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The National Institute for Marine Sciences and Coastal Management in Algiers, Algeria is currently seeking abstracts for oral and poster presentations at CIEM 2008: Anthropogenic impacts on the marine environment. The Congress will address a number of specific topics related to anthropogenic and climate change impacts on marine and coastal systems and marine biodiversity. Abstracts are due May 30, 2008 and the conference is scheduled for October 27-29, 2008. More information is available in the meeting announcement.
The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) data base (Version 1.0) (Takahashi et al 2007) is now available for general public use through Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) web page: http://cdiac.ornl.gov/oceans/LDEO_Underway_Database/LDEO_home.html. More than 3 million measurements of surface water partial pressure of CO2 obtained over the global oceans during 1968 - 2006 are listed in the LDEO database, which includes open ocean and coastal water measurements. The data have been quality-controlled based on the stability of the system performance, the reliability of calibrations for CO2 analysis, and the internal consistency of data. In addition, to allow re-examination of the data in the future, a number of measured parameters relevant to pCO2 measurements are listed. The data presented in this database include the analysis of partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2), sea surface temperature (SST), sea surface salinity (SSS), pressure of the equilibration, and barometric pressure in the outside air from the ship's observation system.
The first issue of OCB News is now available from the OCB Project Office website. The newsletter highlights science, education & outreach, program updates, and OCB-related activities.
The Global Carbon Project (GCP) of the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) recently released a report entitled Carbon Reductions and Offsets, exploring voluntary reductions in carbon emissions via efficiency, emission avoidance, and offsetting. The decision making framework and conclusions are drawn from a case study of the ESSP, where travel, conferences, and office support are the major sources of carbon emissions, although the conclusions are also relevant for other programs and research institutions.
The Vulcan Project is a NASA/DOE funded effort under the North American Carbon Program (NACP) to quantify North American fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at space and time scales much finer than has been achieved in the past. The purpose is to aid in quantification of the North American carbon budget, to support inverse estimation of carbon sources and sinks, and to support the demands posed by the launch of the Orbital Carbon Observatory (OCO) scheduled for 2008/2009. Data are freely available to scientists and the public from www.purdue.edu/eas/carbon/vulcan. More information is available from the Purdue University press release describing the project and from a YouTube video showing maps generated using the Vulcan model.
The 2008 OCB Summer Science Workshop will take place July 21-24, 2008 in Woods Hole, MA. The focus of this year's workshop is on the following interdisciplinary themes:
Each day will focus on one theme, which will include a morning plenary session, followed by afternoon breakout sessions on more detailed sub-topics within that theme, and then a late afternoon poster session. The purpose of the breakouts is to facilitate more detailed discussions on research priorities and opportunities within each theme. A set of near- and long-term objectives will be developed, from which the OCB research community could begin to formulate ideas for single or multi-PI projects to advance the field.
Registration for the workshop is available at http://www.whoi.edu/sites/ocbworkshop2008. The registration deadline is June 10, 2008.
The Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Program is soliciting ideas for targeted workshops to promote collaborative research at the interface of ecosystem dynamics and marine biogeochemical cycles. In addition to annual summer science meetings that focus on broader interdisciplinary themes, OCB will convene targeted scoping workshops to give the research community a public venue for discussing research challenges and implementation approaches to address specific OCB research priorities. More information is available from the call for proposals.
This page last updated May 13, 2008.