We are happy to let you know that the Ocean Observing System Report Card for 2021 was released in July by the GOOS Observations Coordination Group. Each year this Report provides a key insight into the status of the Global Ocean Observing System, assessing observing networks’ progress, focusing on what is needed to meet the challenges and demands for ocean information, and encouraging collaborations and new partners to join the ocean observing community.

The 2021 Report features several key areas including a section on the status and value of monitoring ocean oxygen and deoxygenation to which IOCCP and the Global Ocean Oxygen Network (GO₂NE) among others have contributed. The 2021 Report Card can be viewed online or downloaded as PDF from www.ocean-ops.org/reportcard2021

On behalf of the GLODAP Reference Group, and hundreds of seagoing oceanographers that tirelessly have collected data all over the ocean, we are happy to announce the publication of GLODAPv2.2021. The Global Ocean Data Analysis Project (GLODAP) data product provides access to quality controlled surface to bottom ocean biogeochemical data, with an emphasis on seawater inorganic carbon. GLODAPv2.2021 is an update of the previous version, with 43 additional cruises, extension of time coverage until 2020, and the inclusion of DOIs for each individual cruise. GLODAPv2.2021 includes measurements from more than 1.3 million water samples from the global oceans collected on 989 cruises. The data for the 12 core variables have undergone extensive quality control, especially systematic evaluation of bias. The data are available in two formats: (i) as submitted by the data originator but updated to WOCE exchange format and (ii) as a merged data product with adjustments applied to minimize bias. 

The original data, their documentation and doi codes are available at the Ocean Carbon Data System of NOAA NCEI. This site also provides access to the merged data product, which is provided as a single global file and as four regional ones. An accompanying manuscript has been submitted for consideration for publication in Earth System Science Data: https://essd.copernicus.org/preprints/essd-2021-234/. See also the GLODAPv2.2021 release poster.

We would like to let you know that the next presentation in the GOA-ON Webinar Series will take place on Wednesday, 14 July 2021 at 10:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC +10). The speaker will be Dr. Eric Mortenson, a postdoctoral researcher at CSIRO, Australia. His talk is entitled, "Regional changes in Southern Ocean biogeochemistry due to projected carbon uptake". Please register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/rt/3191371397724780304

If you missed any of the GOA-ON webinars, you can watch them on the GOA-ON Youtube Channel. Most recently, we heard from Dr. Mohammed Idrissi, Dr. Melissa Chierici, and Dr. Chibo Chikwililwa who discussed ocean acidification monitoring across western Africa.

We are delighted to announce the publication of “A vision for FAIR ocean data products” in Nature Communications authored by the GLobal Ocean Data Analysis Project (GLODAP) Reference Group Co-Chairs Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR, Germany) and Siv Lauvset (NORCE, Norway) and others, including several current and former members of the IOCCP Scientific Steering Group.

The paper, informally known as the GLODAP Manifesto, highlights the critical role which the co-located high-quality measurements of physical and biogeochemical parameters collated in GLODAP play in quantifying and monitoring the ocean cycles of carbon and related biogeochemical EOVs, and thus informing the stakeholders (e.g. the IPCC assessments, the Global Climate Observing System indicators) on several critical processes. Making GLODAP fully FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) requires substantial upgrades to the existing data extraction system to benefit various users and their growing needs. Recognizing that GLODAP, just like SOCAT and other ocean data synthesis products, remains a largely unfunded, community effort, the paper calls for building and supporting a sustained infrastructure and associated resources to ensure that GLODAP continues to provide the global community with a unique service, the importance of which will only increase as we step up our climate mitigation and adaptation efforts.

The paper is available in open access from here. It can be cited as:

Tanhua, T., Lauvset, S.K., Lange, N. et al. A vision for FAIR ocean data products. Commun Earth Environ 2, 136 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00209-4

Please join the Global Ocean Oxygen Network (IOC Expert Working Group GO2NE) for a new session of its webinar series on ocean deoxygenation. The eighth webinar will take place 24 June 2021, 14:00 h UTC. The speakers will present latest science on the impacts of reduced oxygen in coastal zones. The webinar will feature presentations by a more senior and an early-career scientist, 20 minutes each followed by 10 minutes moderated discussion sessions. Presentations, questions and answers will be in Spanish, however we will try to accommodate English questions and to facilitate the understanding slides will be in English. Please register for the webinar here.

