Frontiers in Marine Science Journal  
Topic Editors: Mark Payne, Desiree Tommasi, Alistair Hobday, Brian MacKenzie  

IMBER is in the process of taking on the next 10 years. After 10 years, a new science and implementation strategy is prepared, and a new logo and revision of the name is under way to reflect the new strategy. This new web site will be the place to get to know IMBER, to present news, in short and in in-depth articles, and will be developed to function as archive for previous publications and event reports. The intention is to produce this site to provide information and contacts within and about the IMBER project.

Numerous papers report the effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms and communities, but it is difficult to compare the results because the carbonate chemistry and ancillary data are often reported in different units and scales, and calculated using different sets of constants.

Research has an important role to play in providing our policy makers and communities with the knowledge base required to secure or achieve sustainable oceans, including research on the structure and functioning of linked ocean and human systems, on interactions of different drivers of change, on thresholds, and on social-ecological dynamics. 

The Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) is a synthesis activity by the international marine carbon research community (>100 contributors). SOCAT version 4 has 18.5 million quality-controlled, surface ocean fCO2 (fugacity of carbon dioxide) observations with an accuracy of better than 5 μatm from 1957 to 2015 for the global oceans and coastal seas. Automation of data upload and initial data checks speeds up data submission and allows annual releases of SOCAT from version 4 onwards.

Towards more resilient oceans: Predicting and projecting future changes in the ocean and their impacts on human societies

The IMBER ClimEco5 summer school was held in Natal Brazil from 10-17 August 2016: It was attended by 65 participants from 27 countries, and 10 lecturers, chosen for their expertise in relevant interdisciplinary topics.

IMBER article describing its new direction, by Eileen Hofmann and Carol Robinson published in the PICES Press

Fishing, not oil, is at the heart of the South China Sea dispute.

By Clive Schofield, Rashid Sumaila, and William Cheung

Contrary to the view that the South China Sea disputes are driven by a regional hunger for seabed energy resources, the real and immediate prizes at stake are the region’s fisheries and marine environments that support them.

It is also through the fisheries dimensions to the conflict that the repercussions of the recent ruling of the arbitration tribunal in the Philippines-China case are likely to be most acutely felt

MEETING GOALS

Four main goals:

1. Introduction of new WG members and their participation in HDWG activities
2. Discussion of the new IMBER Science Plan and Implementation Strategy and development of a Work Plan for next phase of the IMBER HDWG, representing the interests of all members
3. Continued development and future of I-ADApT
4. Funding and collaborations adn new members for 2018