SOOS is thrilled to see SYNCHRONY launch! 🚀 As a proud project partner, we're excited to support this important initiative to strengthen coordinated observations, improve access to critical data, and better understand our changing Southern Ocean. Stay tuned for more! #SOOSSymposium2027

Alfred Wegener Institute@awi.de · 5d ago

The SYNCHRONY project, led by the AWI, will start on 1 August 2026. It will strengthen observations in the Southern Ocean, improve our understanding of changes to the ocean, ice and atmosphere, and lay the groundwork for the UN Ocean Decade initiative, Antarctica InSync. www.awi.de/en/about-us/...

Join the SOOS West Antarctic Peninsula & Scotia Arc Workshop ahead of #SCAR2026! 📅 8 August 2026 in Oslo or online ®️ soos.aq/events/wapsa-workshop-2026 Contribute to an updated regional synthesis paper building on Henley et al. (2019)—be part of the next major publication about the region

Join SOOS at the SCAR OSC 2026 With SOOS contributions spanning governance, observations, data management, and international scientific coordination, #SCAR2026 promises to be an exciting event for the Southern Ocean community. Check out these SOOS events: soos.aq/events/soos-...

Join SOOS at SCAR OSC 2026 With SOOS contributions spanning governance, observations, data management, and international scientific coordination, #SCAR2026 promises to be an exciting event! Check out these SOOS events: soos.aq/events/soos-...

🌊 Five years of progress. One shared vision for the Southern Ocean. From expanding collaboration to improving access to critical ocean data, the new SOOS 5-Year Report reflects what we can achieve together. Facts & Stats: soos.aq/impact/stats Full report: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21466360

🌟 Your chance to shine: Deadline for joining the WSDML RWG leadership team extended to 31 July!

Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS)@soosocean.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📣 Call for nominations: WSDML RWG Leadership Team Join a collaborative international team helping coordinate observations & research in the Weddell Sea & Dronning Maud Land region Build connections, foster collaboration & help guide regional priorities 🗓️ DL: 23 June 👉 soos.aq/opportunitie...

Deadline extended to 12th July! Take your chance!

Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS)@soosocean.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🌊 Help shape the future of observing in the Ross Sea! SOOS is seeking new members for the Ross Sea RWG Leadership Team. Join a global community working to strengthen coordination, collaboration & observations in this key Southern Ocean region. 🗓️ Nominations close 5 July 👉 soos.aq/opportunitie...

🌊 Help shape the future of observing in the Ross Sea! SOOS is seeking new members for the Ross Sea RWG Leadership Team. Join a global community working to strengthen coordination, collaboration & observations in this key Southern Ocean region. 🗓️ Nominations close 5 July 👉 soos.aq/opportunitie...

🐟 Sharing samples means sharing opportunities. SCARFISH database helps researchers both 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 and 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 that could support their work. We’re excited to see the science this enables throughout the Southern Ocean research community. 🌊

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)@scar-antarctic.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A new SCARFISH platform is now available to help researchers share available fish samples and submit requests for samples. The goal is to better connect those with samples to those whose research would benefit from access to them. scar.org/science/life...

🌐 From Planning to Implementation: How will #AntarcticaInSync work in practice—and how can people contribute? Your expertise ensures the framework works for the people using it! Discuss observational priorities, coordination opportunities, logistics, data interoperability, & more Join 🔽

Antarctica InSync Implementation and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) Webinar - Antarctica Insync

We are pleased to announce that the next Antarctica InSync Implementation and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) Webinar will take place on 30 June and 1 July 2026. The same webinar will be offered ...

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🌊 Recording now online: New observations from the Bransfield Strait and what they mean for improving climate models. In this #SOFLUX_webinar Marcelo Santini reveals the value—and challenges—of collecting high-frequency measurements in the Antarctic Peninsula. ▶️ youtu.be/m0wq6uWGRIY

SOFLUX Seminar, "Land & Sea Air Interactions in the Bransfield Strait in the 24/25 Austral Summer"

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS)@soosocean.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Explore how 🗻 land, 🌊 ocean & 💭 atmosphere connect in a rapidly changing Southern Ocean region at our next #SOFLUX_webinar! “Land and Sea-Air Interactions in the Bransfield Strait during the 24/25 Austral Summer” by Marcelo Santini (INPE) 📅 9 June | 14:00 UTC go.soos.aq/Register_SOFLUX_Webinar

🚨Closing today!

Australian Antarctic Program Partnership@antarctic.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🌊 ANTARCTIC SCIENCE, AUSTRALIA'S FUTURE 🗣️ Want to present a talk or a poster at the Australian Antarctic Research Conference @utas.edu.au, 25-28 August 2026 in Hobart? 🚨 Final call for #AARC26 abstracts, closing Wednesday 10 June (hard deadline) ▶️ leishman-aarc-2026.eventsair.site/call-for-abs...

