📣 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

🌍 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

📣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/...

🌊 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

🎉 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...

🐋 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

🧊🌊 SOOS Annual Report 2025 available! It highlights progress in Southern Ocean observations, from ice-covered regions to global collaboration, improving data access and closing key gaps. See how coordinated science is shaping future priorities. 📄 go.soos.aq/AnnualReport2025

The April #SOOS_Update is out now! 🧊New synthesis in ice-covered ocean regions 🔎Progress in biodiversity and carbon observations 🌊Recent field + data activities across the Southern Ocean community See what’s emerging and how to connect: go.soos.aq/SOOSUpdateNo34

🔹 Webinar recording now available 🔹 Amundsen & Bellingshausen Seas fieldwork (2025/26) linking grounding zones, ice–ocean interaction & meltwater pathways. Learn more about how ocean heat reaches ice shelves + how meltwater/nutrients are redistributed. ▶️ Watch: youtu.be/UvPdue_rj2s

SOOS SSC member Dr. Mohamed Adjou has been selected as a 2026 Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research Visiting Scholar 🎉👏 A fantastic recognition that supports our shared work to strengthen regional capacity and build more connected, coordinated Southern Ocean observations.

Join the upcoming @scarinstant.bsky.social webinar: ❄️ The Cryosphere Pavilion #COP30: Early career researcher's experience & how to participate with Marcela Alves de Castro (Brazil) and Ailin Sol Ortone Lois (Argentina) 📌 14 April, 15:00 CET Zoom link to join: us02web.zoom.us/j/8766705470...

🌊 Next #SOFLUX_webinar: Phytoplankton blooms: hotspots for CO₂ absorption in the Southern Ocean A 17‑month drifting buoy time series shows the Southern Ocean carbon sink is largely inherited and advected, not locally formed. 🗣️ Kirtana Naëck 📅 28 Apr | 14:00 UTC ▶️ go.soos.aq/Register_SOFLUX_Webinar

🌍 SOOS endorses COCO2 — a major effort to reduce uncertainty in the ocean carbon sink. By deploying advanced, model- & AI-informed adaptive observing missions, COCO2 will improve how we measure CO₂ uptake in the Southern Ocean. 🔗 buff.ly/CC6HbHl 🧩 @schmidtsciences.bsky.social 📰

🚨 SOIS RWG Newsletter is live: News from the Southern Ocean Indian Sector! Featuring: 🔦Researcher Spotlight: Ippolita Tersigni @ippy90.bsky.social 📝 East Antarctic shelf research strategy white paper 💼 Opportunities 📅 Events & workshops 📬 Read & join the community: mailchi.mp/a4f464f320d0...

🌊 Updates from the 2025–2026 field season: Hear what's happening in the Amundsen & Bellingshausen Seas right now at our next #ABS_Webinar. 🧊Thwaites Glacier recap 🌊Ice-melt & nutrient exchanges (BRINE) 📅 15 April, 13:30 UTC 👉 go.soos.aq/ABS_Webinar_Register Hear directly from scientists involved!

🌊 Are we missing what’s happening below the surface - if we only look at surface data? In the latest #SOFLUX_webinar, Léa Olivier shows how a fresh surface layer can act like a lid—hiding CO₂-rich waters rising below, revealed only through rare subsurface observations ▶️ Watch: youtu.be/9Se6660zk4Q

🌊 Last chance for ECRs - with interest in the Weddell Sea & Dronning Maud Land! Want to get involved in Southern Ocean science at an international level? SOOS & APECS are looking for an ECR representative (WSDML working group). 🗓 Apply by 26 March 👉 www.apecs.is/news/apecs-n...

The last 11 years have been the hottest years ever recorded. Earth’s energy imbalance has reached its highest than at any time in observed history, with heat reaching deeper into the ocean. This is the Global #StateOfClimate 2025. 📰 Press release: https://bit.ly/4ds4r2V #WorldMetDay

❄️ What better way to celebrate turning 30 than a swim in the Southern Ocean? We’re launching SOOS Alumni in the Spotlight, a new series celebrating our community. First up: Sian Henley on science, community, and life beyond SOOS 👉 soos.aq/news/alumni-in-the-spotlight-sian-henley

Next #SOFLUX_Webinar will feature Léa Olivier ( @awi.de ) presenting on: “Southern Ocean freshening, CO₂-rich deep waters, & emerging surface fluxes in a changing climate” 🗓 25 Mar ⏰ 15:00UTC 🔗 go.soos.aq/Register_SOFLUX_Webinar

🌊 Early Career Researchers: advance your career, visibility, and network! SOOS & APECS seek an ECR representative for the Weddell Sea & Dronning Maud Land RWG. Build your network, gain leadership experience & contribute to Southern Ocean science. 🗓 Apply by 26 March 👉 www.apecs.is/news/apecs-n...

