We are happy to inform you about the publication of the report of the Variability in the Oxycline and its ImpaCts on the Ecosystem (VOICE) Science Plan Workshop which took place on 13-15 September 2017 in Monterey, CA, USA, and hosted by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). The workshop was a three-day event, held in conjunction with the Global Ocean Oxygen Network (GO₂NE) third annual meeting (11-13 September 2017). The workshop was attended by 22 scientists from around the globe, and was the first opportunity to establish communication and initiate coordination of efforts leading to the implementation of the VOICE project, which is an outcome of the Implementation of Multi-disciplinary Sustained Ocean Observations (IMSOO) workshop in February 2017. The workshop was generously sponsored by GOOS, IOCCP, NOAA and SOLAS, and its organisation was facilitated by the IOCCP Office. 

VOICE will assess the current readiness level of the observing requirements, existing observing capabilities and availability of data products to deliver information on the variability in the oxycline and its impacts on the ecosystem in selected OMZ regions around the globe: the Humboldt Current System, West Africa (Canary and Benguela Current Systems), Northern Indian Ocean, and the California Current System. The VOICE Science Plan Workshop provided an excellent and in depth summary of the regional requirements, observing capability, data and information product management to form a basis for comprehensive observing system readiness level assessment in accordance with the Framework for Ocean Observing guidelines.

You can access the workshop report as PDF from this site:

 www.goosocean.org/voice-mbari-report 

We would like to warmly invite you to the upcoming Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) webinar on "Unsung heroes in the spotlight: a look at Marine Ecological Time Series, and what they are telling us about the ocean" scheduled for 5 December, at 15:00 GMT/UTC. The webinar will be presented by Laura Lorenzoni (University of South Florida, USA).

The Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) invite nominations of qualified individuals to serve on the Scientific Steering Committee of the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS). This call is for Scientific Members, with terms starting at the annual SSC meeting (Hangzhou, China, 6-9 May 2018). Nominations from experts in carbon, biogeochemistry and ecosystems are encouraged.

The deadline for nominations is 1^st February 2018.

We would like to inform you about the publication of “A user's guide for selected autonomous biogeochemical sensors” now available for download as PDF from the IOCCP website HERE. The guide presents a final outcome of the 1^st International IOCCP Sensors Summer Course held in 2015 in Kristineberg, Sweden. This user’s guide provides easy-to-follow steps on the usage (including preparation, deployment, recovery and basic data processing) of selected autonomous biogeochemical sensors which measure oxygen, nitrate, pCO₂ and pH.

We would like to let you know that the Global Carbon Budget 2017 has now been published. Please see the Global Carbon Project website (http://www.globalcarbonproject.org) to access the highlights, paper, data, and a myriad of figures, infographics and videos related to the annual update of the global carbon budget and trends for the year 2016, and projections for 2017. You may also want to visit the Global Carbon Atlas http://www.globalcarbonatlas.org to explore in detail global and national CO₂ emissions.

The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) is launching an open review of the current requirements for Essential Climate Variables (ECV) that are the basis for the global systematic observation of the climate system. GCOS would like to invite as wide a possible range of reviewers to participate. This is the first step in a revision and update of the requirements planned for 2021/2. Revisions to the existing ECV and ECV products or proposals for new ECV or ECV products can be made and support for the existing requirements is also encouraged. These requirements are intended to be user requirements: what is needed by users. We encourage the marine biogeochemistry community to review these user requirements, in particular the ones set for Ocean Biogeochemistry ECVs: Inorganic Carbon, Nitrous Oxide, Nutrients, Ocean Colour, Oxygen and Transient Tracers - all of which have their corresponding Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) as defined by GOOS.

Comments should be submitted by end of 2017 using the on-line form at:

 https://www.research.net/r/ECVRequirements.

We would like to let you know about two very interesting webinars coming up next week. The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) webinar on the Surface Ocean CO₂ Atlas (SOCAT) will be presented by Dorothee Bakker (University of East Anglia; UEA) and Kim Currie (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research; NIWA), and is scheduled for November 15, 18:00 GMT/UTC. The joint US CLIVAR and the US Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry Program webinar on Ocean Carbon Hotspots, following up on a recent workshop on that topic, is scheduled for November 14, 18:00 GMT/UTC. It features Stu Bishop (North Carolina State University), Keith Rodgers (Princeton University), Alison Gray (University of Washington) and Dongxiao Zhang (NOAA PMEL).

We would like to let you know that in 2018 there will be the 50th edition of the International Liege Colloquium of Ocean Dynamics, a perfect reason to celebrate and review the advances made in studying the oceans during the last several decades. In particular, this edition will be dedicated to long-term studies in oceanography. Our knowledge about the ocean has changed dramatically over these past 50 years, as is the availability and quality of data and tools to study the ocean. The Colloquium will be held from 28 May to 1 June 2018 at the University of Liège in Liège, Belgium. We invite abstracts in the study of the ocean using long-term datasets, based on in situ data, remote sensing data, model simulations and reanalyses. Works that evidence the importance of maintaining in time the in situ and remote sensing datasets, and review studies that provide a perspective of the advancement of science during the last decades using these long-term datasets are also welcome.

Deadline for abstract submissions: 19 January 2018

The Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBeR, www.imber.info) project invites applications for the Executive Officer position of the International Project Office based at the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Bergen, Noway. This is a temporary appointment until March 2020, when the office will relocate. IMBeR is looking for a dynamic and outgoing person with a PhD and scientific experience in an IMBeR related discipline. This is a full-time position.

Deadline for applications is 20 November 2017. For details of the position and application requirements please see our jobs site HERE.

The core mission for IOCCP at the 10^th International Carbon Dioxide Conference (ICDC10) in Interlaken, Switzerland, was to organize and run a half-day community workshop focused on IOCCP’s activities related to data management and synthesis products development. The IOCCP side-event on “Marine Carbon and Biogeochemistry Data Management and Synthesis” took place on Wednesday, 23rd August 2017 as an official part of ICDC10, and was attended by over 50 scientists from 15 countries.