
  • IMSOO follow-up activities
  • On the road to OceanObs’19
• Two major reports on the status of the ocean published
  • The Global Ocean Science Report
  • What are Marine Ecological Time Series telling us about the ocean? A status report
• NCEI OCADS website
• Upcoming Events 

 

April 2017:

• 
• A Word from the Editors
• XII Session of the IOCCP Scientific Steering Group
• New IOCCP SSG Terms of Reference!
• Co-chairmanship system introduced by IOCCP SSG
• New co-Chair of IOCCP SSG: Masao Ishii
• Update on CDIAC-Oceans
• Setting biogeochemical observing targets
• Technical Workshop on Carbonate System Measurements for members of LAOCA
• IOCCP encourages the use of Certified Reference Material for nutrients
• Upcoming Events 

 

October 2016:

• 
• A Word from the Editor
• Report from the IOCCP-JAMSTEC 2015 inter-laboratory calibration exercise for nutrients in seawater 
• New IOCCP SSG member profile: Björn Fiedler  
• Launch of ApHRICA: "OceAn pH Research Integration and Collaboration in Africa"  
• The SenseOCEAN project successfully deploys a truly multi-parameter insitu sensor
• The Rationale, Design and Implementation Plan for Biogeochemical-Argo
• G7 support for enhancement of multidisciplinary sustained global ocean observing system
• Update on SOCAT activities 
  • SOCAT version 4 released!
  • A new article highlights the wide scientific impact of SOCAT 
• Upcoming Events 

 

June 2016:

• 
• A Word from the Editor
• 11th Session of the IOCCP Scientific Steering Group: meeting and report published 
• Rotations in the IOCCP SSG 
• New IOCCP SSG member profile: Cristian Vargas 
• 4th International Symposium on the Ocean in a High CO2 World and the 3rd GOA-ON Science Workshop
• IOCCP Position Paper on Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Data Management 
• 2016 Ocean Sciences Meeting
• Measurement of pCO2 on the Ship-Of-Opportunity Programme (SOOP-CO2) operations meeting 
• Report of the 7th Session of the JCOMM Observations Coordination Group (OCG) 
• GCOS Implementation Plan and GCOS Science Conference
• New carbon-relevant dataset products published 
• Upcoming Events 

 

February 2016:

• A Word from the Editor
• Changes in the IOCCP Office
• IOCCP in the AtlantOS project
  • AtlantOS WP1 Workshop in Copenhagen
• IOCCP and the GCOS Implementation Plan 2016
• GOA-ON Executive Meeting on Data Portal and Synthesis Products
• Launch of the Latin American Ocean Acidification Network (LAOCA)
• Release of the Global Ocean Data Analysis Product version 2 (GLODAPv2)
• Upcoming Events

 

January 2013:

• A Word from the Editor
• Update on the Surface Ocean CO₂ Atlas
• Global Intercomparability in a Changing Ocean: An International Time-Series Methods Workshop
• The Global Ocean Data Analysis Product version 2
• The Global Carbon Budget 2012
• The Legacy of in situ Iron Enrichment Experiments: Creation of a Relational, Open-Access Database
• EPOCA, the first international project on ocean acidification came to an end
• Changes in the IOCCP Project Office

 

August 2011:

• Public release of the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas planned for September 2011
• LDEO Database V2010 is now available at CDIAC
• Replacement of the EOS-80 definition of seawater properties with TEOS-10
• First National Meeting of U.S. Ocean Acidification Researchers
• The Mediterranean Sea in need of a GO-SHIP-like program
• Upcoming Meetings

 

May 2011:

• The Kick-Off Meeting of the CARBOCHANGE Project
• The New Air-Sea CO2 Flux Dataset Published at CDIAC
• Ocean Carbon Observations As a Part of Inter-disciplinary Multi-platform Global Observing Network
• Scientists Offer Warning and Plan For Protecting Earth’s ‘Blue Carbon’
• The International Workshop on the Economics of Ocean Acidification
• The New Portal for Ocean Science Summer Schools

 

February 2011:

• IOCCP Welcomes Maciej Telszewski as New Assistant Project Director
• A New Seawater Carbon Calculator for Windows, Mac, OS10 and iOS (iPhone)
• "Ocean Fertilization: A scientific Summary for Policy Makers" Published
• A New Guide "Ocean Acidification: questions answered" Published
• Three New Publications by the Global Carbon Project
• New Educational Booklet "Global Change: from research to the classroom" Available
• Launch of the New Journal Carbon Management

 

November 2010:

• Updated Repeat Hydrography Manual Now Available On-line
• Special Issue of Oceanography Magazine "Celebrating 50 Years of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission"
• Matlab Toolbox to Perform Secondary Quality Control on Hydrographic Data Published at CDIAC
• Alliance for Coastal Technology Releases Demonstration Statements for pCO2 Analyzers
• REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECAPP) meeting
• Fifth Session of the IOCCP Scientific Steering Group

 

August 2010:

