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From the Director:

Hello IOOS Community,

IOOS Regional Associations Glider Operations are making a difference! The regional associations (RA’s) of IOOS are using buoyancy gliders to observe and monitor chemical, biological, and physical properties in their waters of responsibility. This is enabled by IOOS base, Close the Gap funding, and partnerships with key academic and research institutions, state agencies, local communities, and Navy. Over the next several issues of EOTO, we will highlight a subset of these “current” operations and missions. Check out the “Observation Subsystem and Sensor Technologies: Gliders” section below to read more on the efforts enabled by IOOS/ RA’s essential partners. 

Best wishes,
Carl

From the U.S. IOOS Office:

  • Ocean Technology Transition Merit Review: The OTT proposal review process is well underway despite these challenging times. With the patience, cooperation, and good humor of the review panel, the merit reviews of the OTT proposals were completed in a totally virtual process last week. Thank you to our review panel for their thoughtful participation and expertise. Final decisions on funding will be made in the next few weeks.  For questions please contact the OTT Program Manager Tiffany Vance [tiffany.c.vance@noaa.gov].

    • IOOS Advisory Committee Meeting Save the Date: The next public meeting of the IOOS Advisory Committee will be held August 4-6, 2020 in Monterey, CA. Stay tuned for more information!

Observation Subsystem and Sensor Technologies:

  • Surface Current Mapping: (IOOS POC, Hugh Roarty, hugh.roarty@noaa.gov):  

    • MARCO's's How Tuesday - New Surface Current Maps for the MARCO Portal - April 14 at 11am EDT: Learn about the currents and sea surface temperatures maps created in partnership between MARCO and MARACOOS. Michael Crowley, MARACOOS Technical Director will discuss and demonstrate the maps on the Portal and the data products on the MARACOOS OceansMap that were used to create them. Webinar URL: https://monmouth.adobeconnect.com/maracoos/ The webinar is free and open to the public. For planning purposes, please register in advance to Karl Vilacoba at kvilacob@monmouth.edu.

  • Gliders (IOOS POC Bill Lingsch, bill.lingsch@noaa.gov):

    • IOOS Regional Associations Glider Operations are making a difference!

      • NERACOOS with partner Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute – PI Dr. Mark Baumgartner:  

        • Background: The North Atlantic right whale is a highly endangered species mostly found in the Atlantic coast of North America.  As climate change impacts physical ocean conditions this alters their food source. In pursuit of their food source there have been a number of ship collisions in recent years.

        • Mission: Mark is acoustically tracking these whales and able to telemetry their locations back where it can be used to not only understand their migration patterns but alert the North Atlantic Take Reduction Team to hopefully mitigate and/or minimize incidences. This deployment is anticipated to last 4-5 months.

      • SECOORA with partner: University of South Florida – PI Chad Lemke:

        • Background:  Elevated red tide events are causing fish kills and respiratory issues for people along the west coast. The Harmful Algal Bloom Task Force was established in 1999 and reactivated under the direction of Governor DeSantis in 2019. Consistent with the Governor’s direction, the Task Force has agreed to focus on issues associated with red tide as their top priority. The Task Force will play an important role in determining strategies to research, monitor, control and mitigate red tide and other harmful algal blooms in Florida waters.

        • Mission:  Stella, the newest addition to the University of South Florida's glider fleet, is being deployed on the West Florida Shelf today, March 27th by Chad Lembke of USF's Ocean Technology Group and his team.  For her maiden voyage, Stella is equipped with a custom onboard echosounder, a Kongsberg EKMini, coupled with an Odroid computer doing the real time data crunching. Funded by the State of Florida, the mission will monitor for conditions favorable for red tide formation and provide the first test for the echosounder, which can be used to identify and monitor fish habitat hotspots like the West Florida Shelf pipeline.  Data will be shared and visualized through joint partnerships with SECOORA and GCOOS.

