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Open call for Submission to a Scientific Reports Collection on: Anthropogenic modifications. Submit by the end of April For the third year in a row, the heat in the ocean in 2021 broke the previous year’s record Interesting read: How far have we come towards decolonizing science, and weaving indigenous knowledge into science, and how to improve collaborations PICES Press - first edition of the year

Reminders

Interested in the sea, take the survey on ‘Public awareness of climate change, its effects and solutions in marine and coastal environments. Respond by 16 February Global coastal water - Dissolved Organic Matter database; submit your data by 15 April

Events and recordings

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Webinar: How can we (marine social scientists) become more relevant? 19 January Registration for the World Biodiversity Forum is now open; early bird discount available until 31 January Webinar: Contribution of the ocean current changes to the warming of the Indian Ocean over 2000-2020. 31 January Call for session proposals (4 themes): Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress 2022 (SRI2022), Pretoria, South Africa and online. Submit (in English, French, Japanese, Mandarin or Spanish by 5 February  Blue-Cloud Hackathon, online, 7-9 February, register by 17 January Sustainability Frontiers Conference (no cost). 14-15 February. Register by 9 February Basic training course on ocean acidification, Kristineberg Marine research Station, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.14-19 March, apply by 24 January Workshop: Daily to Decadal ecological Forecasting along North American Coastlines, hybrid - Woods Hole , MA and online. 12-14 April, abstracts due 21 January Understanding the Indian Ocean's past, present and future, session at the EGU, hybrid (Vienna and online). 3-8 April, submit by 12 January 4th World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress - North America, St. John's, Canada. 20-22 June Course: 2022 IOCCG Summer Lecture Series: Frontiers in Ocean Optics and Ocean Colour Science, Villefranches-sur-mer, 18-29 July. Apply by 28 February 2022 Small Pelagic Fish (SPF) Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal 7-11 November. Register, submit abstracts and request financial support by 22 May Pathways for Connecting People and Seagrasses, Spain. 3-5 October

Don't forget...

MEOPAR's Annual Scientific meeting, virtual, 31 January-11 February Biodiversity Without Boundaries 2022: Coming Together for Conservation, hybrid. 22-24 March New dates: African Kick-off Conference for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, hybrid format (online + limited physical presence in Alexandria, Egypt). 10-12 May

Jobs and opportunities New Executive Officer and Assistant for the International Project Office of Future Earth Coasts-China. Apply by 15 January Research Assistant, Statistical analysis, Ocean Discovery League, Rhode Island, USA. Open until filled; apply now Assistant or Associate Professor: Quantitative Fisheries Science, University of Florida. Open until filled; apply now Assistant Professor: Marine chemistry, University of Southern Mississippi. Open until filled; apply now Senior consultant: Environmental policy, ICF, UK or Belgium. Open until filled; apply now Postdoc (3): marine ecosystem modelling, OGS, Trieste, Italy. Apply by 21 January Professor: Environmental impact of maritime activities, DTU Aqua, Denmark. Apply by 24 January PhD (10): STEM disciplines, Spain, Portugal. Apply by 27 January Postdoc: Information governance responses in a changing ocean, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada. Apply by 31 January Postdoc: fine scale dynamics of diazotrophs, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography,, Marseille, France. Apply by 31 January MSc: Marine and lacustrine science and management, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Ghent University, University of Antwerp). Apply by 1 February Postdoc: integrated marine ecosystem assessment, SARChi in Marine Ecology and Fisheries, UCT, Cape Town. Apply by 1 February Assistant Professor: Marine geochemistry, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol. Apply by 11 February Research Scientist: Quantitative Coastal Ecologist, CSIRO, Brisbane or Perth, Australia. Apply by 20 February Postdocs: range of disciplines, University of Konstanz, Germany. Apply by 22 February In case you missed it... Postdoc: Blue Carbon science, National University of Singapore. No deadline given; apply now Research Assistant: Vessel tracking analysis, Stanford University, Palp Alto, USA. Open until filled; apply now Environmental Data Center Operations Specialist, Chesapeake Bay Natural Estuarine Research Reserve, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester, Virginia. No deadline given; apply now Tenure track scientist (ten positions), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA. Apply by 18 January PhD: investigating the status of sensitive species within Irish waters and their vulnerability in relation to fishing and discarding practices, Marine Institute (Galway), Ireland. Apply by 21 January Postdoc: Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Program , Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. Apply by 31 January Postdoc: Economic security after public social safety measures and policy solutions, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. Apply by 31 January Research Scientist: Quantitative Coastal Ecologist, CSIRO, Brisbane or Perth, Australia. Apply by 20 February Dungeness Crab Manager, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Prince Rupert, BC, Canada. Apply by 31 March

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