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15-08-08
New Executive Officer in the SOLAS International Project office
The SOLAS IPO has a new Executive Officer Dr Emily Breviere. Dr Breviere worked in the SOLAS IPO before accepting a temporary position in Stockholm (September 2007) and has now returned to the office. The SOLAS IPO, Chair and Scientific Steering Committee would like to thanks Dr Jeff Hare, the former Executive Officer, for all his hard work and the great achievements of SOLAS during his time in the office. Jeff will surely be missed in the SOLAS IPO and we all wish him and his family well for the future.
12-8-08
DMS climatology - Data submission
There is a project underway that aims to update the surface ocean DMS climatology using the up-to-date DMS database held at PMEL -see here for more details. The initial stages have been completed and the results (based on data currently in the database) are certainly interesting. However, in order to finalise the product and finish the project we need to set a deadline for data submission (in fact some people with new data have already asked for one!).
In many ways, "the sooner the better" is often the most appropriate timescale for everyone as it gets it done and off your desk. However, if you need a final deadline and want your data to be included in the final analysis, please submit your data to the database by the 30th September (2008). No extension beyond this deadline can be given.
As before, please let Tom Bell (Thomas.Bell@uea.ac.uk) know if you have data you intend to submit.
In particular, we have been surprised to find that currently the database currently contains almost no data from some areas of the western Pacific and literally no data in some parts of the Indian Ocean.
Any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Tom Bell (Thomas.Bell@uea.ac.uk - SOLAS Project Integrator).
7-8-08
A special session on DMS announced at the next ASLO meeting in 2009
a Special Session " The biology, chemistry and ecology dimethyl sulphide and related compounds" during the ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting in Nice, France, 25 to 30 January 2009. The session will be a good opportunity to present your latest results. We hope that you will be able to join us for what we anticipate will be a very special session! You can find the conference website via http://aslo.org/nice2009/index.html The schedule for abstract submittal and acceptance is as follows:
Call for Papers: Summer 2008
Abstract Submittal Deadline: 3 October 2008. (Please note that there is an abstract submission fee and you have to pay the registration when you submit your abstract. See http://aslo.org/nice2009/submittal.html
Authors Notified, Student Travel Grant Recipients Notified: December 2008
Schedule Posted: January 2009
14-7-08
SOLAS SSC meeting minutes available online
The SOLAS Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) met in Capetown, South Africa on the 5th-9th of May 2008. The minutes from the SSC meeting are now available online
4-7-08
UK SOLAS display an exhibition at the Royal Society in London.
UK SOLAS and collaborative partners, under the direction of Dr Phil Williamson, was selected to present an exhibition for the Royal Society in London. The exhibition entitled "The Breathing Ocean" was hailed a success and seen by the general public and fellows of the Royal Society. The exhibition highlighted the dynamic nature of the oceans and how ocean-atmosphere interactions may affect our climate and lives.
16-6-08
Two SOLAS scientists receive the prestigious awards of Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Two SOLAS scientists, Professor Peter Liss of the University of East Anglia and Professor Mike Pilling of the University of Leeds, were both commended this weekend as part of the Queens birthday honours list. Both Professors Liss and Pilling were given CBE's in recognition of their lifetime dedication to SOLAS related science. Professor Liss was a past chair of the International SOLAS program, and Professor Pilling is a member of the UK SOLAS Scientific Committee. Congratulations to Professors Liss and Pilling.
9-6-08
EPOCA project launched
'EPOCA', the European Project on Ocean Acidification has been launched.
The press release is available here: http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/1208.htm
9-6-08
Researchers publish a paper in SCIENCE
A team of leading SOLAS researchers, led by Robert Duce from Texas A&M University, have published a paper in SCIENCE. The paper titled "Impacts of Atmospheric Anthropogenic Nitrogen on the Open Ocean" explores the influence of atmospheric nitrogen in the global carbon cycle and presents comparisons of nitrogen inputs to the oceans for the past, present and future. Congratulations to Robert and all the scientists involved for producing this key paper. To download the full paper click here
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