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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS)

@soosocean.bsky.social
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Facilitating & enhancing global Southern Ocean observations. www.soos.aq A joint initiative of @scar-antarctic.bsky.social & @scor-int.bsky.social

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 2h
🌊 Workshop: "Towards a synchronized Antarctic circumpolar moored ocean observatory" 📅 4 December 2026 | 09:00–12:00 CET 💻 Online 📝 Register by 18 October 🔗 buff.ly/5iwCfiG #SYNCHRONY and #AntarcticaInSync are bringing together teams operating long-term ocean moorings around Antarctica
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Workshop: "Towards a synchronized Antarctic circumpolar moored ocean observatory"
The online workshop will look across observatories — from the deep Southern Ocean to continental shelves and beneath ice shelves — and share technical, logistical and scientific experience.
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 3h
🤖 How could AI help us decide what, where and when to observe in the Southern Ocean? Join the OAISIS / #SYNCHRONY workshop: 📅 18–19 November 2026 (Register by 5 Oct) 📍 Munich + online 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeR8K6GB7Vlp04YyhiNwwQQ3YmsSTjuR0yZEq-hkNEie-Niwg/viewform
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OAISIS / SYNCHRONY Workshop: "Artificial Intelligence for Southern Ocean Observing System Design" 18-19 November 2026 | Munich, Germany & online [registration deadline: 5th October 2026]
The Observation system design with AI for Sea Ice Surveillance (OAISIS) working group of Antarctica InSync, in collaboration with the SYNCHRONY Horizon Europe project, is organizing a hybrid workshop ...
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A great example of new observing capacity for the Southern Ocean! 🌊 This work is also connected to the SOOS-endorsed COCO2 project, helping fill persistent gaps in Southern Ocean CO₂ observations — including in seasons and regions that are difficult to reach by ship.
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🧑‍💼Open positions on the WAPSA RWG Leadership Team! Want to build your international network & help shape coordinated observing in the West Antarctic Peninsula & Scotia Arc region? 🗓️ Apply by 31 Oct 👉 soos.aq/opportunities
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Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) @solas-ipo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Applications are OPEN for the 2027 Polar Marine Science GRC & GRS! 📍 Oxnard, CA 📅 Mar 20-26, 2027 💰 Funding available for early-career, Indigenous & underrepresented scientists! ⏰ Deadline: Feb 21, 2027 Apply here: www.grc.org/polar-marine... More info: mailchi.mp/xmu/solas-an...
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🌊 State of the Southern Ocean in 2025 SandyThomalla and other SOOS members contributed to this year's @ametsoc State of the Climate: buff.ly/yp2oEDD 🌡️ Widespread warming 🔥 Record-high upper-ocean heat content 🌊 Enhanced ocean heat uptake 🌱 Elevated summer chlorophyll 🫧 Surface O2 anomalies
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State of the Climate 2025: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
Special Online Supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Vol. 107, No. 8, August, 2026
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Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) @scar-antarctic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
⏰ SCARFISH Horizon Scan - Deadline Approaching! 🚨 🐟 SCARFISH - The SCAR Action Group on Fish is working on a Horizon Scan to identify the main research priorities related to fish in the Southern Ocean. 🗓️ Participate by 30 September 2026 🔗 cuboulder.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
SOOS Symposium 2027: Save the date! 📍 Naples, Italy · 📅 6–10 September 2027 You are warmly invited to five days of discussion, collaboration and coordination around Southern Ocean science! #SOOSSymposium2027 (Associated meetings: 4–11 Sept.) 🔍Wanna know more? Visit soos.aq/soos-symposium-2027
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
EXTENDED TO 6th NOVEMBER! Every input is valuable! ✍️ go.soos.aq/OAsurvey2026
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🌊 Look who’s back! 👋 The #SOFLUX_webinar series is back - after the Northern Hemisphere summer break! Join us to explore the role of surface waves in Southern Ocean turbulence scaling, with Isabelle Giddy (SOCCO). 📅 8 October | 14:00 UTC 🔽 soos.aq/events/soflu...
