A collaboration of 200 scientists from 19 countries produced a report for policy makers, which is the first comprehensive assessment of trends in Southern Ocean ecosystems. The Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean (MEASO) shows that climate change is the most significant driver of species and ecosystem change in the Southern Ocean and coastal…
Nominated by the IMBeR International Project Office – China, Dr. Maryam Ghaemi, director of the Persian Gulf Oceanography Center, was awarded the honor of SCOR Visiting Scholar in 2023 and was invited to the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research in East China Normal University for academic exchanges. On Oct. 10, Maryam gave…
We are delighted to welcome five new members who have joined IMBeR’s Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) . The SSC is responsible for the implementation of the IMBeR Science Plan (2016-2025). More information about the SSC is available here.
Call for Expressions of Interest to Host the International Project Office of the Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBeR) Project from March 2024. Extended Deadline to submit: 15 September 2023 Further information can be found here.
The “Expanding Earth Observation Data Applications to Empower Marine Biosphere Responses to Climate Change (EO-WPI) program was jointly funded by the European Space Agency and Future Earth to the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University in 2023. This program stems from the ongoing IMBeR study group activities of the Ocean Colour-based Plant species…
On 10 May 2023, the IMBeR International Project Office (IPO-China) held its second IMBeR Coffee Reception at the SKLEC building, ECNU, featuring two captivating presentations. Jing WEN, a postgraduate student from the School of Urban and Regional Science and an intern at IMBeR IPO-China, presented “The River Network of Shanghai”, offering a historical account of Shanghai’s…
The Ruth Patrick award was presented to Dr. Dongyan Liu at the 2023 Aquatic Sciences Meeting in Palma de Mallorca, Spain in June 2023. Dongyan Liu (2023), for discovering that the Yellow Sea green tide phenomenon initiated with intensive coastal aquaculture, for her research on the biophysical mechanisms and physiological attributes of the algae that explain the extraordinary growth and…
The sixth group meeting was held online on May 30th, 2023. Co-Chair Prof. Peter Thompson from CSIRO (Australia) led the virtual gathering, with nine experts and IMBeR IPO staff in attendance. Peter began the meeting by welcoming everyone and summarizing the previous meetings. He also emphasized the potential outcomes. Dr. Tae Gyu Park, from the…
The Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBeR) project is an international research initiative focused on marine biosphere research working towards sustainable oceans at a time of global change. IMBeR has two International Project Offices: IPO-China and IPO-Canada. IPO-China is stationed at the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, ECNU, Shanghai, China. IPO-China shares administrative…
From 17 to 21 April 2023, the 5th International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans (ECCWO5) took place in Bergen, Norway, bringing together more than 700 experts from around the world to better understand climate impacts on ocean ecosystems. The CLIOTOP poster was presented by Barbara Muhling, member of the…