We would like to let you know that there will be a theme dedicated to "Chemistry of ocean (past, present and future)" at the upcoming Goldschmidt 2017 Conference, held on 13-18 August 2017 in Paris, France. Abstract deadline is: 1 April 2017.

We would like to let you know that a SOLAS workshop on 'Frontiers in ocean-atmosphere exchange: Air sea interface and fluxes of mass and energy' will take place on 15-19 May 2017 at the Institut d'Études Scientifiques de Cargèse in Corsica, France. Due to the limited capacity of the venue, the workshop can accommodate a maximum of 50 people. Abstract submission deadline: 31 March 2017.

The First Report of the Tropical Pacific Observing System (TPOS 2020) project was published on 30 December 2016. This report contains initial recommendations for the Backbone and a synopsis of initial results and plans for the various initiatives of TPOS 2020. The Executive Summary and the full First Report can be downloaded from the tpos2020.org website or from the GOOS Report site.

The Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) is pleased to announce that the POGO-SCOR Visiting Fellowship programme for 2017 is now open for applications. The deadline for applications is 7 April 2017. The scheme is designed to promote training and capacity building leading towards a global observation scheme for the oceans, and is aimed at scientists, technicians, postgraduate students (preferably PhD) and post-doctoral fellows involved in oceanographic work at centres in developing countries and countries with economies in transition.

The 19^th WMO/IAEA Meeting on Carbon Dioxide, Other Greenhouse Gases, and Related Measurement Techniques (GGMT-2017) will be held on 27 – 31 August 2017 at Empa in Dübendorf, Switzerland. The meeting will be held back-to-back with the 10^th International Carbon Dioxide Conference (ICDC10), Interlaken, Switzerland.

Registration and abstract submission opens in April 2017.

Please save the date for the International Conference on "Ocean Deoxygenation: Drivers and Consequences – Past – Present – Future" to be held on 3-7 September 2018 in Kiel, Germany.

The call for submission opens December 2017.

We would like to remind you about the abstract submission deadline for the 10^th International Carbon Dioxide Conference (ICDC10) approaching on 15 March 2017. At the same time we would like to inform you about an IOCCP half-day workshop on “Marine Carbon and Biogeochemistry Data Management and Synthesis” which will take place on Wednesday, 23^rd August 2017 as an official part of the Conference.

The Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) is accepting proposals for 2017 SCOR Working Groups from now until 15 April 2017. SCOR will approve new working groups at its annual meeting, this year held in Cape Town, South Africa on 4-6 September 2017. Details about the meeting will be posted on the meeting web site as they become available.

We would like to let you know that applications are now open for the Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) OceanView International School "New Frontiers in Operational Oceanography", which will be held on 2-13 October 2017, in Mallorca, Spain. The international school for observing, assimilating and forecasting the ocean is a two week program offered to early career scientists, professionals and students on the current state of the art in operational oceanography and related advances in the ocean sciences. The courses will include topics covering the leading edge science in ocean observing systems, as well as the latest methods and techniques for analysis, data assimilation and ocean modeling.

Deadline for applying is February 28, 2017.

We would like to inform you that the EU Horizon 2020 AtlantOS (Optimising and Enhancing the Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System) project newsletter 2016 is now published and available for download HERE.

This first project newsletter introduces the vision of AtlantOS to the wider community interested in the Atlantic Ocean and the societal benefit that is enabled by sustained ocean observation. The biogeochemical observing community might find particularly interesting the article on 'Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSE's) in AtlantOS' where the biogeochemical focus is set on a number of variables: nutrients, oxygen, and pH observations; the article on 'Setting Observing Targets for Biogeochemical Observing System in the Atlantic' workshop; or the article on 'The vision for technology for the Atlantic'.