• The Ocean in a High-CO2 World Symposium 2012 international planning committee and venue selected
• Guide to Best Practices for Ocean Acidification Research and Data Reporting now available online
• LDEO Database Version 2009 now available from CDIAC
• Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) Project Update
• Recent Workshops:
  SOCAT Southern Ocean Regional Workshop, Hobart, Australia
  PACIFICA Workshop, Tokyo, Japan

 

March 2010:

• The Ocean in a High-CO2 World Symposium in 2012
• The Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) Project Regional Workshop Updates
• Equatorial Pacific and Indian Ocean SOCAT Workshop held in Tokyo, Japan
• Southern Ocean SOCAT Workshop to be held in Hobart, Australia
• GO-SHIP International Planning meeting held in Portland
• IOC-ICES Study Group on Nutrient Standards Meeting held in Paris
  

 

December 2009:

• GO-SHIP News
• Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) Project Homepage Launched
• Release of the Global Surface pCO2 (LDEO) Database V2008
• Special Issue on the Future of Ocean Biogeochemistry in a High-CO2 World Published
• New CO2 Outreach Tool Developed

 

September 2009:

• CARINA data publicly available at CDIAC
• The Guide to Best Practices for Ocean CO2 Meaurements released
• OceanObs'09 Conference, Venice, Italy
• From Panel to Program: The Evolution of GO-SHIP
• International Carbon Dioxide Conference (ICDC8), Jena, Germany
• Fourth Session of the IOCCP Scientific Steering Group

 

June 2009:

• Open Review of "Best Practices in Ocean Acidification Research and Data Reporting
• Development of a new "US Carbon Cycle Plan"
• Ocean Carbon Community White Papers at OceanObs'09
• The Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) Project Update

  

February 2009:

• The Monaco Declaration and Research Priorities Report Launched at ASLO
• IOCCP welcomes Kathy Tedesco as New Director
• Nutrients Standards: A Review and Summary of the 2009 INSS Workshop
• The Fundamentals of Carbon Biogeochemistry: A Training Workshop
• International Ocean pCO2 System Intercomparison Exercise Planned
• SOCAT Pacific Region Meeting Planned

 

November 2008:

• The Ocean in a High CO2 World-II Meeting Summary and Follow-up
• Report of the 3rd Session of the IOCCP Scientific Steering Group
• Changing Times: Summary of the International Time Series Meeting
• Ocean Acidification Best Practices Meeting Update
• SCOR General Meeting Approves Carbon Working Groups
• Carbon at OceanObs09
• London Convention Adopts Resolution on Ocean Fertilization

August 2008:

• Workshop on Best Practices for Ocean Acidification Research Planned
• Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) Project - 2nd Technical Meeting
• The Carbon in the North Atlantic (CARINA) Project Holds its Final Meeting
• Launch of the EU COordination action Carbon Observing System (COCOS)
• Three UN organizations tackle Ocean Fertilization
• Volunteer translators sought for the Best Practices Guide
• The IOCCP Seeks New Director for 2009

 

May 2008:

• Introducing the IOCCP Scientific Steering Group for 2008-2010
• The LDEO Takahashi Data Base is Published at CDIAC
• CDIAC Launches a Coastal Carbon Data and Information Web-site
• Report from OceanSensors'08 and Launch of the Ocean Carbon Sensor Directory
• The IOC Establishes an Ad Hoc Consultative Group on Ocean Fertilization
• Overview of the UK Carbon-Ops Program
• The Ocean in a High CO2 World-II: Abstract Deadline 31 May
• Upcoming Meetings: May – August 2008

 

February 2008:

• Guide to Best Practices for Ocean CO2 Measurements Published
• WOCE Hydrography Manual to be Updated
• The Ocean in a High CO2 World-II: Registration opens 29 February
• OceanSensors 08 / Early Registration Ends 15 February

• OceanObs 09: Ocean Information for Society: Sustaining the Benefits, Realizing the Potential

 

November 2007:

• Ocean Carbon in the Southern Ocean Observing System
• The Surface Ocean CO2 Global Dataset and Atlas Project Update
• Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Panel (GO-SHIP)
• Seacarb Program Revised
• Symposium Announcement: Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans
• The First “State of the Carbon Cycle Report” Released

 

August 2007:

• 

  The Ocean Acidification Network is Launched by SCOR, IOC-UNESCO,                                    IAEA- MEL, and IGBP

• The IOCCP Web-Site is Renovated
• The Ocean in a High CO2 World – II: First Announcement
• The Surface Ocean CO2 Variability and Vulnerability Workshop Report is Published
• Atlantic Ocean Carbon Synthesis Group Homepage Launched
• Summary of the Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Summer Workshop
• Input Solicited for OceanSensors'08 Conference

 

May 2007:

• Surface Ocean CO2 Variability and Vulnerabilities Workshop Report
• IOCCP Scientific Steering Group second session report
• SOLAS/IMBER Carbon group meeting report
• Update on the Argo-Oxygen Programme
• IOCCP carbon observations tables and maps updated

 

February 2007:

• Data set release: Climatology of Global Surface Ocean Alkalinity
• Meeting report: GlobCOLOUR First User Consultation meeting
• New CCHDO Website
• Dick Feely elected AGU fellow

 

November 2006:

• Cluster of Excellence “The Future Ocean” Kiel and Leibniz Institutes
• Potential for use of the Swedish icebreaker Oden for Southern Ocean research
• Excel macro developed to calculate CO₂ system parameters
• UNESCO-SCOPE Policy brief on the Global Carbon Cycle published
• Systematic Observation Requirements for Satellite-based Products for Climate

 

August 2006:

• Report summary from the Initial North Atlantic Synthesis meeting, Iceland
• Map of carbon time series sites now available
• Report from the OCCC Ocean Carbon Workshop, July 10-13 Woods Hole
• Ocean carbon and the International Polar Year web site
• Report release: 'Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs and Other Marine Calcifiers'

 

May 2006:

• WAVES (Web-Accessible Vizualization and Extraction System) website launched
• Ocean carbon scientists in the news - P16N shows increased acidification
• Two projects on the optimisation of observation networks to deduce ocean CO₂ fluxes
• New time series web page on the IOCCP site
• Ocean Carbon and the International Polar Year

 

February 2006:

• Report from the International Repeat Hydrography and Carbon Workshop
• "Friends of Oxygen on Argo" Group Established
• Roger Dargaville Joins the IOCCP Project Office
• Upcoming Ocean Carbon Sessions at AGU and EGU
• Ocean Carbon Community Invited to Advise ESA GlobColour Project
• SCAR-SCOR Southern Ocean Expert Group Report Available

 

November 2005:

• Ocean Carbon Open House Presentations On-Line
• IOCCP holds its first Scientific Steering Group meeting
• International Repeat Hydrography Meeting Nov 14-16: an update
• GLODAP Results and Data Published

 

August 2005:

• WHOI ocean carbon meeting provides information on future program structure
• Royal Society of London releases report on ocean acidification
• Global Carbon Project Climate Vulnerabilities Conference talks on-line
• New Terms of Reference approved for the IOCCP

 

May 2005:

• IOCCP expands its mandate and establishes a Scientific Steering Group
• The "Ocean Carbon Directory" developed as part of new IOCCP mandate
• European Space Agency launches GlobCOLOUR Project

 

February 2005:

• CARBO-OCEAN Holds Kick-Off Meeting in Bergen
• Changing "Ocean-Colour" ?: A Survey
• New MATLAB routine to calculate CO₂ System Parameters
• Southeast Asia Regional Committee for START Call for Proposals

 

November 2004:

• "Guide of Best Practices" Coming Soon / PICES WG 17 Meeting News
• First CarboOcean Mesocosm CO₂ Perturbation Study Announced
• UNFCCC Requests Special Report on Ocean Observations for Climate
• IGOS Partners Carbon Theme Developing Implementation Plan
• "The Ocean Carbon Cycle and Climate" - A NATO ASI Publication

 

August 2004:

• CARBOOCEAN Under Contract Negotiations - A Strong European Contribution to Worldwide Ocean Carbon Cycle Research
• North Pacific Regional Research Synthesis Group Approved as a GCP Project
• Ocean Observations Panel for Climate Endorses IOCCP for Ocean Carbon Coordination
• Research Priorities Report Published from The Ocean in a High CO2 World Symposium
• Update on the Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research Project
• Citation Protocol for Publicly Available Ocean Carbon Data Sets
• The Impacts of Climate Change on the Carbon Cycle in the North Pacific: an IOCCP Session at the PICES 13th Annual Meeting

 

May 2004:

• CLIVAR / IOC Indian Ocean Panel Meeting Report
• Summary of the Ocean in a High CO₂ World Symposium
• IGOS Integrated Global Carbon Observation Theme Finalized
• US Ocean Carbon and Climate Change Implementation Strategy Published
• GCOS 10 year implementation plan begins review period

 

February 2004:

• Results from the Tsukuba Workshop on Ocean Surface pCO2 Data
• SOLAS and IMBER to Work Together on Ocean Carbon Implementation
• BEAGLE 2003 - An Expedition Around the Southern Hemisphere
• POGO - IOC - SCOR Capacity-Building Fellowships Need Hosts
• A Brief History of Ocean Carbon and its Links to the United Nations Global Observing Systems for Climate

 

November 2003:

• Carbon and Tracer News from the CLIVAR Southern Ocean Panel Meeting
• CLIVAR Carbon Representatives Named
• A26.5 Line May Reoccupy 24N
• SOLAS Working Group 3 Holds First Meeting
• Methods Handbook Scheduled for Early 2004 Publication
• New Southern Ocean "OISO" Data Available
• New Software to Calculate CO₂ Parameters for Mac and Unix

 

August 2003:

• The IOCCP is launched at first workshop
• Ocean carbon experts to be added to CLIVAR Basin Panels
• IOC to facilitate permission process for research in territorial waters
• IOCCP investigates ways to create journal articles for data sets
• South China Sea regional carbon pilot project to be launched in November
• U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program develops ocean implementation plan