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🌊 ABS RWG announces Hilde Oliver as new Co-chair! With expertise spanning physical–biological interactions to numerical modelling, @hildeoliver.bsky.social brings valuable interdisciplinary expertise to group. 🔗 Read more: soos.aq/news/new-abs...
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🌊 New leadership for the Ross Sea RWG! We’re delighted to welcome Pasquale Castagno, Chengyan Liu, Xinliang Wang & Angela Garzia to the Leadership Team 👉 soos.aq/news/new-ros... Their expertise spans oceanography, ocean–ice interactions to fisheries—strengthening collaboration across the Ross Sea
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🌊 SOOS Update! Issue 35 is out! Explore five years of SOOS progress, the new SOOS 5-Year Report, SYNCHRONY, Antarctica InSync, new Working Group leaders, Polar Profiles, research, publications and more. 📖 Read it here: go.soos.aq/SOOSUpdateNo35
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🦭 Animal-borne observations aren't just biological observations — they are an important part of the Southern Ocean observing system. New study shows how data from instrumented animals complement Argo and ship-based observations, helping address key SOOS science priorities 📖 doi.org/10.1071/MF25...
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Will work for sardines: 20 years of animal-borne ocean observing by Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) Animal Tagging Facility
For two decades, the IMOS Animal Tagging Facility has equipped seals and sea turtles with ocean sensors to collect temperature, salinity and depth data fro
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🌊 The future of OA research in the Southern Ocean: If you could choose 3–5 research questions to answer next, what would they be? Help shape the priorities for the next decade. 📝 go.soos.aq/OAsurvey2026 📅 Open until 30 Sept 2026 Survey brought to you by the SOOS & @goa-on.bsky.social SO-OA Hub
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
🌊 SOOS Symposium 2027 — coming soon! We’re excited to announce that Naples, Italy, (University of Naples Parthenope & Marche Polytechnic University) is hosting the #SOOSSymposium2027! 📍 Location: Naples, Italy 📅 Timing: September 2027 (dates coming soon) Stay tuned!
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🌊 New leadership for the SOOS Observing System Design (OSD) Working Group! Welcome new Co-chairs Emma Boland & Pierpaolo Falco, bringing expertise in ocean modelling, observing system optimisation & oceanography. Read more: soos.aq/news/new-osd-co-chairs-2026 📢ECR position available at the moment
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Even though SOOS is already through the WAPSA Workshop and the DMSC & SSC Meetings, #SCAR2026 officially started today! 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲:DATA HELPDESK STARTS AT 2PM in Hyde Park C. Come and find us: soos.aq/events/soos-at-scar2026
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
🛰️ ECRs interested in wildlife monitoring from space & sky? APECS & SOOS seek an early career rep for the Censusing Animal Populations from Space (CAPS) group Join international collaborations on Southern Ocean remote sensing & gain networking & leadership experience ➡️ www.apecs.is/news/apecs-n...
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
SOOS arrived at #SCAR2026! This morning we already had a great & productive meeting with the CAPS working group! Next up the WAPSA meeting will start soon! ⏰Last minute room change: Join us in Hyde Park C
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
SOOS is thrilled to see SYNCHRONY launch! 🚀 As a proud project partner, we're excited to support this important initiative to strengthen coordinated observations, improve access to critical data, and better understand our changing Southern Ocean. Stay tuned for more! #SOOSSymposium2027
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Join the SOOS West Antarctic Peninsula & Scotia Arc Workshop ahead of #SCAR2026! 📅 8 August 2026 in Oslo or online ®️ soos.aq/events/wapsa-workshop-2026 Contribute to an updated regional synthesis paper building on Henley et al. (2019)—be part of the next major publication about the region
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Join SOOS at the SCAR OSC 2026 With SOOS contributions spanning governance, observations, data management, and international scientific coordination, #SCAR2026 promises to be an exciting event for the Southern Ocean community. Check out these SOOS events: soos.aq/events/soos-...
