On 12th May 2022, initiated by A’an Johan Wahyudi and Jing Zhang (IMBeR National Contacts for Indonesia and China, respectively), an exploratory meeting between the BRIN biogeochemistry team and the SKLEC marine chemistry team was held online. On behalf of the host, IMBeR International Project Office – China (IPO-China), GiHoon Hong (IMBeR Strategy Director) welcomed…
The Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBeR) project is an international research initiative focused on integrated multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research working towards sustainable oceans at a time of global change. In 2020, IMBeR and the East China Normal University (ECNU) jointly established an international project office, the IMBeR International Project Office (IMBeR IPO-China), to share administrative…
The IMBeR West Pacific Symposium: Changing West Pacific Ocean: Science and Sustainability was held on 22-25 November 2021 in Shanghai. This online event drew more than 900 participants and more than 160 presentations to provide new scientific observation results and perspectives on the changing marine biosphere in the West Pacific Ocean and its neighboring Indian…
IMBeR (Integrated Marine Biosphere Research) is seeking a host for its next Open Science Conference – Future Oceans3 – which will be held in 2024. The five-day conference will be preceded by two days of workshops and will provide a focus for the integration and synthesis of IMBeR research activities with the goal of providing…
Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBeR) is delighted to welcome new National Contacts for Indonesia and Nigeria. More information about the National Contacts is available at here. A’an Johan Wahyudi National contacts for Indonesia Dr. A’an Johan Wahyudi is a research scientist of the Research Center for Oceanography, National Research and Innovation Agency, Jakarta, INDONESIA (formerly Indonesian Institute of…
Figure above: The temporal evolution of extreme events in the Northeast Pacific. Shown is a time series of the fractional area (20° N–60° N, 115° W–155° W) that is subject to a marine heatwave (light orange), a dual compound event (dark orange or purple) or triple compound event (grey). An event contributes to this metric…
We are delighted to welcome the following new Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) members: Derek Armitage Nina Bednaršek Jingling Ren Samiya Selim (Early Career Representative) Lynne Shannon We are also very pleased to have Dongyan Liu and Boris Worm join us as SSC liaisons with the host institutes our International Project Offices in China and Canada,…
Figure above: Lofoten fishery, at the island Røst, taken by Olav Kjesbu, 2018 Authors: Kjesbu, O. S., Sundby, S., Sandø, A. B., Alix, M., Hjøllo, Solfrid S., Tiedemann, M., Skern-Mauritzen, M., Junge, C., Fossheim, M., Thorsen Broms, C., Søvik, G., Zimmermann, F., Nedreaas, K., Eriksen, E., Höffle, H., Hjelset, Ann M., Kvamme, C., Reecht, Y.,…
Figure above: Schematic illustrating the main elements of an Action Plan for the Ocean. Authors: Eugene J Murphy, Carol Robinson, Alistair James Hobday, Alice Newton, Marion Glaser, Karen Evans, Mark Dickey-Collas, Stephanie Brodie, Marion Gehlen The COVID-19 pandemic is the first serious test of how science can inform decision-making in the face of an immediate global…
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