Over 300 colleagues have registered for the conference, and we have room for more! Start the process at: oceanopticsconference.org/registration/ and submit by May 8th. See you in Ghent this September!

Heads up -- this Friday is the early bird registration and abstract submission deadline for Ocean Optics XXVII. Learn more at oceanopticsconference.org and join us in Ghent, Belgium this September!

NOW OPEN: Conference Registration and Abstract Submission for Ocean Optics XXVII scheduled for September 13-18, 2026, in Ghent, Belgium! See details at: oceanopticsconference.org/registration/ Early Registration and Abstracts Due by May 1, 2026.

Congratulations to Zhongping Lee on being awarded the Nils Gunnar Jerlov Medal! | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release... and tos.org/jerlov-medal

Zhongping Lee awarded the Nils Gunnar Jerlov Medal

The Oceanography Society has selected Dr. Zhongping Lee of Xiamen University as the recipient of the 2026 Nils Gunnar Jerlov Medal, recognizing his transformative contributions to understanding how li...

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Postdoctoral Fellow in Oceanography/Marine Science Ghent University – MarSens Group (ERC CarbOcean Project) Passionate about ocean carbon cycling and autonomous observational technologies? Join our team working on the ERC-funded CarbOcean project! www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...

We're excited to announce that Ocean Optics XXVII will take place in the vibrant city of Ghent, Belgium, from September 13-18, 2026! Check out the conference website for more info: oceanopticsconference.org

Ghent University Postdoctoral Researcher Opportunity At the Marine Optics and Remote Sensing group (MarSens), we develop and apply in situ and remote sensing observations to study marine particles. Learn more about this postdoc opportunity here: jobs.ugent.be/job/Ghent-po...

No pinches for us today! The green swirls detected in this image by NASA’s Plankton Aerosol Cloud ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite are phytoplankton blooms in the Mississippi River drainage basin. This St. Patrick’s Day, don’t forget about our green photosynthetic friends! 🍀 Image Credit: NASA

Want to kick-start your research using the Earth science data streams generated by the OCI, SPEXone, and HARP2 instruments on board PACE? Check out the PACE Data Hackweek planned for August 3-7, 2025! Learn more and apply here: www.us-ocb.org/pace-hackwee... Apply by March 24, 2025.

Happy 1st Birthday PACE! On February 8th, 2024, at 1:33 AM ET, a brand new satellite was launched into space, and in the months since we have had access to unprecedented ocean color imagery. How have you used PACE in the past year? Send photos of you and your team for our #PACEsFaces celebration!