      • CeNCOOS – (and co-funded by NANOOS) with partner Dr Jack Barth – University of Oregon (Trinidad line), Dr Dan Rudnick (Monterey and Pt Arena Lines) – Scripps Institute:

        • Background: Gliders continuously monitor ocean conditions in the waters offshore of central and northern California. One glider transects CalCOFI Line 66.7 between Monterey Bay and 500 km offshore to the southwest. Another glider, off Humboldt, transects between Trinidad Head and about 300 km offshore, repeating the line every 15-20 days. The region between existing Trinidad Head and Monterey Bay lines is more than 300 miles. The ports of Fort Bragg, Bodega bay and San Francisco land about 1/4 of the California landings, about $50M in 2017. A glider continuously transects CalCOFI Line 56.7 between Pt. Arena and 500 km offshore to the southwest.

        • Mission:  The first deployment of our Pt. Arena line is expected to finish on 1 April. The glider for the Pt Arena, CA area is to improve in situ availability of essential fisheries information from in situ observations for information for physical and biogeochemical variables.

Data Management and Communications (DMAC) Subsystem and Tools Built on IOOS data (DMAC listserv – contact Micah Wengren, DMAC System Architect, data.ioos@noaa.gov):

  • March DMAC Tech Webinar: The March DMAC Tech Webinar was held on Thursday March 26, featuring an update on the ERDDAP Implementation project by Micah, Kathy, and Jessica Austin (Axiom). The focus of the webinar was to update the RAs on progress made finalizing IOOS’ ERDDAP tools and resources and transitioning to the implementation phase of the project.  Implementation entails the RAs loading real-time in situ datasets into ERDDAP and rolling out gradual transition of harvesting ERDDAP data for GTS by NDBC. ERDDAP will replace the legacy XML/FTP approach used by NDBC, and one of the primary goals of the ERDDAP project is to ensure consistent structure and attribution of RA ERDDAP datasets to allow seamless harvest for NDBC (and other IOOS users) across all RA ERDDAP servers. IOOS has developed the IOOS Metadata Profile 1.2 and is working on finalizing a new version of Compliance Checker to ensure this is possible. A recording of the webinar is available here: https://mmancusa.webex.com/webappng/sites/mmancusa/recording/782d55dcf75548d09a8a3459613a7cd3.  
  • 2020 DMAC Meeting: The IOOS 2020 DMAC Meeting will take place Tuesday, June 16 to Friday, June 19, in Silver Spring, Maryland. Further details forthcoming.
  • SAVE THE DATE: IOOS/ESIP Biological Data Standards Workshop, July 13, 2020, Burlington, VT:  This Biological Data Standards workshop, sponsored by the US Integrated Ocean Observing System (US IOOS) in partnership with ESIP, OBIS and BCO-DMO, invites participation from data providers and data managers across the marine community. See more in the “Upcoming Events with IOOS Participation” section below.

Modeling and Analysis Subsystem (IOOS PO and IOOS Coastal and Ocean Modeling Testbed (COMT) POC – Derrick Snowden, Derrick.Snowden@noaa.gov):  

  • Modeling and Prediction Workshop - June 2020: A Workshop on Modeling, Prediction, and Sensor Networks for Coastal Flooding in the US East Coast will be held at George Mason University in Washington, D.C. June 8-9, 2020. The goal of the workshop is to bring together several groups that are working on quantitative frameworks for monitoring and predicting coastal flooding along the coasts of the US East Coast and draft a strategy for advancing an integrated modeling system for coastal flooding that includes the ocean, atmosphere, land, and urban infrastructure components. Our ultimate goal is to map the synergies for co-designing a US East Coast Flooding Monitoring and Prediction Knowledge to Action Network (Coastal-FMAP-KAN). Please register to the workshop mailing list: https://forms.gle/hAuK6NTyvqTMArvb7

Interagency and International Collaboration/News:

  • Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) (IOOS PO POC Gabrielle Canonico, Gabrielle.Canonico@noaa.gov):
    • No update.
  • NOAA Live! Webinars: While you are home, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Regional Collaboration Network in conjunction with Woods Hole Sea Grant and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, is offering this series on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 11 EDT during school closures. Each webinar features a different NOAA expert/topic and a moderated question and answers session so that you can get a peek at what our NOAA scientists do in all the various NOAA offices.  These webinars are geared toward grades 2-8 and allow students to connect with scientists. Learn more here. 
  • NOAA Guiding Cargo Ships Safely Through Port: Imagine you’re a port pilot, responsible for the safe passage of a cargo ship that’s about the same size as an aircraft carrier. It’s the middle of the night, it’s windy and you’re contending with large waves and an outgoing tide. A stressful scenario to be sure but happily, you have the benefit of a real-time information system that gives you details about water levels, currents, salinity, and weather to help you guide your vessel. That system is known as PORTS, the Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System. Read more about PORTS here: https://www.noaa.gov/stories/guiding-cargo-ships-safely-through-port
  • Understanding Gravity with NGS: The National Geodetic Survey has been measuring land to determine points on the ground and the angles, distances, and heights between them since the 1800s. To do this accurately, you have to understand the force of gravity. Podcast host Megan Forbes talks with Dr. Derek van Westrum, a NGS geodesist and physicist, about what gravity is, why and how it changes, and what it means for NOAA. Listen here: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/podcast/mar20/gravity.html
  • NOAA Improves Coastal Resilience Tools for U.S. Pacific Islands Vulnerable to Natural Disasters: The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth’s oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south and is bound by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east. Most of the U.S. Pacific territories are located in the northern half of the Pacific Ocean and are among the Pacific Islands that are highly exposed to natural disasters. As part of NOAA’s coastal resilience efforts, the National Ocean Service (NOS) is developing better tools to define changes in water level related to tropical cyclones and other weather related conditions. This work is part of the global effort to develop disaster risk assessment tools and practical technical applications to reduce and mitigate coastal countries’ vulnerability to natural disasters. Read more here. 
  • Take a Virtual Dive into the Blue with NOAA Sanctuaries. No scuba required: Immerse yourself in the ocean and your national marine sanctuaries without getting wet! These virtual reality voyages use 360-degree images to highlight the amazing habitats, animals, and cultural resources you can find in each national marine sanctuary. Check it out here: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/vr/
  • Satellite Data Boosts Understanding Of Climate Change’s Effects On Kelp: Tapping into 35 years of satellite imagery, researchers at Oregon State University have dramatically enlarged the database regarding how climate change is affecting kelps, near-shore seaweeds that provide food and shelter for fish and protect coastlines from wave damage. And the Landsat pictures paved the way to some surprising findings: A summer of warm water isn’t automatically bad news for kelps, and large winter waves aren’t either. The OSU research was the first to use Landsat data to study bull kelp, large seaweeds that grow in “forests” that form canopies in shallow ocean water. Read more here: https://oceanleadership.org/member-highlight-satellite-data-boosts-understanding-of-climate-changes-effects-on-kelp/
  • IndOOS CLIVAR Exchanges Special Issue Now Published: The IndOOS CLIVAR Exchanges special issue The Recent Decadal Review (2020-2030) of the Indian Ocean Observing System (IndOOS-2) and its Outcomes has now been published. The issue contains a series of articles designed to "provide collective reviews that address the progress made and the gaps that still exist in understanding the complex dynamical and biogeochemical processes in the Indian Ocean, and in improving prediction skills for weather, climate, and ecosystems" (Lisan Yu, 2020, p.1). The articles also address the Review's recommendations and provide a roadmap for IndOOS-2 over the next decade. The online version can be found here.
  • Grants & Funding Opportunities:
    • NOAA Ocean Acidification Education Mini-grant Funding Opportunity: NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program presents a mini-grant initiative to fund ocean acidification outreach that engages communities through innovative approaches, such as data visualization, multimedia tools, hands-on labs and citizen science. Applications are due April 3, 2020. More info: https://oceanacidification.noaa.gov/WhatsNew/Funding.aspx
    • National Coastal Resilience Fund 2020 RFP: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is pleased to announce the National Coastal Resilience Fund Request for Proposals (RFP) for 2020. NFWF will make investments to restore and strengthen natural systems so they can protect coastal communities from the impacts of storms, floods, and other natural hazards and enable them to recover more quickly, and enhance habitats for fish and wildlife. Pre-proposals deadline April 8. See the full announcement for more. 
    • AOOS RFP: The Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) is inviting new project ideas and proposals to include in our next 5-Year cooperative agreement with NOAA’s Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). Deadline April 10. See the full announcement for details. 
    • Fisheries Information System/Electronic Technologies/Catch Share Program for FY 2021: Request for preproposals on Fisheries Information System/Electronic Technologies/Catch Share Program for FY 2021. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/commercial-fishing/fisheries-information-system-program  Scroll down to "more information" to see the FIS 2021 Request for Proposal Guidance Document. Who is eligible: Potential participant(s) come from NOAA Fisheries Regional Offices, Science Centers, Headquarters Offices, FIN partners, and State partners. FIS, ET, and the CSP will allocate resources for high quality proposals based on FIS, ET, and CSP priorities. Funding to State partners will be provided through the Interstate Commissions (check with your local Interstate Commission before submitting a proposal to see if they require prior approval). Pre-proposals must be submitted via PIMS by 4/15/2020.
    • STUDENTS: Vembu Subramanian Ocean Scholars open for submissions: Apply today for the Vembu Subramanian Ocean Scholars award! Do not miss the opportunity to receive $2500 in travel support to present your research at a conference. Proposals are due May 15, 2020 (deadline extended!). Click here for more info and how to apply. 
    • STUDENTS: Examine How Temperature Affects Fish Movement Patterns in South Florida: SECOORA and the FACT Network are partnering to sponsor a graduate student to examine how temperature affects fish movement patterns in south Florida marine ecosystems. Proposals are due May 15, 2020 (deadline extended!) and the award value is $12,800.  Click here for more info and how to apply. 
    • SECOORA 2020 Data Challenge: Using High Frequency Radar to Meet User Needs: SECOORA is asking students and early career professionals to explain the importance of high frequency radar (HFR) and create tools that use archived SECOORA HFR data. There are two $3500 prizes.  Proposals are due May 15, 2020 (deadline extended!). Click here for more info and how to apply.
    • DARPA BAA: This BAA invites proposers to submit innovative basic or applied research concepts in the following technical domains: Frontiers in Math, Computation & Design; Limits of Sensing & Sensors; Complex Social Systems; Anticipating Surprise. The research topics of interest within each domain are described in the BAA. Closes June 12, 2020.

