GOOS Regional Alliances (GRA)
News
Latest News: June 2011
- International Conferences/Meetings:
- Call for Proposals by June 27, 2011, for US National Council for Science and Environment's 12th National Conference, Environment and Security (Jan 2012). More details
- Recent News/Publications:
- Post-doctoral Opportunity: Seeking a suitable person for the ANNIMS springboard proposal. If interested, please contact Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi at University of Western Australia (chari.pattiaratchi@uwa.edu.au)
- Call for Nominations: Sloan Research Fellowships Expand to Honor Junior Faculty Working in the Ocean Sciences:
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation invites nominations of outstanding early-career scientists and researchers for its Sloan Research Fellowships in Ocean Sciences. Department chairs or other senior scholars wishing to recognize and support their exceptionally promising junior colleagues should submit nominations no later than September 15, 2011.
- Sloan Research Fellows receive $50,000 to spend on research-related purposes in certain scientific fields. For the first time since the program began in 1955, a selection committee of distinguished ocean scientists will specifically read nominations in that field. The Sloan Foundation is undertaking this expansion in recognition of the many achievements made by marine scientists working on the Census of Marine Life. More information
- The JCOMM Newsletter (Issue No. 9) is now available.
- First National Meeting for US Ocean Acidification Researchers workshop for US Ocean Acidfication researchers was held at Woods Hole Oceanographic Insitute, March 2011 (Workshop summary)
- New Book Released: The Power of the Sea by Bruce Parker
- National Archives of Australia to receive UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize. More information
Latest News: May 2011
International Conferences/Meetings
Several international marine and climate science events are being held in 2011 and 2012, including :
- GOOS Documentary on BBC World - Saturday May 14 at 03.30; 10.30 (Paris time), Sunday May 15 at 16.30; 22.30 (Paris time). Special GOOS and Argo episode of the “Earth Reporters Sea Change”. This episode features many of our colleagues working with GOOS and the Argo, including Susan Wijffels, CSIRO and Mathieu Belbeoch, JCOMM-OPS. The episode which IOC-GOOS co-produced with the Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) and sponsored by the Open University.
- 10th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography - Changing Southern Climates, 23-27 April 2012, Noumea, New Caledonia
Call for Papers - see attached.
Deadlines: Abstracts and Posters - 15 September 2011
Early Registration - 18 January 2012
Further details at http://www.colloque.ird.fr/icshmo-2012/
- WCRP Open Science Conference, 24-28 October 2011, Denver CO. USA
New Deadline for Abstract Submission: Extended by two weeks to 15th May 2011
Further details at http://conference2011.wcrp-climate.org/abstracts.html
- AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 2012, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Proposals for Sessions: due 16 May 2011
Further details at http://www.sgmeet.com/osm2012/sessionsubmit.htm
- WCRP Open Science Conference, 24-28 October 2011, Denver CO. USA
New Deadline for Abstract Submission: Extended by two weeks to 15th May 2011
Further details at http://conference2011.wcrp-climate.org/abstracts.html
- AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 2012, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Proposals for Sessions: due 16 May 2011
Further details at http://www.sgmeet.com/osm2012/sessionsubmit.htm
Recent News/Publications:
- New GOOS Newsletter Articles on GOOS, GOOS Regional Alliances, upcoming events and meetings. Of note is an article about Argo Floats deployed from Yachts in the Indian Ocean.
Contributions for future newsletters are invited. For details, contact goos.news@unesco.org.
- GOOS Documentary on BBC World - 14 & 15 May, 2011 (this week!!) BBC World will broadcast a special GOOS and Argo episode of the “Earth Reporters Sea Change”. This episode features many of our colleagues working with GOOS and the Argo, including Susan Wijffels, CSIRO and Mathieu Belbeoch, JCOMM-OPS. The episode which IOC-GOOS co-produced with the Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) and which was also sponsored by the Open University.
Saturday May 14 at 03.30; 10.30 (Paris time);
Sunday May 15 at 16.30; 22.30 (Paris time).
For programme time details in your Country see: http://www.ioc-goos.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=334%3Aioc-goos-feature-on-bbc-world-broadcast-may-14-15&catid=1&Itemid=48&lang=en
- IUCN establish new Science Advisory Board - April 2011: http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/science_learning/science_advisory_board/
The IUCN Science Advisory Board will provide advice and support to improving the relevance of IUCN’s work to global agendas and will support links to new audiences and other communities and actors working on conservation relevant issues. Recently appointed to the Board were seven distinguished scientists from around the world with expertise in global issues and representation from major scientific societies such as the International Council of Science (ICSU), the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) and UNESCO as well as the private sector and academia. The Science Advisory Board will be an important mechanism to support the integration of new areas of relevant science into the Union’s work, and an important complement to the extensive biodiversity conservation expertise already embodied within the Commissions, membership and Secretariat.
- New Paper in Nature (April 2011) from SCOR/WCRP/IAPSO WG 136 on the Climatic Importance of the Greater Agulhas System. Summary
- UN Atlas Newsletter - May 2011 (see below)
- PacIOOS: New Website launched: www.pacioos.org In addition to pages addressing the needs of various user groups, pages have been created specifically for each of the PacIOOS subregions.“Conditions at a Glance” are now available for each island group, allowing visitors to quickly locate up-to-date information on waves, tides, weather and more.
- PacIOOS: Acoustic Tracking for Sharks in Palau
PacIOOS has purchased 4 receivers and 4 tags to deploy within the existing shark tracking array in Palau in partnership with both the Coral Reef Research Foundation in Palau and the Australian Institute of Marine Science at the University of Western Australia, organizations that operate the existing array of shark tracking systems in Palau. The existing system is deployed at some of the most popular dive sites in Palau to look at the ecology and movement patterns of reef sharks. The work is a collaboration with the government and one of the tourist operators. The government of Palau has declared its waters a national sanctuary, forbidding the capture of sharks by commercial fishermen. Despite these good intentions, lots of illegal fishing is going on in its waters, much of it targeting shark fin. The monitoring efforts stem from the wish of the government and local tour operators to understand more about the ecology of these animals and to look at the effectiveness of the sanctuary they have in place. (Information Courtesy of US IOOS).
- Australia's IMOS on Show to Australian Foreign Minister: The Hon Kevin Rudd toured IMOS facilities in Perth in April. See
http://imos.org.au/newsitem.html?&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=
328&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1&cHash=766b2ada1cc12a4704ba79477f5b5398
Information provided by: Dr Sarah Grimes,
Program Manager,
UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), Perth Regional Program Office,
Bureau of Meteorology,
PO Box 1370, West Perth,
Western Australia 6872,
Ph: +61 8 9481 0406, Fax: + 61 8 9226 0599,
Email: S.Grimes@bom.gov.au,
www.iocperth.org, www.bom.gov.au/oceanography
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