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IMBeR Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) and community members contributed to the 2022 UN Ocean Conference that took place in Lisbon, Portugal in late June and early July.  Ocean Negative Carbon Emission and Sustainable Development https://once.xmu.edu.cn/__local/F/23/E5/35D2D279416EB0E00311D4F40F3_449B5A20_1653F571.mp4?e=.mp4 The event focused on addressing, in particular, ocean negative carbon emission (ONCE) approaches and relevant ocean-based solutions for the mitigation…

Authors: Rebecca J. Shellock, Christopher Cvitanovic, Mary Mackay, Merryn C. McKinnon, Jessica Blythe, Rachel Kelly, Ingrid E. van Putten, Paris Tuohy, Megan Bailey, Alpina Begossi, Beatrice Crona, Kafayat A. Fakoya, Beatrice P. Ferreira, Alice J.G. Ferrer. Katia Frangoudes, Judith Gobin, Hong ChingGoh, Paivi Haapasaari, Britta Denise Hardesty, Vreni Häussermann, Kelly Hoareau, Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Moenieba Isaacs,…

IMBeR would like to thank James Orr for his amazing contribution to the SOLAS-IMBeR Ocean Acidification (SIOA) working group. Jim’s impact as chair of the working group, over many years, has been incredible. We welcome Sam Dupont, who has taken over as chair of the SIOA working group. Sam Dupont is an associate professor and senior…

Congratulations to Prof. Carol Robinson, outgoing IMBeR Scientific Steering Committee Chair, on receiving the 2022 Challenger Medal from The Challenger Society.  The award is for a distinguished UK marine scientist or other person who has made a single major contribution, or a sustained contribution, to the development of marine science, or whose innovation has opened…

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…