Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS)

🌱📉What happens to phytoplankton when Antarctic sea ice hits record lows?
📈 Schlosser & Strutton show major shifts in bloom timing & magnitude, with 2023 standing out as a uncharacteristically long & productive season

🔗 doi.org/10.1525/elem...
🧵 Part of the #SOOSSymposium2023 Special Issue

#SOFLUX_webinar CANCELLED! We are sorry to inform you that the below webinar had to be cancelled.

Our webinar series will continue in the new year.
Follow us for updates!

🚨 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

Join us in welcoming the newest members to the SOOS Scientific Steering Committee!

With great pleasure we introduce:
Sandy Thomalla, Friederike Weith, & Clara Manno.

Read more here: soos.aq/news/new-ssc...

⏰Rescheduled: Next #SOFLUX_webinar happening a week later: 10 December 2025, 9:30 am UTC!!!

Good news is you still have time to register :-)
go.soos.aq/Register_SOFLUX_Webinar

#PolarPride Reminder: Diversity enriches teams like mixing water masses enriches the Southern Ocean. Different sources, one powerful system. 🌊🌈

The Southern Ocean connects the planet —Polar Pride reminds us that inclusive science is stronger science.

#PolarPride #ScienceIsForEveryone #LGBTQinSTEM

🌊 Next #SOFLUX_Webinar: How storms change ocean heat!

"The Impact of Synoptic Meteorology on Observed Surface Heat Fluxes over the Southern Ocean"
🎙️ Sreenath Veettil (Monash University)
🗓️ 4 December 2025
🕤 09:30 UTC
🔗 go.soos.aq/Register_SOF...

More: soos.aq/events/soflu...

YouTube video by Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) SOFLUX Seminar, "Uncovering the Seasonality of Storm-driven Southern Ocean Heat and Carbon Uptake"

Uncover how storms shape Southern Ocean heat & carbon uptake through the year!

📺 Recording available: youtu.be/g6qyoDZs-bI

❄️State of the Cryosphere 2025 by @ICCInet is out.

Ice is melting, permafrost is releasing carbon, sea ice is at record lows. Current climate pledges risk >2°C warming—disaster for billions.

Only immediate action can still limit warming. ⏰

📄 iccinet.org/statecryo25/

🎞️Recordings of the "Virtual Workshop on Ocean Connectivity & Exchange Across the Antarctic Peninsula: Processes and Impacts" are now online!

Check them out here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Hosted by SOOS WAPSA RWG.
New members welcome. Anyone can join at: www.soos.aq/activities/r...

🌊 Register now for the next #SOFLUX_Webinar!

🎙️ Uncovering the seasonality of storm-driven Southern Ocean heat and carbon uptake

🗓️ KatherineTurner ( University of Arizona)

🕓 23 Oct | 14:00 UTC
🔗 Register here: airtable.com/appoukWG95euPhTb9/shrCwhUWxu2NnnUKp
More webinars: soos.aq/events/soflu...

🚨 ABS RWG: Call for Leadership Team Members

Nominations (including self-noms) invited for the SOOS Amundsen & Bellingshausen Sector RWG Leadership Team!

Help drive activities & strategy in a friendly team!

Deadline extended to 22 Oct 2025 👉 soos.aq/opportunities

🌊❄️ Join us 14–16 Oct 2025 for the Virtual Workshop: Ocean Connectivity & Exchange Across the Antarctic Peninsula

free | 3 sessions | global time zones | talks + discussions

👉 Sponsored by SOOS WAPSA RWG
🔗 More info & program: airtable.com/appoukWG95eu...

📺Recording now available!
Watch @morganedholm (University of Gothenburg) talk about "From Synoptic to Submesoscale: Understanding Sensible Heat Flux Variability in the Southern Ocean"
🔗 youtu.be/kqtP-pnYI-8?si
#SOFLUX_Webinar

🌊 SOOS is in Brussels this week for the Polar Side Event at the All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance (AAORIA) Forum!

We’re connecting the Atlantic & polar research communities to strengthen cooperation from pole to pole.

📰 SOOS WAPSA RWG Newsletter
Discover the latest from the West Antarctic Peninsula & Scotia Arc!
❄️ POLOMINTS expedition: ice–ocean interactions
🦐 Krill & phytoplankton dynamics
🌊 Water mass transport in Bransfield Strait
Meet the researchers & explore new insights: buff.ly/avTSltp

Consider to have your project endorsed by SOOS!

