We would like to let you know that the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development programme "Ocean Acidification Research for Sustainability (OARS)", spearheaded by the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON), invites you to participate in the community review of its white papers. The OARS programme provides a vision for ocean acidification research for the next decade by setting out a roadmap that, when implemented in collaboration with multiple partners, will deliver against seven outcomes by 2030 (see below for details). With this review, we invite the community to provide their thoughts and input to the OARS programme and the implementation plans.

To participate in the review, please visit the review webpage to download the pdf of the outcome or outcomes you would like to review as well as the review template. Use the template to submit your specific comments, referencing the precise outcome and page your comment; one single template can be used to review more than one white paper. Once you have finished the review, please send your completed template to the GOA-ON Secretariat This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than 20 March 2023. 

We would like to let you know that the report of the XVII Session of the IOCCP Scientific Steering Group & Global Ocean Observing System Biogeochemistry Panel of Experts (IOCCP-SSG-17) has been published. You can access the report from our site HERE.

The report summarizes the current status and future plans related to IOCCP's coordination and communication activities including our contribution to various UN Ocean Decade programmes and projects. We hope that you will find the report informative and many of you will become involved in the activities that the SSG planned for the months to come. Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions and comments.

We would like to let you know that the SCOR Secretariat now invites proposals for new working groups to commence activities in late 2023. Deadline for submission is 12 May 2023. Click here for instructions, guidelines, and a template to help prepare the proposals. The selection of the new SCOR working groups will take place at the 2023 SCOR Annual Meeting scheduled to take place in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on 17-19 October 2023. For more information, read the full call.

Moreover, SCOR is seeking its next full-time Executive Director to carry on from the current Executive Director, Dr. Patricia Miloslavich. The position, with a starting date of 1 June 2023, will be based in the United States; the SCOR Secretariat is currently located at the University of Delaware. The candidate should be either a U.S. citizen or have permission to work in the United States, having a “green card” or H1B Visa. The position requires international travel. A cover letter of application with a curriculum vitae and the names of three references should be emailed no later than 17 of February 2023 to the SCOR Secretary, Prof. Peter Croot, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For more information about the position duties, terms of employment and application procedure please see the full announcement.