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.

We would like to let you know that the October 2017 Issue (No. 38) of the IOCCP Conveyor is published and available for viewing in HTML and for download in PDF on our website HERE. We hope that you will find this issue informative and useful. 

Applications are now welcome for the 7^th International Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) Summer School which will take place on 23^rd July - 4^th August 2018 in Cargèse, Corsica, France. The SOLAS Summer School brings together over 70 students and 15 world-leading international scientists, in a variety of fields, for a combination of lectures and practical workshops. It aims to teach the skills and knowledge of the many disciplines needed to understand the nature of ocean-atmosphere interactions and how to link ocean-atmosphere interactions with climate and people. It allows doctoral students and early-career researchers to see how their work fits into the broad canvas of SOLAS, and global change research more generally.

Deadline for applications: 15 November 2017

On behalf of the Secretary of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), we would like to invite you to submit nominations of experts for consideration as Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, or Review Editors for the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the IPCC. The composition of the group of Coordinating Lead Authors and Lead Authors for a chapter of the Assessment Report will represent a range of views, expertise, gender, and geographical representation, ensuring appropriate representation of experts from developing and developed countries and countries with economies in transition. Please note that the work on the preparation of the reports will be conducted in English.

The deadline for upload of all nominations is Friday 27 October 2017 (midnight GMT + 1). Nominations received after the deadline will not be accepted. 

We would like to announce that the Organizers of OceanObs’19 are seeking experts to join its Program Committee (PC), which will shape the agenda and outcomes of the conference set for September 16-20, 2019 at the Honolulu Convention Center, in Honolulu, HI, USA. Nominations or self-nominations are welcome for OceanObs’19 program committee members until October 15, 2017. Please fill out the linked form and submit a one-page CV of the nominee to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..