Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB)

Alligators May Boost Carbon Storage in Coastal Wetlands - Eos Research suggests that American alligators help coastal wetlands retain more carbon, linking predator recovery in the southeastern United States to ecosystem function and climate processes.

Alligators May Boost Carbon Storage in Coastal Wetlands eos.org/articles/all...

Our Ocean’s “Natural Antacids” Act Faster Than We Thought - Eos New evidence from New Zealand suggests that calcium carbonate dissolution occurs not just over millennial timescales, but over annual and decadal ones too.

Our Ocean’s “Natural Antacids” Act Faster Than We Thought eos.org/research-spo...

Coral Diversity Drops as Ocean Acidifies - Eos As seawater becomes steadily more acidic, complex branching corals die off and are replaced with hard boulder corals and algae.

Coral Diversity Drops as Ocean Acidifies eos.org/articles/cor...

Can phytoplankton help close the carbon dioxide removal (CDR) gap? Ocean Visions’ new report examines whether and how phytoplankton might contribute to the gigatons of CDR needed to meet global climate goals. 🔗LEARN MORE: oceanvisions.org/phytoplankto...

My co-PIs Anita and Anela are so inspiring. Check out this video explaining why I am spending 35 days at sea! #LivingBioreactors @schmidtocean.bsky.social #OBVI @mbarinews.bsky.social

Luo Lab - Microbial Ecology - join Lab members will have access to state-of-the art wet lab, and computing, and sequencing resources, including in-house sequencing for both short and long reads (Illumina NextSeq and Nanopore GridION). ...

Our lab has an opening for a fully funded postdoc position! Start date is flexible; ideally summer 2026. Apply by Feb 20th for full consideration. For more about the lab and how to apply:

sites.google.com/uncc.edu/mic...

presentation prep for OSM26 Webinar 2/2 for students + ECR
essential tips and best practices for creating presentations /what works and what doesn’t/ breakouts on different presentation types/bring draft of your presentation + get feedback
www.aslo.org/osm-2026-pre...

Marine Snow Grows Faster and Fluffier as It Sinks - Eos New observations highlight how abiotic and biotic processes influence the tiny oceanic particles.

Marine Snow Grows Faster and Fluffier as It Sinks eos.org/research-spo...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Navigating Your Path in Ocean Conservation. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. A Career Panel for the Next Generation of Ocean Leaders The challenges facing our ocean are evolving, and so are the careers dedicated to solving them. Join the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) an...

Interested in pursing a career in ocean science, but not sure where to start? The National Ocean Sciences Bowl and Ocean Conservancy is hosting a career panel discussion virtually on January 29 at 7:00 PM ET. Learn more: ucar-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A postdoc is urgently needed for the Sustainability and Conservation Science Postdoctoral Fellowship at UPenn!
viest.upenn.edu/sustainabili...

Get ready for the next @jetzon-oceandecade.bsky.social webinar on Jan. 30 - visit jetzon.org to learn more and sign up! 🌊

Calling marine EO data users! Applications for 2026 @eumetsat.int Supporting Marine Applications course are now open! Gain hands-on experience accessing/using marine satellite data & co-develop a mini-project idea with us. Collab with @osi-saf.eumetsat.int & DGFI-TUM, see tinyurl.com/EUM-SMA-2026

We're back! The 7th IOCCG Summer Lecture Series, scheduled for 5–19 July 2026 in Venice, Italy, will be hosted by the Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR) Italian National Council of Research (CNR) and the Venice International University (VIU). Apply by 15 Feb 2026! ioccg.org/what-we-do/t...

Come share your research about marine CO₂ removal (mCDR) in our session at the ICOS Science Conference 2026, 15-17 September 2026 in Lund, Sweden, and online.

NSF seeks public input on its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026–2030 NSF Strategic Plan

Only two weeks to provide input on NSF Strategic Plan - comments due Jan. 27! www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...

