We would like to let you know that three new SCOR Working Groups were approved and funded this year, with WG#161 and WG#162 having an explicit biogeochemical observing component in their proposed terms of reference.
WG #160: Analysing ocean turbulence observations to quantify mixing (ATOMIX), co-chaired by Cynthia Bluteau (Canada) and Ilke Fer (Norway)
WG #161: Respiration in the Mesopelagic Ocean (ReMO): Reconciling ecological, biogeochemical and model estimates, co-chaired by Carol Robinson (UK), Iris Kriest (Germany), and Javier Arístegui (Spain)
WG #162: Developing an Observing Air-Sea Interactions State (OASIS), co-chaired by Meghan Cronin (USA) and Sebastiaan Swart (Sweden)
The WGs were approved during the 2020 SCOR Annual Meeting which was held between the 20-22 of October. The virtual meeting was attended by 121 participants from 34 countries representing all continents. All documents and reports can be found online at: https://scor-int.org/events/2020-scor-annual-meeting/