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• Read latest IMBeR’s Interdisciplinary Marine Early Career Network (IMECaN) Newsletter

• Interesting read: Less ice in the Arctic Ocean has complex effects on marine ecosystems and ocean productivity
• Interesting read: Tips for preparing for a job talk
• Video: Concerningly, bird flu has reached mainland Antarctica for the first time
• Making it funny: Comedians translate climate science into something funny and understandable
• Interesting read: Development of a management-based ranking of beaches
• New South African Chondrichthyan Database (191 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras) released
• Interesting read: Largest environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling of lakes around the world in a single day (22 May 2024)

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• Survey to help establish a great mentorship programme for postgrad students and / or ECR's in polar and offshore marine research
• Call for contributions: Frontiers in ocean observing, Oceanography Society. Submit by 15 March 
• Contribute to the Ocean Decade Vision 2030 White Papers review process. Download the draft White Papers here: https://oceanexpert.org/document/33599 and give your review here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WP_vision_2030
• Ocean Decade Newsletter
• Call for papers: Ocean Yearbook Vol 39to be published in June 2025. Deadline for manuscript submissions is 31 March 
• Call for papers for annual competition from marine affairs students: Ocean Yearbook. Deadline for submissions is 15 May 

• Webinar: Bringing local communities and sustainable growth opportunities together for sea turtle conservation, 2 May. Register now
• Webinar: Visual storytelling, Tom Langbehn, University of Bergen, 12 March. Register now
• Ecopath 40 Years: The Ecosystem Continuum - From Knowledge to Decisions, 3-8 June, Ostend, Belgium. Submit abstracts by 15 March 
• Online science communication program: Public engagement, 21 - 23 May, Apply by 25 March
• International conference: Integrated responses to intensification of extreme climate & weather events in developing economies, 22-24 May, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Register and submit abstracts by 31 March 
• IOC Training Course: Harmful Marine Microalgae, 1 July-20 Sept 2024Copenhagen, Denmark,  Registration by 31 March 
• AZTI Summer School: Bridging the gap between marine science and policy. 11-13 June, San Sebastian, Spain Apply by 20 April 
• 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States, 27-30 May, St John’s, Antigua 
• 15th Aquaculture Association of Southern Africa Conference, 9-13 September, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Submit abstracts by 3 June
• 16th Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference: Co-producing knowledge for sustainability, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, 4-6 June
• Save the date: ESSAS Annual Science Meeting, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, 18-21 June

Don't forget....

• Online training: Intro to image annotation and computer vision for marine ecology, 7-8 March 
• ICES-PICES 7th International Zooplankton Production Symposium, Hobart, Tasmania, 17-22 March. Register now
• 5th Global dialogue on sustainable ocean development, 1-5 July, Bali, Indonesia. Apply for funded place by 26 April
• OceanPredict Symposium: Advancing Ocean Prediction science for societal benefits, Maison de l’UNESCO, Paris, France. Registration opens soon 
• Australian and New Zealand Marine Science Conference, 15-20 September, Hobart, Australia. Early bird registration: 5 July 

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