POGO: Taking the Pulse of the Global Ocean

Since 1999, the Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean, POGO, has served as a forum for leaders of major oceanographic institutions around the world to promote global oceanography, particularly the implementation of international and integrated global ocean observing systems. POGO is an international network of collaborators who foster partnerships that advance efficiency and effectiveness in studying and monitoring the world’s oceans on a global scale. Through its efforts, POGO has promoted observations underpinning ocean and climate science, interpreted scientific results for decision makers, provided training and technology transfer to emerging economies, and built awareness of the many challenges still ahead.

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COP24 Side event: POGO & AOSED

POGO and AOSED held a joint side event at the UNFCCC COP24 conference in Katowice, Poland.

Tuesday 4 December at 16:45 UTC+01 (local time in Katowice) in the Narew room

"Enhancing ocean and climate observing in developing nations using low-cost technologies and capacity development"

Job Opportunities: Five Assistant/Associate Professors of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, USA

The deadline to apply for maximum consideration is January 14, 2019.

JPI Oceans launches call for research proposals on microplastics in the marine environment.

JOINT CALL FOR PROPOSALS ON MICROPLASTICS IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

The deadline for submitting proposals is 28.02.2019, 12:00 CET

Twelve JPI Oceans member countries together with Brazil launch a call for transnational research projects of approx. 9.2 M€ to study the sources, distribution and impact of microplastics in the marine environment.

Training course on a suite of biogeochemical sensors, 10-21 June 2019, Kristineberg, Sweden

IOCCP and EU BONUS INTEGRAL Project (Integrated carboN and TracE Gas monitoRing for the bALtic sea) are organizing a 10-day international training course on "Instrumenting our ocean for better observation:a training course on a suite of biogeochemical sensors."

The course will be held on June 10-21, 2019 at the Sven Lovén Center for Marine Sciences, in Kristineberg, Sweden.

Application process will open in mid-December 2018.

Full details are available here:

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POGO Workshop on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Biological Oceanographic Observations

20-22 May 2019

Apply by 1 March

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“The biggest challenge is how to manage the oceans given that most of the world's population will be using and living next to an ocean in the next 50 years or so. We have to use our oceans in a sustainable manner, and that means first they have to be observed properly. We can't just use an ocean to decimation, without realizing what is happening. The challenge is to develop capacity and knowledge and establish where we should be observing our oceans.

One of the most important things is having consistent long-term observation. We need to link up old observations and monitor the changes in things like currents and hydrography in these areas, to investigate if the observations are related to a real trend or shift or just an anomaly in the system. POGO members are endeavouring to link all the long-term data sets in the world so that the data can be accessed more readily.”

Prof. Karen Wiltshire, POGO Chair, 2015-2018

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