As part of a long-term community effort to build the capacity for a program of coordinated observations of CH₄ and N₂O in the marine environment, draft Standard Operating Protocols (SOPs) were produced by an international group of experts. SOPs are open for public consultation until 31 March 2021. After this period of public availability, the SOPs will be published on the Ocean Best Practices Network. The SOPs will be available individually and collectively as a Best Practice Guide for dissolved CH₄ and N₂O measurements, providing an important component to achieving community-wide intercomparability for their measurements in the global ocean.

To access the documents and find more information about other activities stemming from a 2018 US OCB Trace Gas Workshop, please visit this webpage: https://web.whoi.edu/methane-workshop/sops/. To submit your comments or ask for more information, contact the lead author of the respective SOP and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We would like to remind you that is IOCCP is looking for applications for up to five new members of the Scientific Steering Group (SSG) for term beginning on 1 April 2021, replacing colleagues who will rotate of the SSG at that time. New members will be expected to continue and expand the current set of coordination activities within specific IOCCP Themes, as linked to each Position description. Moreover, we seek to expand our SSG composition to: (i) better address the needs for coordination in regions which may have recently had limited direct representation in IOCCP, and (ii) promote outstanding early-career ocean professionals willing to support IOCCP’s mission.

You can view the complete call online below or as PDF in the attached. Please send your applications by 15 January 2021. Feel free to contact the IOCCP Office with any related questions you might have. 

We would like to let you know that the Global Carbon Budget 2020 has now been published. Please see the Global Carbon Project website (http://www.globalcarbonproject.org) to access the highlights, paper, data, and a number of figures, infographics and videos related to the annual update of the global carbon budget and trends for the year 2019, and projections for 2020. You may also want to visit the Global Carbon Atlas http://www.globalcarbonatlas.org to explore in detail global and national CO₂ emissions.

IOCCP is looking for applications for up to five new members of the Scientific Steering Group (SSG) for term beginning on 1 April 2021, replacing colleagues who will rotate of the SSG at that time. New members will be expected to continue and expand the current set of coordination activities within specific IOCCP Themes, as linked to each Position description. Moreover, we seek to expand our SSG composition to: (i) better address the needs for coordination in regions which may have recently had limited direct representation in IOCCP, and (ii) promote outstanding early-career ocean professionals willing to support IOCCP’s mission.

You can view the complete call online below or as PDF in the attached. Please send your applications by 15 January 2021. Feel free to contact the IOCCP Office with any related questions you might have. 

We would like to let you know that three new SCOR Working Groups were approved and funded this year, with WG#161 and WG#162 having an explicit biogeochemical observing component in their proposed terms of reference. 

WG #160: Analysing ocean turbulence observations to quantify mixing (ATOMIX), co-chaired by Cynthia Bluteau (Canada) and Ilke Fer (Norway)
WG #161: Respiration in the Mesopelagic Ocean (ReMO): Reconciling ecological, biogeochemical and model estimates, co-chaired by Carol Robinson (UK), Iris Kriest (Germany), and Javier Arístegui (Spain)
WG #162: Developing an Observing Air-Sea Interactions State (OASIS), co-chaired by Meghan Cronin (USA) and Sebastiaan Swart (Sweden)

The WGs were approved during the 2020 SCOR Annual Meeting which was held between the 20-22 of October. The virtual meeting was attended by 121 participants from 34 countries representing all continents. All documents and reports can be found online at: https://scor-int.org/events/2020-scor-annual-meeting/

The Global Ocean Oxygen Network (IOC Expert Working Group GO₂NE; https://en.unesco.org/go2ne) starts a new series of webinars on ocean deoxygenation. The speakers will present latest science on the impacts of reduced oxygen in the open ocean and coastal zones. Each webinar will feature two presentations: one by a more senior and one by an earlier-career scientist. Presentations will be 20 minutes each followed by 10 minutes of moderated discussion." The second webinar of the series will take place on 9 December 2020 at 15:00 CET, and will be moderated by Prof. Andreas Oschlies (GEOMAR, Germany). Dr. Sören Thomsen (LOCEAN-IPSL, CNRS, France) will present "How fine-scale physical processes shape the oxycline off Peru," followed by Prof. Laure Resplandy (Princeton University, USA) who will give a talk entitled "Will oxygen minimum zones expand or shrink? The crucial contributions of ocean mixing and biogeochemical feedbacks."