Hear directly from our partner @fjordphyto.bsky.social about what this means and the benefits of SOOS endorsement in the cards below ⬇️

✅ Get your project endorsed here: www.soos.aq/activities/e...

Citizen Science in the Antarctic!

Meet the SOOS-endorsed @fjordphyto.bsky.social project uniting scientists & travelers since 2016.

Passengers sample phytoplankton 🌱 → help track climate impacts on polar coastal ecosystems.

👉 Science by all, for all: soos.aq/news/fjordphyto

📢 Call for Nominations: SOOS Southern Ocean Fluxes (SOFLUX) group is seeking new leadership members

🌊 Help drive strategy on air–sea fluxes of heat, freshwater, momentum & gases in the #SouthernOcean

🗓️ Nomination deadline: 15 Oct 2025
🔗 Details: soos.aq/opportunitie...

🚢🐧🌊 From floats to animal-borne sensors, how do we observe the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean?

svenjahalfter.bsky.social and others from the SOOS SOIS RWG review current efforts, key gaps, & ways forward for this climate-critical region.

🔗 buff.ly/LTgfrZU

#SOOSSymposium2023 Special Issue

🌈❄️ How does light shape fast-ice algae?

Emiliano Cimoli et al. used colored panels & imaging spectroscopy to track shifts in biomass, species, & photoacclimation—advancing tools for under-ice ecosystem monitoring

🔗https://buff.ly/mu2rv2U
🔖Part of the #SOOSSymposium2023 Special Issue in Elementa

Open Data:
1️⃣ Boosts Citations, Impact & Credibility– Studies show a robust, long-term citation impact
2️⃣ Saves Research Time (& Money!)– No more hunting through scattered repositories
3️⃣ Supports Collaboration
4️⃣ Backbone of Climate Policy–Transparent & enables multi-model comparison
#SOOS_DATAMonday

#SOOS_DATAMonday: 2x🤔 Think twice before publishing! 📊 Only ~50% of datasets in Nature & Science were readily accessible in 2019

Why open data matters in a field where stakes are high & datasets are complex and costly to obtain #ClimateChange #PolarScience?

👀First-ever full look at Ross Sea deep currents!

SOOS-endorsed Glomar Challenger Trough Exchange Experiment deployed multinational moorings in Feb 25.

To unlock how water moves through all 3 major troughs—vital for understanding ocean–ice dynamics

🔗 soos.aq/news/glomar-...

🌐 Southern Ocean Data, Just One Map Away!
New in Elementa: SOOSmap a gateway to Antarctic data discovery. 50k+ observations in physics, biogeochem & biology — free & accessible.
For research experts to classroom students.
🔗 doi.org/10.1525/elem...
🗺️ soosmap.aq

And we look forward to being there!

🌊 SOOS Early Career Newsletter – Sept 2025 is out!
mailchi.mp/5ce3720a9179...

👋 Welcome new ECR reps:

🧹 Explore the Frictionless Data project for smarter data cleaning

📄 ECR perspective on ocean negative carbon emissions

Subscribe & stay connected with SOOS ECRs: airtable.com/apphL7veWjIB...

🌊 #SOOS_Update Aug 2025 is out!

Meet new leadership & catch up on workshops, webinars & open-access research.

Discover Antarctic citizen science, reveal Ross Sea currents, & other essential reads for anyone following climate impacts
👉 southernoceanobservingsystem.createsend.com/t/j-e-whddkh...

REMINDER: Only 5 days left to submit your abstract for the CliC Open Science Conference 2026! ❄️

✏️ Abstract guidelines: clic2026.com/abstracts
🌏 Travel grant info: clic2026.com/travel-grants
🎟️ Register now: clic2026.com/registration

This is a recording of the webinar in the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) Southern Ocean Fluxes (SOFLUX) Working Group Seminar Series, which took part in April 2025, "Direct observational… SOFLUX Seminar, "Evidence of strong CO2 uptake in the Southern Ocean based on eddy covariance"

📺 Now available: Recording of the last webinar by Yuanxu Dong (GEOMAR) "Direct observational evidence of strong CO2 uptake in the Southern Ocean based on eddy covariance measurements" ▶️ buff.ly/fpETIas