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Join SOOS at SCAR OSC 2026 With SOOS contributions spanning governance, observations, data management, and international scientific coordination, #SCAR2026 promises to be an exciting event! Check out these SOOS events: soos.aq/events/soos-...
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🌊 Five years of progress. One shared vision for the Southern Ocean. From expanding collaboration to improving access to critical ocean data, the new SOOS 5-Year Report reflects what we can achieve together. Facts & Stats: soos.aq/impact/stats Full report: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21466360
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🌟 Your chance to shine: Deadline for joining the WSDML RWG leadership team extended to 31 July!
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Deadline extended to 12th July! Take your chance!
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🌊 Help shape the future of observing in the Ross Sea! SOOS is seeking new members for the Ross Sea RWG Leadership Team. Join a global community working to strengthen coordination, collaboration & observations in this key Southern Ocean region. 🗓️ Nominations close 5 July 👉 soos.aq/opportunitie...
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🐟 Sharing samples means sharing opportunities. SCARFISH database helps researchers both 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 and 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 that could support their work. We’re excited to see the science this enables throughout the Southern Ocean research community. 🌊
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🌐 From Planning to Implementation: How will #AntarcticaInSync work in practice—and how can people contribute? Your expertise ensures the framework works for the people using it! Discuss observational priorities, coordination opportunities, logistics, data interoperability, & more Join 🔽
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Antarctica InSync Implementation and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) Webinar - Antarctica Insync
We are pleased to announce that the next Antarctica InSync Implementation and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) Webinar will take place on 30 June and 1 July 2026. The same webinar will be offered ...
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🌊 Recording now online: New observations from the Bransfield Strait and what they mean for improving climate models. In this #SOFLUX_webinar Marcelo Santini reveals the value—and challenges—of collecting high-frequency measurements in the Antarctic Peninsula. ▶️ youtu.be/m0wq6uWGRIY
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SOFLUX Seminar, "Land & Sea Air Interactions in the Bransfield Strait in the 24/25 Austral Summer"
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🚨Closing today!
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🌊 Recording now online! How do humpback whales adapt to a changing Antarctic ecosystem? 🐋 @jennyallen13.bsky.social explores the rise of bubble-net feeding in the Antarctic Peninsula and what it reveals about ecosystem change. ▶️ youtu.be/vIDh5HvoArc
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WAPSA Webinar: "New ways to eat ecological influences on novel feeding in WAP humpback whales"
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
💡How will ice shelf melting respond to a warming climate? Join the 11th PROS4SORP webinar to find out: 🗣️ @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social 📅1 July, 1 pm UTC Register: buff.ly/300vGYx By @wcrp-clivar.bsky.social / @clicwcrp.bsky.social / @scar-antarctic.bsky.social Southern Ocean Regional Panel (SORP)
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
🌊 #WorldOceanDay is here to remind us the ocean doesn’t just surround us—it runs the systems we depend on Despite its outsized global role, the Southern Ocean remains under-sampled Today is a reminder that understanding depends on people working together to observe, connect & make sense of change
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
📣 Call for nominations: WSDML RWG Leadership Team Join a collaborative international team helping coordinate observations & research in the Weddell Sea & Dronning Maud Land region Build connections, foster collaboration & help guide regional priorities 🗓️ DL: 23 June 👉 soos.aq/opportunitie...
