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Beginning 1 September 2025, we will enter an exploratory period to develop a new science plan. This process will involve soliciting broad input from the ocean science community and we look forward to the community’s guidance and support.  Perspective papers at this transitional planning stage A Decade of IMBeR: Advocating at a Transition Point (DOI:…

The IMBeR observers, Peng Lian (Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Beijing) and Pavel Semkin (V.I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Vladivostok), for the PICES-2026 Annual Science Meeting recently held a preparation meeting to discuss the scientific programme, observer activities, and opportunities for future collaboration. The meeting reviewed the new PICES mission and the evolving scope of…

The PICES-2026 Annual Meeting will be held from 24-30 October 2026 in Nanaimo, Canada, under the theme “Actionable Science for a Changing Ocean.”  If you are participating in PICES-2026 through an IMBeR-related activity (e.g., as a session/workshop convenor, speaker, poster presenter, or committee member), please share your engagement with the IMBeR International Project Office (IPO)….

23-25 June 2026, Reykjavík, Iceland With increased climate trajectories, borealization is reshaping ecosystems, human-nature and economic interactions across the Arctic and Subarctic regions. Warming water masses, shifts in species’ distribution, changes in sea ice, circulation patterns and local biogeochemistry are modifying high-latitude ecosystems as we know. The goal of the 2026 ESSAS Annual Meeting was…