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Training Workshop on Marine Radioactivity

 August 19th to 23rd at Xiamen University Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

The purpose of the workshop is to train university students, early career scientists, and other professionals who are interested in, or will pursue research and/or management positions that require knowledge of radioactivity and its application in ocean sciences. The workshop will include overview lectures and guest lectures covering the following subjects: Basics of radioactivity; natural, anthropogenic, and cosmogenic radioisotopes in the marine environment; radioecology, tracer and dating techniques; and other applications of radionuclides as ocean tracers. The training workshop will also provide hands-on activities and a field trip where samples are collected along the coast and subsequently processed and measured for radionuclides by workshop participants.

The workshop is open to 30 students, marine scientists, and other professionals. Applicants can visit the website to apply online by May 17, 2024 for the Workshop. <https://mel2.xmu.edu.cn/conference/marrad_2024/>

This workshop is organized by the State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science at Xiamen University, the Center for Marine and Environmental Radioactivity of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the China-ASEAN College of Marine Sciences (CAMS), Xiamen University Malaysia.

The April 2024 SOOS Update can be found here.

The latest issue of The Indian Ocean Bubble-2 is accessible at https://iioe-2.incois.gov.in/IIOE-2/pdfviewer_pub.jsp?docname=IIOE-2-DOC_OM_293.pdf

Informal articles are welcome for our next issue. Contributions may include Indian Ocean studies, cruises, conferences, workshops, tributes to other oceanographers etc.. Articles may be up to 1500 words in length (MS-Word) accompanied by suitable figures, photos (separate.jpg files).

Deadline: 05^th May, 2024

Your Contributions may be sent as usual to iioe-2@incois.gov.in

Register Now! SOLAS Seminar VIII on 22 April 2024, Online

The SOLAS seminar series is a quarterly event, which is structured around SOLAS relevant topics covered by the SOLAS 2015-2025 Science Plan and beyond, with the aims of fostering discussions on cutting edge scientific questions, providing researchers at all career stages with the opportunity to interact and building SOLAS community across the globe.

The 8th seminar of the series is hosted by the Cryosphere and Atmospheric Chemistry (CATCH) & SOLAS Early Career Scientist Committee (ECSC) and will be held online from 08:00-10:00 UTC on 22 April 2024.

This seminar will focus on “Iodine cycle in polar regions and its impact on aerosols and clouds“. Atmospheric iodine, dominated by ocean emissions, is important in atmospheric chemistry as iodine is a very efficient ozone depleting substance in the atmosphere, and can form new particles that can grow to cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) sizes, thereby establishing a direct link between iodine emissions and impacts on climate. This CATCH & SOLAS seminar will highlight the recent understanding and future challenges of iodine cycling in various environments, such as the polar regions and remote marine boundary layer, and the roles of iodine in driving marine secondary aerosol formation.

Registration is open and free of charge. More information on SOLAS website here.

Read the April 2024 – Issue #63 edition of the GEOTRACES newsletter here.

The UN Ocean Decade Conference will take place in Barcelona, Spain from 10-12 April 2024. You are cordially invited to join the SOLAS events:

Unifying strategies to develop integrated global air-sea community networks
Date/time: Tuesday 9 April 2024, 10:00-11:30 CEST
Location: Mediatic Auditorium, Carrer de Roc Boronat, 117-127, Sant Martí, Barcelona, Spain & virtual

This panel, co-organised by endorsed UN Ocean Decade programme Observing Air-Sea Interactions Strategy (OASIS) and SOLAS, will advance conference goals to increase scientific knowledge, identify critical science and policy priorities, contribute to Ocean Vision 2030, and develop research capacity and scale-up ocean action using science-based solutions. The goal of this hybrid event is to make progress toward unifying and expanding the current network of air-sea communities and integrating existing and new marine technologies and modeling through a joint initiative.

SOLAS Poster: Air-sea ECR’s active role on designing the SOLAS Science Strategy for the next Decade
Date/time: Tuesday 9 April 2024, 16:00-18:00 CEST & Wednesday 10 April 2024, 8:00-8:45 CEST
Location: Barcelona International Convention Centre (CCIB), Floor 0
Code: N-DAS

The March 2024 issue of the IIOE-2 newsletter is available here.

The March 2024 SOLAS newsletter can be found here.

closing date: 25 April 2024

SOLAS welcomes nominations to its international Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) for a term starting on 1st January 2025. The SSC functions as the central decision-making body for SOLAS and sets the scientific direction and priorities with support from the SOLAS International Project Office (IPO). It reflects the broad diversity of the SOLAS community in terms of scientific expertise, geography, career stage, and gender.

We are planning to appoint two new members this year, and applications from the Global South are highly encouraged. We welcome (self-) nominations of scientists from all SOLAS-relevant disciplines (see the SOLAS 2015-2025 Science Plan and Organisation), particularly in the following areas: i) Extreme events in the SOLAS domain (e.g. storms and cyclones, dust storms, fires, marine heat waves, extreme sea ice loss, hypoxia and acidic events, and harmful algal blooms), ii) Climate Intervention (e.g. Solar Radiation Management). Please find the minimum qualifications required and instructions on how to apply or to nominate via the link: http://bit.ly/3TRqap3.

Nominations will be accepted until 25 April 2024.

We are looking forward to receiving your applications!