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IMBeR Announcements Congratulations to Karen Evans on becoming the new GOOS Biology and Ecosystems panel co-chair Call for Papers: DSR-II Special Issue on IMBeR West Pacific Symposium Call for bids to host Future Oceans 3 in 2024 open Call for Papers: DSR-II Special Issue on IMBeR West Pacific Symposium. Submit by 26 May

Interesting read: Acknowledgement of contextual realities and inclusion of all local stakeholders is required, and that transdisciplinarity is essential for truly collaborative and effective MSP ‘Climate spiral’ visualization of monthly global temperature anomalies from 1880-2021 Interesting read: A new wave of elephant seals becomes animal oceanographers New book: Blue Justice: Small-Scale Fisheries in a Sustainable Ocean Economy New climate network: Climate LinkUP Maritime Boundaries are now available on the Atlas Interesting read: A bright future for wave reserves? Call for early career researchers to help Ocean Visions develop the next set of their digital, interactive road maps to accelerate the research and development of ocean-based carbon dioxide removal technologies International Polar Year 2032-2033 Survey; complete by 31 March

Reminders

Most clicked from the last IMBeR e-News! The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development is seeking experts to join a new roster Call for Focus Topic Ideas: Frontiers in Ocean Observing. Submit by 1 April Call for Gender Equity and Climate Action, funded by the Elsevier Foundation. Apply by 19 May

Events and recordings

IMBeR and IPO Host Events Save the date! IMBeR's next summer school, ClimEco8, will take place 15-20 August; more details to follow soon Ocean Frontier 2022: Science, Industry, Policy for Climate Action, Halifax, NS, Canada. 16-19 May

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Webinar: Engaging with the Blue Economy: Shipping Decarbonization, 30 March Save the date! Fifth Ocean Decade Laboratory: A Safe Ocean. 5-7 April Webinar: Trans-disciplinarity and Diverse Values: WetlandLIFE, SMMR and beyond 6 April 2022 GEOTRACES Summer School: Introducing Polar Parameters, Helmholtz-Centre Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. 10-15 July; pre-register by 15 April Webinar: using Regulatory data to inform marine spatial planning efforts. 28 April 1st Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources (SMMR) Annual Conference, hybrid, 9-11 May Regional training workshop on observing the coastal and marginal seas in the western Indian ocean including the Arabian/Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman. 7-9 June Ocean Decade Co-Design Workshop, 7-9 June UN World Oceans Day 2022: Revitalization: Collective Action tor the Ocean. 8 June UN World Oceans Day Photo Competition is open until 15 April CLIVAR-FIO Summer School: Ocean Macroturbulence and Its Role in Earth’s Climate, hybrid ( China and Ecuador, with online participation).14-20 August. Apply by 30 April Forum on Scenarios for Climate and Societal Futures, Laxenburg, Austria and hybrid online. 20-22 June Online course in Science Communication, six weeks staring 18 July. Apply by 15 June EBUS Conference, Lima, Peru (hybrid), 19-23 September Abstracts due 15 April 2nd Climate Observation Conference, Darmstadt, Germany (hybrid options available), 17-19 October Abstracts due 1 June

Don't forget...

Pathways Forum: Bending the curve on biodiversity loss with winding pathways to sustainability. 30 March Registration now open for the daily to Decadal Ecological Forecasting along North American Coastline Workshop, Woods Hole, MA, USA. 12-14 April Abstract submission extension: 4WSFC Europe. New deadline is 15 April Modelling and Prediction of Harmful Algal Blooms, from Event Responses to Multi - Decadal Projections, Glasgow, UK. 9-13 May PAGES 6th Open Science Meeting, online.16-20 May OSM fee waiver applications due 15 March Registration closes 9 May POGO observational training: best practice for biogeochemical ocean observation: instrumentation, operation quality control, hybrid event. 15-17 June. Funding available for early career scientists; register by 31 March Launch of OneOceanScience: A Digital World Tour of the Ocean and Climate Science, online. 25 October

Jobs and opportunities

IMBeR and IPO Host Opportunities Master/PhD: Biogeochemistry of Nutrients and Trace Elements of Indo-Pacific Convergent Area and its Impacts on Biodiversity, ECNU, Shanghai, China. Apply for two types of scholarships by 31 March and 15 May Project Officer, IMBeR IPO China, Shanghai, China. Apply by 6 April

New PhD: Environmental management, conservation science, environmental economics or ecological economics to contribute to a hybrid governance to protect and manage remarkable areas of the High Seas: Thermal Dome and Sargasso Sea, University of Brest, France. No deadline given; apply now Social Science Data Analyst (entry level), Common Sense Solutions (CSS), USA. No deadline given; apply now Research Assistant I: Patel Lab, Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Chicago, USA. No deadline given; apply now Biologist, Archipelago, Victoria, BC, Canada. open until filled; apply now Senior Marine Biologist, Shark & Marine Research Institute, Gansbaai, Western Cape. Open until filled; apply now Data Officer, Southern Ocean Observing System, Hobart, Australia. Apply by 1 April Research Fellow: Ocean governance, University of Portsmouth, England. Apply by 3 April Senior Pelagic Fisheries Scientist, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, CEFAS, UK. Apply by 4 April PhD: Renewable energy in the Arctic, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway. Apply by 6 April PhD: Building adaptive capacity to ocean change at multiple scales through promoting ecosystem-based adaptation and community engagement (Eco-ACE), Universities of Cape Town, Western Cape and Mandela University, South Africa. Apply by 14 April Multiple postdoc positions, University of California, La Jolla, CA, USA. Apply by 15 April Fisheries Ecology: Examining the foraging ecology of Pacific bluefin tune Fisheries Science: stock assessment models and conduct a Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) for northern anchovy Marine Economist, National Oceanography Centre, UK. Apply by 13 April Professor (Assistant, Associate or Full): Marine phytoplankton, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, USA. Apply by 15 April Research & Development Manager (Aquaculture), Sea Orchards Ltd, Khanom, Thailand. Apply by 30 April Financial support for South African applicants to World Maritime University. Apply by 6 May SCAR Antarctic Fellowship opportunities, Apply by 31 August In case you missed it... POGO 2022 Open call for shipboard Fellowships Internships at Oceana, Washington, DC, USA. No deadline given; apply now Policy Intern Science and Strategy Intern Research Assistant I/II; Ecosystems Centre, Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Chicago, Woods hole, MA, USA. No deadline given; apply now Postdoc: Transdisciplinary research into interventions and tools for community-level adaptation to global change, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Review begins immediately; apply now Postdoc: Marine system-based stakeholder processes, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Review begins immediately; apply now Postdoc: Integrated marine ecosystem assessment, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Review begins immediately; apply now Postdoc: Ocean acidification and anthropogenic carbon cycling, MIT, Cambridge MA, USA. No deadline given; apply now Oceanographic Research Analyst; Nutrient chemist, The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, Bermuda. Review begins immediately; apply now MSc opportunity at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. Apply by 31 March Postdoc: Marine biogeochemical modelling of the Black Sea, CNR-ISMAR, Italy. 31 March Postdoc: Understanding spatial interactions across ocean-use sectors in a changing climate, Seattle, USA. Apply by 1 April Mentoring opportunity, SCOR working group 161 - respiration in the Mesopelagic. Apply by 10 April PhD Fellowships: OWSD supports women from eligible countries(see below) to do a PhD in another Global South country. Apply by 15 April OWSD eligible countries Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology. Apply by 13 May

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