The webinar will be moderated by Ivonne Montes (Subdirección de Ciencias de la Atmósfera e Hidrósfera, Instituto Geofísico del Perú, Peru), and the presentations will be given by Veronica Molina (Laboratorio Observatorio de Ecología Microbiana, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Chile) on "Estudio de »consorcios microbianos« en la Zona de Mínima de Oxígeno del Pacífico Sudoriental" and Matias Pizarro-Koch (Millennium Nucleus Understanding Past Coastal Upwelling Systems and Environmental Local and Lasting Impacts (UPWELL), Chile) on "Modelación Fisico-Biogeoquimica de la Zona de Minimo Oxígeno subtropical frente a Chile."

If you missed one of the previous editions, you can watch the the recordings here. If you want to receive further information about upcoming webinars please register here.

We are excited to announce the release of Surface Ocean CO₂ Atlas (SOCAT) version 2021 which is now available via www.socat.info. SOCAT documents the increase in surface ocean CO₂ for the global oceans and coastal seas. Quantification of the global ocean CO₂ uptake to better than 0.2 Pg C yr-1 requires an accuracy of < 2 μatm for in situ surface ocean fCO₂ (fugacity of CO₂) measurements. Quality-controlled, synthesis and gridded products in SOCAT version 2021 contain 30.6 million in situ surface ocean fCO₂ measurements with an estimated accuracy of < 5 μatm. A further 2.1 million fCO₂ values with an accuracy of < 10 μatm are also available. Data collection has continued during the pandemic, albeit at a reduced rate.

We are excited to announce that on June 25 at 13:00-14:30 UTC, the Integrated Carbon Observation System - Ocean Thematic Centre (ICOS OTC) together with the IOCCP will hold a public webinar to kick off the 1st ICOS OTC pCO2 instrument inter-comparison whichwill take place at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Oostende, Belgium, on 28 June - 11 July 2021.

The webinar will introduce the structure and goals of the exercise but also provide a historical overview and legacy of past pCO2 inter-comparison exercises which took place between 1995 and 2010. The webinar will be moderated by Dariia Atamanchuk (IOCCP Scientific Steering Group member, and theInter-comparison Organizing Committee member) and Artur Palacz (IOCCP Project Officer). The agenda is as follows:

Earlier this week, on World Oceans Day, the IOC-UNESCO announced the endorsement of the first programmes and contributions submitted under the UN Ocean Decade for Sustainable Development. IOCCP has played an active role in preparing five bids which were all successful:

• Observing and Predicting the Global Coastal Ocean (CoastPredict) which will “integrate observations with numerical models to produce predictions with uncertainties from extreme events to climate, for the coastal marine ecosystems (their services), biodiversity, co-designing transformative response to science and societal needs.” 
• Observing Together: Meeting Stakeholder Needs and Making Every Observation Count which will “transform ocean data access and availability by connecting ocean observers and the communities they serve, through enhanced support to both new and existing community-scale projects.” 
• Ocean Observing Co-Design: evolving ocean observing for a sustainable future which will “build the process, infrastructure and tools for co-design, creating an international capacity to evolve a truly integrated ocean observing system, matching agile observing and modelling capability with requirements.” 
• Global Ocean Oxygen Decade which will “raise global awareness about ocean deoxygenation, provide knowledge for action and develop mitigation and adaptation strategies and solutions to ensure continued provision of ecosystem services, and minimize impacts on the ocean economy through local, regional, and global efforts, including transdisciplinary research, innovative outreach, and ocean education and literacy.
• Ocean Acidification Research for Sustainability (OARS) which will “foster the development of the science of ocean acidification including the impacts on marine life and sustainability of marine ecosystems in estuarine-coastal-open ocean environments.” 

We would like to let you know that the next GOA-ON webinar entitled "Arctic-African collaborative OA research on the Canary Current and Benguela Current upwelling systems" will take place on 10 June at 14:00 UTC. The webinar speakers include: Dr. Mohammed Idrissi, Dr. Melissa Chierici, and Dr. Chibo Chikwililwa. See the attached flyer for more information on the speakers and webinar topic.

Please register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/3237564080229696528. If you missed any of the GOA-ON webinars, you can watch them on the GOA-ON YouTube Channel.

We would like to inform you about the next AtlantOS Ocean Hour which takes place on June 8, 2021 from 15:30 to 16:30 (UTC), followed by a 30min optional Networking (16:30 - 17:00 UTC). This AtlantOS Ocean Hour will focus on the Carbon Uptake in the Atlantic Ocean. Two overarching questions are: (1) How can we imagine optimal designed observation, monitoring, and evaluation systems in the continuum between the coasts and open ocean? (2) How can we monitor the long-term impacts and efficiency at coastal / open ocean scales with regards to Carbon Geoengineering?

If you are interested in joining for the Ocean Hour please register here. The program (and registration link) are in the attached flyer. To learn more about the programme AtlantOS, follow this link: http://www.atlantos-ocean.org. If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact Sandra Ketelhake (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Ann-Christine Zinkann (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).