Integrated Marine Biosphere Research

View as Webpage

IMBeR e-News

Announcements, articles, videos and reminders

Interesting read: Using ‘fake news’ to stop predators killing endangered birds New website: Strategies for a Changing Ocean Interesting read: How Far Should Humans Go to Help Species An industry internship during your studies could greatly benefit you career Interesting read: Landmark study finds that Bottom trawling releases as much carbon as air travel Amazing images and video from a drone flyer over the crater of Iceland's Fagradalsfjall Volacno that erupted last week Three new regions in the Allen Coral Atlas: Central Indian Ocean, Great Barrier Reef & Torres Strait, and Western Australia – so now about 70% of the world’s shallow water coral reefs or more than 337,000 km2 are mapped Interesting read: Net-zero targets to reduce warming are hard to compare and loosely defined – - see the checklist for rigorous and clear net-zero plans Call for nominations: Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) - Scientific Steering Committee. Apply by 11 April Survey: Equality and inclusion in marine science, University of Strathclyde. Please help with this study

Conferences, meetings, workshops and webinars

New

The Ocean Decade Virtual Series - Blue Foods: Science for a Sustainable Future. Online, 2 April Free science communications course, 22-24 April. Apply by 2 April Online Oceanography Discovery Seminars: Namibian Research Graduate Network in Oceanography (RGNO). Starts on 6 April Virtual workshop: Modeling krill and their ecology, 17-28 May, Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics (ICED. Submit EoI by 9 April The Marine Social Science Network: Promoting understanding of people's relationship with the sea, 20 April, 4pm UTC Call for workshop proposals: Small Pelagic Fish: New Frontiers in Science for Sustainable Management Symposium. 21-25 February, Lisbon, Portugal. Submit by 15 May SOLAS 'Bite-size' Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces Symposium 2021. Online, 19 May European Maritime Day 2021, 20-21 May. Online and Den Helder (Netherlands). Register by 4 May Call for session proposals: 2022 Ocean Science Meeting (27 February - 4 March, 2022, Honolulu, USA). Submit by 26 May Please contact IMBeR IPO if you are submitting and IMBeR-relevant proposal Virtual Early Career Ocean Professional Day, taking place virtually on 1 June, is seeking livestream moderators and program contributors Save the date: Workshop on the new Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Array, 28-30 June Call for session proposals: Sea Tech Week 2022, Brest, France. Submit proposals by 6 September Save the date: International Conference for YOUNG Marine Researchers, 21-24 September 2021, Berlin, Germany MSEAS 2021: Navigating global change in the marine environment. December 2021, Yokohama, Japan

Don't forget ...

IMBeR IMBIZO6 -Integrated Marine Biosphere Research Buoyant Solutions for Ocean Sustainability will be held as a virtual event at the end of 2021. More info coming soon! Webinar: Canada's Ocean Acidification Community of Practice. Watch now! Online training: Polar research technical skills, Begins 30 March – 14 April. Register now Ocean Decade event: Blue Foods: Science for a Sustainable Future. 1 April, 1200-1330 CET Call for contributions: International Transdisciplinarity Conference ITD21. Deadline for abstracts is 18 April Save the date: The 4th Symposium on Decadal Variability of the North Atlantic and it’s Marine Ecosystem: 2010-2019”, 26-28 April 2022, Bergen, Norway

Jobs and opportunities New Last chance! IMBeR and OGEN at the Ocean Frontier Institute launched a call for expressions of interest for supervisors/projects in ocean sustainability. Eligible supervisors should submit their EOI by 31 March Research position in ecosystem-based fisheries, COISPA, Bari, Italy. No deadline given. Apply now Research Scientist: Biodiversity, Earth Commission, location flexible. Apply by 31 March Research Fellow: Social-Ecological Systems, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK. Apply by 31 March Research Fellow: Environmental Economist, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK. Apply by 31 March Postdoc: Fisheries management, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Apply by 1 April Postdoc: Marine governance, HIFMB, Alfred-Wegener Institute, Germany. Apply by 4 April Postdoc: Coral cell biology, Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Monaco. Apply by 6 April West P&I Science Bursary for marine science or oceanography, National Oceanography Centre. Apply by 9 April Research Technician: Submarine groundwater discharge on coral reefs, California State University, Northridge CA, USA. Apply by 9 April Lecturer: Environmental Economics, University of York, York. Apply by 11 April Data programmer: new-builds/ redesigns/recoding. ICES, Copenhagen, Denmark. Apply by 11 April PhD: Marine biogeochemistry - Blue Carbon, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. Apply by 19 April 4 Teaching & Research Lectureships: Wildlife biology, conservation ecology, environmental economy, sustainable development. Bangor University, Bangor, UK. Apply by 23 April POGO-SCOR Fellowship Programme for training/capacity building in oceanographic observations. Apply before 30 April PhD: Attitudes, preferences and expenditures of Kansas anglers, Nebraska, USA. Apply by 30 April PhD: Governance solutions to plastic pollution in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, University of Tasmania. Apply by 14 May Postdocs: Analytical Chemistry / Molecular Biology / Microbiology, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden. Apply by 15 May PhD: Analytical Chemistry / Molecular Biology / Microbiology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. Apply by 15 May In case you missed it... Assistant Prof: Hydrographic Science, University of Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS USA. Open until filled, apply now Postdoc: Coastal and estuarine ecology, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. No deadline given, apply now Assistant Research (Social) Scientist, Centre for Conservation Social Science, Gainesville FL USA. No deadline given, apply now Program Coordinator: Africa Oceans Strategy. The Nature Conservancy, Cape Town, South Africa or Mombasa, Kenya. Open until filled; apply now Technical Advisor: Fisheries Value Chains & Markets, Blue Ventures, several locations. Apply by 29 March TODAY Assistant Prof: Impacts of global- /climate change/environmental pollution amplify human vulnerabilities and injustices. Scripps, San Diego, CA USA. Apply by 31 March Postdoc: Plankton indicator change and environmental variables, University of Plymouth, Plymouth UK. Apply by 5 April Research scientist: Fisheries stock assessment in a development context, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway. Apply by 6 April PhD: Autonomous sensing of human impacts on seawater biogeochemistry, Royal NIOZ, Texel, The Netherlands. Apply by 14 April Postdoc fellowships: Marine microbial ecology, Simons Foundation. Apply by 14 May

Stay safe and connected everyone!

Visit the IMBeR Website

Is there something you would like to see in the IMBeR e-News?

Submit e-News

imber@dal.ca

STAY CONNECTED ‌ ‌