The Scientists Making Antacids for the Sea to Help Counter Global Warming

For anyone interested in the future of marine carbon dioxide removal, this @nytimes.com mag piece is a must read. Deeply reported, it explores what it looks like to move ocean-climate science from the lab to field research and emphasizes fostering dialogue. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/m...

Applications are still open!

NEW: Coal-fired power generation fell in both China and India in 2025, for the first time since 1973. The drop came after record clean energy additions in both countries, and was the first time that clean energy was a major driver of falling coal power use.

🚨 WSDML RWG: Call for Leadership Team Members

Nominations (including self-noms) invited for the SOOS Weddell Sea & Dronning Maud Land (WSDML) RWG Leadership Team!

Help drive activities & strategy in a friendly team!

Nominate by 30 Jan 2026 buff.ly/o3rdH5X

What Could Happen to the Ocean’s Carbon If AMOC Collapses - Eos Mass glacier melting may have led this influential ocean current system to collapse at the end of the last ice age. A pair of modeling studies examines how such a collapse could affect dissolved inorg...

What Could Happen to the Ocean’s Carbon If AMOC Collapses eos.org/research-spo...

How a Move to the Shallows 300,000 Years Ago Drove a Phytoplankton Bloom - Eos And what that could mean for today’s ocean.

Do alkalinity or nutrient levels have a bigger impact on marine phytoplankton? New research from @eth-eaps.bsky.social provides answers, with ramifications for oceanic carbon cycles and climate change. eos.org/research-spo...

🚨Professorship at St Andrews🚨

We are recruiting a Professor in Earth Sci (incl atmos, oceans, climate) @earthscista.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Ideal candidate is a leading researcher with interests in impact/outreach. Deadline 23/3/26!

www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

Improved Comparability and System-Wide Verification to Support a Scalable Carbon Credit Market Abstract. Achieving net-zero emissions over the coming decades requires unprecedented reductions in anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) complemented by a rapid ramp-up in the magnitude ...

Deployment of carbon dioxide removal #CDR at scale will require methods to comprehensively assess the quality of carbon credit projects (CCPs) based on their ability to make quantifiable reductions to GHG concentrations in the atmosphere
@egu.eu #co2

egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

Final eNews of 2025 just dropped and it's packed! Includes #OSM26 happenings, a new social media platform for OCB, new OCB products & pubs, tons of #jobs and #funding opps...get it here: mailchi.mp/whoi/ocb-oce... 🌊

Special @solas-ipo.bsky.social section on #ghg budgets across the #land-oceancontinuum in @olarjournal.bsky.social - submit articles throughout 2026! Learn more: mailchi.mp/xmu/solas-an... 🌊

Headed to #OSM2026 in Glasgow? Don't miss the SOLAS session and SOLAS townhall.
More info: mailchi.mp/xmu/solas-ne...

👋Hello Ocean Carbon Community,

Save the date 🗓️ 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀 12 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 '26, 13:00-16:30 𝗚𝗠𝗧
for the 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 4 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽

Hear about advancements in ocean carbon science & help guide the next steps.

Open to anyone interested.
Register👉 shorturl.at/FGLw3
Info👉 shorturl.at/cyjK1
#OC4CWS26

Elucidating the Role of Marine Benthic Carbon in a Changing World New observations should prioritize easier-to-collect variables to rapidly increase temporal and spatial coverage of benthic data Multi-variable data sets need to be harmonized to provide comprehe...

New commentary on marine benthic carbon modeling and data synthesis 🌊 @usocb.bsky.social
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OCB turns 20 in 2026! Please share how OCB has impacted your career trajectory: tinyurl.com/20yearsofOCB

Review of the draft United by Nature assessment The United by Nature Assessment is designed to be “a holistic assessment of U.S. lands, waters, and wildlife, and the benefits they provide.

The National Academies is inviting nominations for experts to review the draft United by Nature assessment. Ecology, climate, conservation, social science, sci-comm + more. If someone comes to mind—maybe you—please nominate & please the word!

www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DEL...