The SCOR 2022 Annual Meeting was held in a hybrid mode between the 4-6 of October from Busan, Korea, hosted by the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST). The meeting was attended by 78 participants from 31 countries representing all continents. Of these, 22 participants from 11 countries attended on-site.
Within the framework of the SCOR 2022 Annual Meeting, a joint symposium on "Developing better capacity for Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOPs)" was organized by SCOR, the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) and KIOST. In this joint session, members of the three organizations presented scientific highlights and discussed opportunities for ECOPs to be engaged within the UN Ocean Decade, SCOR and PICES.
The SCOR community continued to make significant progress in the last year despite the challenges and the SCOR Working Groups and large-scale projects altogether organized more than 120 virtual meetings throughout the year with some of the Working Groups and projects being able to meet in person again. The SCOR community also made remarkable scientific progress publishing almost 1000 scientific papers between 2021 and 2022.
All documents, reports and narrated presentations from the 2022 SCOR Annual Meeting can be found at the SCOR website. |
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Participants of the 2022 SCOR Annual Meeting at Haeundae beach, Busan.
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Participants of the 2022 SCOR Annual Meeting at the venue, Paradise Hotel Busan. |
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Visit to the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST). |
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On site and online participants of the SCOR 2022 Annual Meeting . |
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Two new Working Groups were approved at the SCOR 2022 Annual Meeting |
SCOR WG 166, Developing resources for the study of Methylated Sulfur compound cycling PROcesses in the ocean (DMS-PRO), will establish oceanographic multidisciplinary collaboration focused on the oceanic biogeochemical sulfur cycle. WG 166 will be co-chaired by Martí Galí (Spain) and Daniela del Valle (Argentina). Read more here.
SCOR WG 167, Reducing Uncertainty in Soluble aerosol Trace Element Deposition (RUSTED), will focus on assuring the quality of trace element solubility data from aerosol leaches and improving the handling of aeolian soluble iron in Earth System models. WG 167 will be co-chaired by Rachel Shelley (UK), Douglas Hamilton (USA), and Morgane Perron (France). Read more here.
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Three new members to the SCOR Executive Committee |
Peter Croot (UK/Ireland) was elected Secretary of SCOR (2022-2026) to replace Paul Myers (Canada), Ilka Peeken (Germany) was elected Vice-President (2022-2024) to replace Jing Zhang (Japan), and Wee Cheah (Malaysia) was appointed as the early career co-opted member (2022-2024) to replace Charlotte Laufkoetter (Switzerland).
SCOR welcomes Peter, Ilka and Wee wishing them a successful engagement with SCOR and acknowledges the valuable contributions and dedication of Paul, Jing and Charlotte!
More information about the new members here. |
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News from the SCOR Secretariat |
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SCOR at United Nations events |
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UN Ocean Conference:
During the UN Ocean Conference, SCOR and the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ( ICES) signed a collaboration agreement aimed at furthering synergies between the two organizations based on their mutual interests. More information here.
UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC):
Statement from the Science and Technology Major Group on the topic of plastic pollution contributed by SCOR WG #153 on Floating Litter and its Oceanic TranSport Analysis and Modelling (FLOTSAM). Read more here.
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Several members of the SCOR community received in 2022 recognition for their significant contributions to ocean science and for their service to the oceanographic community. |
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Applications for 2023 SCOR Visiting Scholars is open until the 23 of December 2022. More information about the program and how to apply here. |
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Recipients of the 2022 POGO-SCOR Visiting Fellowships |
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Six POGO-SCOR Fellows were approved in 2022:
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María Emilia Bravo (Argentina) will train on polychaetes associated with recently discovered methane seeps off-Argentina - Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA.
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Maya Eria Sinurat (Indonesia) will train on Altimetry Data Processing Training for Sea Level Trend and Variability at the Biophysics Operating Unit, Italy.
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Sangeeta Naik (India) will train on Bacterial farming by mixoplankton in the global oceans at Cardiff University, UK.
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Brendon Damini (Brazil) will train on Autonomous underwater vehicles (SeaGlider) as a tool to improve Antarctic shelf regions studies at University of East Anglia, UK.
