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TOS News | March 6, 2013

Professor Jack Barth selected as TOS Fellow
We would like to congratulate Professor Jack Barth of Oregon State University as being selected as the newest Fellow of The Oceanography Society! The citation on Dr. Barth's certificate recognizes his contributions and sustained leadership in all aspects of continental shelf oceanography, and for his commitment to community service. Dr. Barth will be formally recognized during the Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 23–28, 2014 in Honolulu, Hawaii. For more information about the Fellows program, click here.

Paul G. Allen Ocean Challenge:
Mitigating Acidification Impacts
The first webinar to field questions about Ocean Challenge was hosted by TOS on April 15th. The recording of the webinar is available by clicking here. The next webinar is scheduled for May 15th at 4 pm EDT and you may click here to register for that event. Responses to questions raised during webinars will be posted in the FAQs section of the Ocean Challenge Submission site. All concept submissions are due July 31, 2013.

Oceanography Magazine
The March issue of Oceanography magazine was delivered to all members (except those who have selected E-delivery only) over the last few weeks. Please click here to see a preview of topics for the next several issues.

TOS News Archive

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February 11, 2013 (54 KB pdf)

January 28, 2013 (36 KB pdf)

January 16, 2013 (30 KB pdf)

January 4, 2013 (59 KB pdf)

December 18, 2012 (47 KB pdf)

November 19, 2012 (53 KB pdf)

October 4, 1012 (57 KB pdf)

Community Announcements

Apply to Sail on Cascadia Initiative Expedition (Summer 2013). Students and early-career scientists are invited to sail on Cascadia Initiative (CI) Expeditions during the 2013 field season. The Cascadia Initiative Expedition Team (CIET) is leading six oceanographic expeditions during 2013 that will recover and redeploy ocean bottom seismometers (OBSs) as part of the NSF-sponsored Cascadia Initiative. See entire announcement.
Posted 4.11.13

Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) Effects Assessment and Monitoring. The National Oceanographic Partnership Program has released a funding opportunity in partnership with the Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management focused on understanding the effects of marine and hydrokinetic energy technologies on surrounding ecosystems and environments. See entire announcement.
Posted 3.25.13

Announcing the 2013 UNOLS Chief Scientist Training Cruise Opportunity. This cruise and a pre-cruise information short course will instruct early career marine scientists, including PhD students, on how to effectively plan for, acquire, utilize, and report on time at sea for multidisciplinary research and education. See entire announcement.
Posted 3.13.13

Citizen Science Project Aims to Channel Ocean Temperature Data From Scuba Divers to Scientists. www.divers4oceanography.org is a newly established platform to collect scuba dive computer data in order to build long-running archives for temperature observations of the coastal ocean. The goal of the project is to aggregate temperature data from recreational, scientific, and technical divers all around the world and make these data available for download free of charge. We would like to hear from you—if such temperature data were available, how could you use it for your project? Data from which dive sites around would help your project the most? Do you have other questions or suggestions? Please write to Derya Akkaynak (divers4oceanography@gmail.com).
Posted 3.13.13

2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting: Session Nominations. In order to develop a broad and inclusive group of oral and poster sessions, input is solicited from members in the form of nominations. Session nominations are due March 15, 2013. See entire annoucement.
Posted 2.12.13

David M. Karl Recieves Alexander Agassiz Medal. David M. Karl, professor of oceanography at the University of Hawai’i, Manoa, is the 2013 recipient of the Alexander Agassiz Medal, presented by the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Karl is acknowledged for leadership in establishing multidisciplinary ocean-observing systems, for detection of decadal regime shifts in pelagic ecosystems, and for paradigm-shifting insights on biogeochemical cycles in the ocean. Established by a gift from Sir John Murray, the medal is presented every three years for original contributions in the science of oceanography and carries with it a prize of $15,000. Dr. Karl, along with recipients of 17 other awards covering a wide range of physical, biological and social science, will be honored in a ceremony on Sunday, April 28, during the Academy's 150th annual meeting. The Oceanography Society joins the ocean science community in congratulating Dr. Karl on receiving this honor. See entire annoucement.
Posted 1.8.13

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