Authors: Daniel J. Ford, Jamie D. Shutler, Javier Blanco-Sacristán, Sophie Corrigan, Thomas G. Bell, Mingxi Yang, Vassilis Kitidis, Philip D. Nightingale, Ian Brown, Werenfrid Wimmer, David K. Woolf, Tânia Casal, Craig Donlon, Gavin H. Tilstone & Ian Ashton Journal: Nature Geoscience Read the full paper here.
The IMBeR Executive Committee Meeting and Ad Hoc Workshop with Invited Guests took place from October 21 to 23, 2024, at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The event included a two-and-a-half-day workshop followed by a half-day closed meeting. Outcomes from the meeting will be discussed further with the IMBeR Scientific Steering Committee…
On October 19, East China Normal University (ECNU) held a signing ceremony for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBeR) and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) at its Minhang campus. Representatives from the three parties signed the trilateral MoU: Jian Wu, Assistant President and Executive Dean of the…
On October 25, under the theme “Excellence in Science,” the 2024 World Laureates Forum (WLA) opened at its permanent site in Shanghai, China. The WLA’s Basic Science and Interdisciplinary Frontiers Forum featured a focus on Ocean Negative Carbon Emissions (ONCE) Creating New Productive Forces, aligning with the mission of advancing science for a shared human future….
New IMBeR National Contacts for Iran and Pakistan We are delighted to welcome Dr. Maryam Ghaemi as IMBeR’s National Contact for Iran and Dr. Samina Kidwai as the National Contact for Pakistan. Maryam Ghaemi National Contact for Iran Dr. Maryam Ghaemi is the Head of the Bushehr Oceanography Center at the Iranian National Institute…
We are delighted to welcome new National Contacts for Argentina and Russia. Celeste López-Abbate National Contact for Argentina Dr. Celeste López-Abbate is an Associate Researcher at the Argentine Oceanographic Institute, dedicated to linking the diversity and activity of microbial plankton with the carbon fluxes of the Patagonian Sea (SW Atlantic Ocean). This region is a…
We are pleased to welcome Juliano Palacios Abrantes as the new Co-Chair of IMBeR’s Interdisciplinary Marine Early Career Network (IMECaN), from 1 August 2024. Juliano Palacios Abrantes is a Postdoctoral Associate at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries of the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on how climate change is shifting the…
“Awaken New Depths” “Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate” On World Oceans Day 2024, the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research at East China Normal University, as the leading organization of the “Mega-Delta Programme” endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade, in collaboration with Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park and other organizations, organized the…
We are delighted to welcome Prof. Dongyan Liu from the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research (SKLEC), East China Normal University, as the new Chair of the IMBeR Scientific Steering Committee (SSC), effective immediately, following approval by the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research and Future Earth. Dongyan is a distinguished scientist with an…
From May 27 to 29, 2024, Dr. Peng Lian and Yurong Mu of the CLimate Impacts on TOp Predators (CLIOTOP) Regional Programme Task Team, attended the Third AI Oceanography Forum held at the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Qingdao, China. The forum was co-organized by the AI Oceanography Committee of the Chinese…