Delivering the Benefits:

  • New Open Source Tool to Remotely Calibrate Web Camera Data: SECOORA’s 2019 Data Challenge Winner, Matthew Conlin, a PhD student at the University of Florida, has developed an easy tool to remotely calibrate web camera images for use in measuring changes in coastal and nearshore environments. Read all about it here and be sure to check out SECOORA's 2020 opportunity in the Funding section (above)! 

    • New PacIOOS Biological Dataset Added to OBIS: PacIOOS continues to make biological data sets widely accessible by aligning them to Darwin Core Standards and adding them to the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS). The most recent addition is a data set of Rapid Ecological Assessments of Fish Large-Area Stationary Point Count Surveys (SPC) at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2000 to 2007, collected by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Program of NOAA's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. The reef fish surveys were conducted in the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas to catalog the diversity (species richness), abundance (numeric density) and biomass (fish mass per unit area) of diurnally active reef fish assemblages in shallow-water (typically 10-15m, always less than 30m) hard-bottom habitats.

    • Thanks to Partners: Stranded PacIOOS Wave Buoy Safely Recovered: On Prince Kuhio Day, PacIOOS' wave buoy off Mōkapu, Oʻahu, broke free from its mooring due to persistent, strong trade winds and associated windswell waves of over 12ft in height. Awaited by the PacIOOS team, the buoy washed ashore in the early morning hours at Kailua Beach. All PacIOOS wave buoys are equipped with GPS sensors, which allows us to track the buoys' locations. With the support of the members of the Aulea Swim Club, the 500lbs buoy was moved out of the surf zone to higher ground. The Site Manager for Kalama Beach Park from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation, and the team from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Facility Maintenance supported the recovery efforts by moving the buoy off the beach. Mahalo to our partners on the ground for supporting the recovery efforts, and many thanks to our partners at the Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP), who always keep an eye on our buoys.

    • Equipping Smart Coasts with Marine Quality IoT Sensors: Ocean acidification data are rarely communicated in real time to water quality or aquaculture managers. In the Agua Hedionda Lagoon in Carlsbad, CA, researchers from SCCOOS and Scripps Institution of Oceanography and industry representatives from the Carlsbad Aquafarm have come together through a NOAA-facilitated project to alleviate this data shortage using a combination of cutting-edge research technology alongside off-the-shelf and easy-to-implement IoT communications packages. Here is the link to the full article published in Results in Engineering. 