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Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) @scar-antarctic.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
🌌 Get to know AGATA 🔭 Earth's poles are portals to space. AGATA decodes how they interact through our atmosphere to shape global climate. Learn more about the work of AGATA and how to get involved in our new video! youtu.be/zbYtKKhsJj0
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Get to know AGATA
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🌍 How do changing polar ecosystems shape the global carbon cycle? SOOS is pleased to endorse @biopole.bsky.social. BIOPOLE investigates how polar biogeochemical processes influence carbon and nutrient cycling from the Southern Ocean to the Arctic 🌊🧪 Find out more: biopole.ac.uk
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BIOPOLE - Biopole
BIOPOLE is an interdisciplinary NERC programme examining biogeochemical processes and ecosystem function in polar ecosystems. BIOPOLE will address a fundamental aspect of the Earth System – how…
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
📣𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐎𝐎𝐒 𝐒𝐒𝐂! Nominate yourself or someone you know for the SOOS Scientific Steering Committee (SSC). Get involved—join a welcoming, supportive & engaged team helping shape the future of Southern Ocean observing. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 June 👉 soos.aq/opportunities
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
🌊 The latest SOFLUX newsletter is out! Inside: 📢 Upcoming webinar with Marcelo Santini 🎓 ECR spotlight: Jacqueline Behncke 📚 New papers on Southern Ocean CO₂ fluxes & bubble-mediated gas exchange 🚢 WHIRLS project field campaign updates Read more: go.soos.aq/SOFLUX_May_2026
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
🦭 How do you find seals when they make up <1% of the Antarctic landscape? A new paper from the SOOS CAPS Working Group presents a semi-automated method for detecting Antarctic ice seals in aerial imagery reducing manual review effort by ~94% zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Semi‐automated seal detection on the Western Antarctic Peninsula: an unsupervised machine learning approach for detecting ice seals in aerial survey data
This study presents a semi-automated, rule-based image analysis pipeline to detect ice seals in aerial surveys of the Western Antarctic Peninsula during an unusually low sea ice year. By using…
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
🌊 Alumni in the Spotlight: Mauricio Mata From helping build SOOS in its early days to advancing Antarctic oceanography through international collaboration, Mauricio reflects on the power of community 👉 soos.aq/news/alumni-in-the-spotlight-mauricio-mata SOOS is proud to count Mauricio to its alumni
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
📈Antarctic science is increasingly data-rich—but insight-poor📉 Our knowledge is growing, but we understand less how to turn that knowledge into coordinated action A recent paper argues for a shift from fragmentation toward coordinated observing systems supporting policy & long-term governance 🧵1/3
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Epistemic opacity in Antarctic science: Unknowing the last frontier
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🎉 The WSDML working group welcomes Magkena Szemak as its new APECS ECR Representative! Magkena is using Antarctic sediment cores & diatoms to reconstruct past ice-sheet retreat, sea ice, and Southern Ocean climate variability. Meet Magkena: soos.aq/news/new-wsd...
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🌏 This week, SOOS joined discussions at the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) in Japan Being part of conversations like these helps ensure the observing community remains connected to the priorities, partnerships & long-term coordination needed to support Antarctic research & stewardship
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Explore how 🗻 land, 🌊 ocean & 💭 atmosphere connect in a rapidly changing Southern Ocean region at our next #SOFLUX_webinar! “Land and Sea-Air Interactions in the Bransfield Strait during the 24/25 Austral Summer” by Marcelo Santini (INPE) 📅 9 June | 14:00 UTC go.soos.aq/Register_SOFLUX_Webinar
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
🌊 Bring the Southern Ocean community to you - 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗢𝗢𝗦 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳! Call for bids to host our flagship international Southern Ocean meeting (400–500 participants) bringing together science, policy & industry Global visibility for your institute! 📅 DL 31 July 🔗 soos.aq/soos-symposium-2027
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
📣 Antarctic Research Funding Opportunity The Blue Nature Alliance is seeking proposals to support the 2027 review of the Ross Sea Region MPA by CCAMLR. 💰 Up to USD$100k/proposal 📅 Deadline: 1 June 2026 Scientific outputs must help assess the effectiveness of the Ross Sea MPA go.soos.aq/3m06
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CLIVAR @wcrp-clivar.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
[Just released] Survey results on Southern Ocean modeling needs are published. Led by CLIVAR members Torge Martin (Ocean Model Development Panel) & Carolina Dufour (Southern Ocean Region Panel), the survey was endorsed by @soosocean.bsky.social & CLIVAR. Article: os.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) @soosocean.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
📣ECR Alert: Southern Ocean science needs more than just data—it needs connection. SOOS & APECS are seeking ECRs to join various SOOS leadership teams. Help connect science & people across regions—while building your network, visibility & experience 🗓 Apply by 18 May 👉 www.apecs.is/news/apecs-n...
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