The TRICUSO project and members of its consortium made a healthy splash in the heavily populated waters of OSM26. Held in Glasgow, Scotland, this was the first time the prestigious conference took place outside the United States, and it was a welcome setting for two town halls, a co-chaired session titled The Southern Ocean Carbon Sink: processes, observations, and change and a poster talk.
The oceanographic community has made great strides over the past three decades in developing physical and biogeochemical open-ocean observing capacity. However, a more holistic understanding of marine ecosystem function and change requires the integration of large-scale, sustained biological and ecological observations. Over the last few years, pilot projects in the USA, Japan and Australia have begun to incorporate routine biological measurements into GO-SHIP cruises. These pilot projects form the basis for an incipient global Bio-GO-SHIP sustained biological ocean observing program. TRICUSO colleagues Sophie Clayton (NOC) and Alice Soccodato (EMBRC) will be presenting a Town Hall on Bio-GO-SHIP: Establishing an International Program to Deliver Sustained Open-Ocean Biological Data on Wednesday 25 February at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland. This Town Hall aims to bring together current and prospective contributors to the international Bio-GO-SHIP program to: Highlight Bio-GO-SHIP successes, data and scientific contributions and introduce upcoming activities. Engage potential contributors from GO-SHIP nations not currently running Bio-GO-SHIP projects, including protocol and sample sharing, and cruise participation. Pave the way to establishing an international Bio-GO-SHIP committee to monitor, advocate and regularly review biological and ecological variables. Read more about this session here.
The Southern Ocean is the largest carbon sink of the global ocean, responsible for approximately one-quarter of oceanic carbon dioxide uptake. Its central role in the global carbon cycle stems from its unique circulation, deep water formation, and ability to sequester atmospheric CO₂ on long timescales. However, this region remains one of the most challenging to observe and predict, and our understanding of its carbon dynamics-particularly in the face of rapid climate change-is constrained by limited in situ data and model limitations. TRICUSO colleagues Cathy Wimart-Rousseau, Pablo Trucco-Pignata (NOC) and Louise Delaigue (Sorbonne University) will be co-chairing a session: The Southern Ocean Carbon Sink: processes, observations, and change on 24 February at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, together with Meredith Meyer (University of East Anglia) and Thomas George Bell (Plymouth Marine Laboratory). This session will explore the mechanisms driving carbon cycling in the Southern Ocean, with a focus on changing conditions impact on both organic and inorganic carbon processes. Read more about this session here.
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