    • CeNCOOS, SCCOOS and Sea Grant Integrating Data to Assess California’s Marine Protected Areas:CeNCOOS, with SCCOOS and Sea Grant, is working with MPA monitoring partners to understand changes in MPA conditions related to local and other phenomena like climate change. They are integrating data from various investigators, locations, habitats and methods to assess changes in key indicators. Read more here: https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/news/integrating-data-to-assess-californias-marine-protected-areas

    • NERACOOS releases mini Annual Report: NERACOOS has released a condensed version of their annual report online for 2019.  Check it out here. 

Congressional:

  • IOOS Act Update: No update.

Communications/Outreach/Education:

  • WEBINAR: For Current and Future GLOS Data Providers: Tune in to hear an update on how GLOS is working to support monitoring, how to contribute to the new Integrated Ocean Observing System proposal, practical next-steps for sharing your data, and more.  Click here for more info & to register. 

    • CARICOOS gathers educational resources in Spanish:  CARICOOS has created a page to show all their available digital educational resources, all available in Spanish.  Click here! CARICOOS provee recursos educativos en español: CARICOOS ha creado un portal para mostrar los recursos educativos que tienen disponibles en forma digital, todos en español. Presione aquí!

    • WEBINAR: New Surface Current Maps for the MARCO Portal: April 14 at 11am EDT. Learn about the currents and sea surface temperatures maps created in partnership between MARCO and MARACOOS. Michael Crowley, MARACOOS Technical Director will discuss and demonstrate the maps on the Portal and the data products on the MARACOOS OceansMap that were used to create them. Click here for more information. 

    • WEBINAR Where did my fish go?: Dr. Joy Young from The FACT Network presents the webinar "Where did my fish go? How scientists are working together to track fish over vast ocean space." Dr. Joy Young will discuss how scientists in The FACT Network are working together to improve management of our aquatic resources through sharing data. Click here to view.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG_lRqY7qk8 

Upcoming Meetings with IOOS Participation ((Please check links as we move forward as things may change quickly for planned events):

  • POSTPONED Until 2021/MTS Buoy Workshop: The 2020 MTS Buoy Workshop scheduled for April 13-16, 2020 in Wilmington, NC will be postponed until 2021. More details found here: https://buoytech.mtsociety.org/

  • Smart Great Lakes, 21 April 2020, Virtual: An afternoon of exploring ways we can advance technological applications that can improve our understanding, management, and use of the Great Lakes. After a successful workshop in Toronto, Canada last year, the Great Lakes Observing System, Cleveland Water Alliance and the Council of the Great Lakes Region are excited to partner with Current to host a US-focused Smart Great Lakes Initiative workshop on Zoom (link to be sent to attendees prior to 4/21/20). Click here for more info & to register. 

  • POSTPONED/CARICOOS General Assembly, 28 April 2020, Ponce, PR: The CARICOOS General Assembly has been postponed, future date to be announced when available.

  • CANCELED/MARACOOS Annual Meeting, 14 May 2020, Baltimore, MD: MARACOOS has canceled their Annual Meeting, originally scheduled for May 13 -14 in Baltimore, MD. They are evaluating virtual opportunities to engage with partners, particularly regarding the strategic plan and will be in touch when plans have been finalized.

  • SECOORA Annual Meeting, 18 – 19 May 2020, Virtual: From the comfort of your couch – join SECOORA for our 2020 Annual (Virtual) Meeting! Everyone will be able to tune in remotely for updates on SECOORA, IOOS and more. It will be not the same format as years prior, as it will be condensed into three or four webinar sessions. Click here for meeting materials, registration, and more info. 

  • CANCELED/IAGLR 2020: Focusing on the Future, 8 – 12 June 2020, Winnipeg, Manitoba: The International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) 63rd annual conference has been canceled.  See their announcement for more information. 

  • 2020 DMAC Meeting, 16 – 19 June 2020, Silver Spring, MD: IOOS is pleased to announce that the 2020 DMAC Meeting will take place Tuesday, June 16 to Friday, June 19, in Silver Spring, Maryland. Further details forthcoming.