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Anwesha Ghosh (India) will train on Integrating coastal observations to explore the biological impacts of climate change at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK.
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Isabelle de Oliveira (Brazil) will train on Ocean-Atmosphere processes in response to climate change in the tropical South Atlantic at the University of Bergen, Norway.
The full list of recipients since 2001 can be found here.
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Recipients of the 2022 Exceptional Call for Early Career Scholars and Fellows |
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Renovation of the SCOR Committee on Capacity Development |
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Rebecca Zitoun (Germany) was appointed Chair of the Capacity Development Committee, and Dr. Moagabi Ragoasha (South Africa), Dr. Mauro Cirano (Brazil), and Viena Puigcorbé (Spain) were appointed as new members of the Committee.
SCOR wishes them a successful engagement and acknowledges the valuable contributions and dedication of former Chair Claudia Benítez-Nelson (USA) and committee member Vanessa Hatje (Brazil) for their outstanding services to the SCOR community for the last years.
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Latest news from the projects at:
SCOR Research projects:
- Marine biogeochemical cycles of trace elements and their isotopes (GEOTRACES)
- Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBeR)
- Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Studies (SOLAS)
- International Indian Ocean Expedition II (IIOE-2)
- International Quiet Ocean Experiment (IQOE)
SCOR Infrastructural projects:
- International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP)
- Global Harmful Algal Blooms (GlobalHAB)
- Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS)
- Changing Ocean Biological Systems (COBS)
- Joint Committee on Seawater (JCS)
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Some of the most recent contributions from the SCOR community include:
Boss, E., Waite, A. M., Karstensen, J., Trull, T., Muller-Karger, F., Sosik, H. M., et al. (2022). Recommendations for Plankton Measurements on OceanSITES Moorings With Relevance to Other Observing Sites. Front. Mar. Sci. 9, 929436. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.929436.
Brodie, S., Addey, C. I., Cvitanovic, C., Dias, B. S., Frainer, A., García-Morales, S., et al. (2022). Editorial: Solving Complex Ocean Challenges Through Interdisciplinary Research: Advances from Early Career Marine Scientists. Front. Mar. Sci. 9, 913459. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.913459.
Bucklin, A., Batta-Lona, P. G., Questel, J. M., Wiebe, P. H., Richardson, D. E., Copley, N. J., et al. (2022). COI Metabarcoding of Zooplankton Species Diversity for Time-Series Monitoring of the NW Atlantic Continental Shelf. Front. Mar. Sci. 9, 867893. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.867893.
Clegg, S. L., Humphreys, M. P., Waters, J. F., Turner, D. R., and Dickson, A. G. (2022). Chemical speciation models based upon the Pitzer activity coefficient equations, including the propagation of uncertainties. II. Tris buffers in artificial seawater at 25 °C, and an assessment of the seawater ‘Total’ pH scale. Marine Chemistry 244, 104096. doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2022.104096.
Humphreys, M. P., Waters, J. F., Turner, D. R., Dickson, A. G., and Clegg, S. L. (2022). Chemical speciation models based upon the Pitzer activity coefficient equations, including the propagation of uncertainties: Artificial seawater from 0 to 45 °C. Marine Chemistry 244, 104095. doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2022.104095.
Parsons, M. J. G., Lin, T.-H., Mooney, T. A., Erbe, C., Juanes, F., Lammers, M., et al. (2022). Sounding the Call for a Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds. Front. Ecol. Evol. 10, 810156. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.810156.
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The 2022 memorials for scientists involved with SCOR can be read here. SCOR pays tribute to Philip Roy Pugh (National Oceanography Center, UK), Raymond Pollard (National Oceanography Center, UK), Robie Macdonald (Fisheries and Oceans, Canada), Viktor Akulichef (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia), Timothy Parson (University of British Columbia, Canada), Jorde García Orellana (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain), Myriam Sibuet (IFREMER, France), David Pugh (National Oceanography Center, UK). |
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For updates on SCOR activities, see our Latest News section
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Dr. Patricia Miloslavich
SCOR Executive Director
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