POGO: Taking the Pulse of the Global Ocean

For more than a decade, the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans, 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.

Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans is a charitable incorporated organisation registered and regulated by the Charity Commission of England and Wales, No 1171692

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Data Management Opportunity, Marine Institute, Ireland

There is an opening within the Data Management Team at the Marine Institute in Oranmore.

5th African Research Discovery Camp / RGNO 2018

The 5th African Research Discovery Camp will take place from 16 April to 11 May 2018, in Namibia.

The overarching theme of the 2018 RGNO is "Resilience and Responses of the Benguela Upwelling Ecosystem towards Changes in the global and regional Environment" with a focus on micro-scale microbial and biogeochemical ecosystem processes occurring in redox transition zones.

Beware of the "Temperature Debt"

- Artificial cooling of the atmosphere with aerosols carries a long-term risk -

GEOMAR Press Release 23 February 2018 / Kiel.

Job Opportunity: PhD candidate "Paleoceanography of trace metal pollution" at GEOMAR, Germany

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel is offering a Ph.D. candidate position in the research unit “Paleoceanography” of the research division “Ocean Circulation and Climate”.

Application deadline: 23 March 2018

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2018 POGO-PML Visiting Fellowship for Shipboard Training on an Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) Cruise

For more information and details on how to apply please visit the OTP Web Portal

Application Deadline:
22 April 2018.

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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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