To register for the webinar follow the link: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7199358458173523983

To receive information about upcoming webinars in the series please fill out the online form.

We would like to let you know that the new version of the Global Ocean Surface Water Partial Pressure of CO₂ Database (LDEO Database Version 2019) has been published at the Ocean Carbon Data System (OCADS) of NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Approximately 14.2 million measurements of surface water pCO₂ made over the global oceans during 1957-2019 have been processed to make a uniform data file in this Version 2019. Measurements made in open oceans as well as in coastal waters are included. The data assembled include only those measured using equilibrator-CO₂ analyzer systems, and have been quality-controlled based upon the stability of the system performance, the reliability of calibrations for CO₂ analysis and the internal consistency of data. 567,632 data points consisting of 158 leg/cruise segments were added in this version.

Takahashi, Taro; Sutherland, Stewart C.; Kozyr, Alex (2020). Global Ocean Surface Water Partial Pressure of CO₂ Database (LDEO Database Version 2019): Measurements Performed During 1957-2019 (NCEI Accession 0160492). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.3334/cdiac/otg.ndp088(v2015).

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/ocean-carbon-data-system/oceans/LDEO_Underway_Database/

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0160492.html

We would like to invite you to join a 1st Anniversary Webinar of the EuroSea Project which will take place on 20 November 2020 at 15:00-17:00 CET. EuroSea is a flagship European Union project supporting the implementation of the G7 Future of the Seas and Oceans Initiative. EuroSea helps stakeholders to co-design European ocean observing and forecasting services and products that deliver information and support decision-making in the areas of climate, coastal and maritime activities, and ocean health. This EuroSea stakeholder webinar will bring together the project’s funders and implementors as well as related European and global initiatives to discuss progress and look forward to a lasting legacy.

To view the detailed program and to register for the webinar follow this link: https://eurosea.eu/events/1st-anniversary-webinar-programme-registration/ 

We would like to inform you that the manuscript submission deadline for a Frontiers in Marine Sciences Research Topic "Energy, Water, and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes at the Earth’s Surface" has been extended to 31 March 2021. The goal of this Research Topic is to showcase work that will lead to improved estimation and understanding of the fluxes that couple the atmosphere with the ocean, land and ice. This Research Topic will cover observational, theoretical and modeling aspects of fluxes of energy (heat and momentum), water, and carbon dioxide at the Earth’s surface, including at the air-sea, air-land and air-ice interfaces. Meghan Cronin (NOAA PMEL, USA) is the lead Topic Editor, and IOCCP Co-Chair Masao Ishii is among the other Topic Editors.

For more information on the scope of this Research Topic and types of articles accepted, please see the page at: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/12257/energy-water-and-carbon-dioxide-fluxes-at-the-earths-surface#overview

We would like to let you know that the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Observations Coordination Group has launched a new Ocean Observing System Report Card and introduced the rebranding of OceanOPS (previously JCOMMOPS) along with its first-ever 5-year Strategic Plan (2021-2025), phased with the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development ("Ocean Decade"). The 2020 Ocean Observing System Report Card provides an update on the status of GOOS, including the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on ocean observations, the advances in observing measurements and initiatives, and the connection with vital services resulting from the observations. 

You can read the full announcement on the GOOS website here. 

The Ocean Observing System Report Card is available at: www.ocean-ops.org/reportcard2020 

The OceanOPS 5-year Strategic Plan (2021-2025) is available at: www.ocean-ops.org/strategy