  • SAVE THE DATE: IOOS/ESIP Biological Data Standards Workshop, July 13, 2020, Burlington, VT:  This Biological Data Standards workshop, sponsored by the US Integrated Ocean Observing System (US IOOS) in partnership with ESIP, OBIS and BCO-DMO, invites participation from data providers and data managers across the marine community. The workshop will be designed to alternate between working sessions with all participants and hands-on sessions on topics including: 

    • Data Standard and Stewardship Best practices 

    • Vocabularies and ontologies 

    • Shared technology, shared knowledge and knowledge transfer 

    • Development of methodologies 

    • More about the workshop: Hands-on work around data transformation and management processes Scientific observations of marine biodiversity and biology are essential for effective conservation of ocean species. These observations are collected at great cost, and are fundamental to advance scientific understanding of life in the sea. Marine ecological data are complex and heterogeneous, and there are unique methods and approaches to their collection, curation, sharing and distribution. To allow these observations to be reused for scientific, pedagogical and policy purposes, they need to be managed and well-described using standardized methods and formats. There is a pressing need in the marine community for standardized approaches to integrate biological data at local, regional, and global scales. This applies to observations spanning genetic to population data types, and across space and time. Major global databases such as OBIS and GBIF rely on Darwin Core, Ecological Metadata Language, and the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) to help manage taxonomic information. The observing community, focused on abiotic data collections, evolved to leverage netCDF and climate and forecast conventions, while the biological research and applications communities have traditionally operated outside of common standards; this landscape makes it difficult to assess the status and trends of critical indicators of living marine resources and ecosystem services. 

  • National Coastal and Estuarine Summit, Providence RI on Oct 4-8, 2020 - Call for Proposals Open: Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE) and the Coastal States Organization (CSO) proudly present the 2020 National Coastal and Estuarine Summit, which will bring together the coastal restoration and management communities for an integrated discussion exploring issues, solutions, and lessons learned in their work. The Summit will provide timely and much needed attention to the challenges and opportunities for coastal and estuarine restoration and management. It will bring together a unique blend of people who are involved in policy, science, strategy, business, and on-the-ground restoration and management.Call for Proposals: Presentations, Sessions, and Posters - Oral Presentation Submittal Deadline: April 3, 2020, Poster Submittal Deadline: July 17, 2020. More info: https://estuaries.org/summit/

Other Upcoming Meetings: 

  • Capitol Hill Ocean Week 2020: Biodiversity, 9 – 11 June, 2020, Washington, DC: More information and registration (when open) is available on the CHOW website.

  • EMODnet 2nd Open Conference and Jamboree - Save-the-date: 22-25 September 2020: Five years after the first edition, we are delighted to announce the organisation of the second EMODnet Open Conference (22-23 September 2020) and Jamboree (23-25 September 2020). During the event, EMODnet partners, communicators and data providers and users will take stock of EMODnet achievements over the past 10 years, connect across stakeholder communities and set goals for the future. To start the week, the EMODnet Open Conference will focus on use cases and requirements for developing essential open marine data services for blue economy actors, the public sector, civil society and the research community. More details will follow soon.

Job & Internship Opportunities:

  • STUDENTS: Vembu Subramanian Ocean Scholars open for submissions: Apply today for the Vembu Subramanian Ocean Scholars award! Do not miss the opportunity to receive $2500 in travel support to present your research at a conference. Proposals are due May 15, 2020 (deadline extended!). Click here for more info and how to apply. 

  • STUDENTS: Examine How Temperature Affects Fish Movement Patterns in South Florida: SECOORA and the FACT Network are partnering to sponsor a graduate student to examine how temperature affects fish movement patterns in south Florida marine ecosystems. Proposals are due May 15, 2020 (deadline extended!) and the award value is $12,800.  Click here for more info and how to apply. 

  • Executive Director, NERACOOS: The key roles of the Executive Director are to lead, manage, and inspire staff, principal investigators, partners, and board members to collectively sustain and improve a regional ocean observing system that is responsive to the information needs of the Northeast. The Executive Director is the principal spokesperson for the organization and will travel extensively to represent NERACOOS locally, nationally, and occasionally internationally, and to provide regional leadership and guidance.  Click here for more info and to apply: http://www.neracoos.org/edjobsearch

  • Vacancy Notice: Chief, Tsunami Unit, IOC/UNESCO: A vacancy notice is available through the UNESCO careers portal for Chief of Tsunami Unit, IOC/UNESCO. Duty station: Paris. Deadline for application is 26 April 2020

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