🌊 Recording now online! How do humpback whales adapt to a changing Antarctic ecosystem? 🐋 @jennyallen13.bsky.social explores the rise of bubble-net feeding in the Antarctic Peninsula and what it reveals about ecosystem change. ▶️ youtu.be/vIDh5HvoArc

WAPSA Webinar: "New ways to eat ecological influences on novel feeding in WAP humpback whales"

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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS)@soosocean.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🐋 New ways to eat: ecological influences on novel feeding in WAP humpback whales: Join the WAPSA working group in a webinar featuring a talk by @jennyallen13.bsky.social (University of St Andrews) on 7 May 2026 at 13:00 UTC. Everyone welcome! Register here: buff.ly/SJjef6B

💡How will ice shelf melting respond to a warming climate? Join the 11th PROS4SORP webinar to find out: 🗣️ @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social 📅1 July, 1 pm UTC Register: buff.ly/300vGYx By @wcrp-clivar.bsky.social / @clicwcrp.bsky.social / @scar-antarctic.bsky.social Southern Ocean Regional Panel (SORP)

🌊 #WorldOceanDay is here to remind us the ocean doesn’t just surround us—it runs the systems we depend on Despite its outsized global role, the Southern Ocean remains under-sampled Today is a reminder that understanding depends on people working together to observe, connect & make sense of change

📣 Call for nominations: WSDML RWG Leadership Team Join a collaborative international team helping coordinate observations & research in the Weddell Sea & Dronning Maud Land region Build connections, foster collaboration & help guide regional priorities 🗓️ DL: 23 June 👉 soos.aq/opportunitie...

🌌 Get to know AGATA 🔭 Earth's poles are portals to space. AGATA decodes how they interact through our atmosphere to shape global climate. Learn more about the work of AGATA and how to get involved in our new video! youtu.be/zbYtKKhsJj0

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🌍 How do changing polar ecosystems shape the global carbon cycle? SOOS is pleased to endorse @biopole.bsky.social. BIOPOLE investigates how polar biogeochemical processes influence carbon and nutrient cycling from the Southern Ocean to the Arctic 🌊🧪 Find out more: biopole.ac.uk

BIOPOLE - Biopole

BIOPOLE is an interdisciplinary NERC programme examining biogeochemical processes and ecosystem function in polar ecosystems. BIOPOLE will address a fundamental aspect of the Earth System – how…

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📣𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐎𝐎𝐒 𝐒𝐒𝐂! Nominate yourself or someone you know for the SOOS Scientific Steering Committee (SSC). Get involved—join a welcoming, supportive & engaged team helping shape the future of Southern Ocean observing. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 June 👉 soos.aq/opportunities

🌊 The latest SOFLUX newsletter is out! Inside: 📢 Upcoming webinar with Marcelo Santini 🎓 ECR spotlight: Jacqueline Behncke 📚 New papers on Southern Ocean CO₂ fluxes & bubble-mediated gas exchange 🚢 WHIRLS project field campaign updates Read more: go.soos.aq/SOFLUX_May_2026

🦭 How do you find seals when they make up <1% of the Antarctic landscape? A new paper from the SOOS CAPS Working Group presents a semi-automated method for detecting Antarctic ice seals in aerial imagery reducing manual review effort by ~94% zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Semi‐automated seal detection on the Western Antarctic Peninsula: an unsupervised machine learning approach for detecting ice seals in aerial survey data

This study presents a semi-automated, rule-based image analysis pipeline to detect ice seals in aerial surveys of the Western Antarctic Peninsula during an unusually low sea ice year. By using…

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🌊 Alumni in the Spotlight: Mauricio Mata From helping build SOOS in its early days to advancing Antarctic oceanography through international collaboration, Mauricio reflects on the power of community 👉 soos.aq/news/alumni-in-the-spotlight-mauricio-mata SOOS is proud to count Mauricio to its alumni

📈Antarctic science is increasingly data-rich—but insight-poor📉 Our knowledge is growing, but we understand less how to turn that knowledge into coordinated action A recent paper argues for a shift from fragmentation toward coordinated observing systems supporting policy & long-term governance 🧵1/3

Epistemic opacity in Antarctic science: Unknowing the last frontier

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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🎉 The WSDML working group welcomes Magkena Szemak as its new APECS ECR Representative! Magkena is using Antarctic sediment cores & diatoms to reconstruct past ice-sheet retreat, sea ice, and Southern Ocean climate variability. Meet Magkena: soos.aq/news/new-wsd...

🌏 This week, SOOS joined discussions at the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) in Japan Being part of conversations like these helps ensure the observing community remains connected to the priorities, partnerships & long-term coordination needed to support Antarctic research & stewardship

Explore how 🗻 land, 🌊 ocean & 💭 atmosphere connect in a rapidly changing Southern Ocean region at our next #SOFLUX_webinar! “Land and Sea-Air Interactions in the Bransfield Strait during the 24/25 Austral Summer” by Marcelo Santini (INPE) 📅 9 June | 14:00 UTC go.soos.aq/Register_SOFLUX_Webinar

🌊 Bring the Southern Ocean community to you - 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗢𝗢𝗦 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳! Call for bids to host our flagship international Southern Ocean meeting (400–500 participants) bringing together science, policy & industry Global visibility for your institute! 📅 DL 31 July 🔗 soos.aq/soos-symposium-2027

📣 Antarctic Research Funding Opportunity The Blue Nature Alliance is seeking proposals to support the 2027 review of the Ross Sea Region MPA by CCAMLR. 💰 Up to USD$100k/proposal 📅 Deadline: 1 June 2026 Scientific outputs must help assess the effectiveness of the Ross Sea MPA go.soos.aq/3m06

[Just released] Survey results on Southern Ocean modeling needs are published. Led by CLIVAR members Torge Martin (Ocean Model Development Panel) & Carolina Dufour (Southern Ocean Region Panel), the survey was endorsed by @soosocean.bsky.social & CLIVAR. Article: os.copernicus.org/articles/22/...

📣ECR Alert: Southern Ocean science needs more than just data—it needs connection. SOOS & APECS are seeking ECRs to join various SOOS leadership teams. Help connect science & people across regions—while building your network, visibility & experience 🗓 Apply by 18 May 👉 www.apecs.is/news/apecs-n...