📢 Opportunity for Early-Career Ocean Scientists! Apply to join the SCOR Executive Committee to ensure the #ECOP perspective is included in SCOR's leadership. This 2-year position is open to ocean science professionals less than 10 years out from their degree. More at scor-int.org/2026/03/09/c....

🤖 Machine learning is helping us explore Antarctic ecosystems! A new review by Gorry et al. shows how satellite, drone data, and curated resources like SOOS enable modeling of ice, ocean, and life in the Southern Ocean 👉👉doi.org/10.3390/rs18030459

📢 Reminder: Abstract submissions for the 12th SCAR Open Science Conference (10–14 Aug 2026, Oslo 🇳🇴) close 28 February 2026. Find our sessions below! Planning to submit something related to SOOS ? Please get in touch so we can coordinate efforts. 🌊❄️

#OSM26 kicks off 22 Feb in Glasgow! 🌊 At the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026, the Southern Ocean Observing System community is leading & contributing to sessions on air–sea fluxes, carbon, tech & open polar data. Attending? Join us! 🔗 soos.aq/events/osm26-sessions

🌊 SOFLUX Newsletter is out! Highlights: 🎓 ECR spotlight: Léa Olivier (Alfred Wegener Institute) on the Southern Ocean CO₂ sink 📚 New papers on Southern Ocean Air-Sea Fluxes 🌍 Project updates: ATMOS2 & TRICUSO ✈️ Tips for reducing your conference carbon footprint 🔗 More: go.soos.aq/SOFLUX_Feb_2026

🎥 New #SOFLUX_Webinar recording! “Insights from 13 years of Southern Ocean Flux Station (SOFS) observations” by Haifeng Zhang (Australian Bureau of Meteorology) A valuable long-term perspective on air–sea exchange processes in the Southern Ocean. 🔗 Watch the recording here: youtu.be/uN-pPES2YaA

🌊📊 Southern Ocean biodiversity under the spotlight! SOOS, @scar-antarctic.bsky.social & AAD workshop defined region-specific Essential Biodiversity Variables to track changes in sea ice, plankton, benthic, & predator systems. 🔗 doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2025.00038 🧵 Part of #SOOSSymposium2023 issue

For our 12th edition of our monthly International Day of Women and Girls in Science post (#IDWGS2025), we’re featuring Alyce Hancock, Executive Officer of @soosocean.bsky.social!

⏰Reminder: #SOFLUX_webinar on air-sea heat flux coming up on Monday! Register➡️ go.soos.aq/Register_SOFLUX_Webinar

🧊⚠️ Rapid change. Limited observations. Big consequences. SOOS & @oceaniceeu.bsky.social defined 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻. Built by ~30 international experts. Timed for #AntarcticaInSync & #IPY5 Read: go.soos.aq/White_Paper_Priorities&Harmonisation

🇦🇶 What concerns you most about Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and why? 🇦🇶 SCAR is updating its Horizon Scan and we invite you to contribute. 🔷 Submit your response by 1 March 2026 and help focus international research where it is most needed: bit.ly/scar-horizon...

🌍 Open Letter to World Leaders — post-COP30 update "Without sustained observations, stable financing,(...), we risk governing for a climate that effectively no longer exists" 🎥 Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hnI... 📄 Post-COP30 analysis (Nat. Comm.): eartharxiv.org/repository/v...

🌊 #SOFLUX_Webinar: 13 Yrs of Heat Flux Insights from the Southern Ocean 🗓️ Feb 9, 9:00 UTC 🎤 Haifeng Zhang (Australian Bureau of Meteorology) Explore over a decade of Southern Ocean Flux Station (SOFS) data revealing how the Southern Ocean absorbs heat 💻 Register: buff.ly/xVcXFjK

🌊 Ross Sea MPA Research Coordination Network – Annual Meeting Join the global science–policy community supporting the Ross Sea region MPA review. 📍 Estes Park, Colorado (USA) 📅 27–30 April 🖥️ In person & virtual 📝 Register by 19 Feb ✈️ Travel💸 available 🔗 www.rosssearesearch.org/annual-meeti...

🌟New faces strengthen SOOS DMSC! We’re excited to welcome new members to the SOOS Data Management Sub-Committee (DMSC): Itzel Ruvalcaba, Chantel Ridsdale, Rajendran Ajin, Belinda Nhesvure, and Rachele Bordoni 🙌 Read more: buff.ly/CCAEsQC

🚨 CALL for Community Input 🚨 The #AntarcticaInSync Draft White Papers are open for review—and your voice matters! ⏳ Feedback closes 31 Jan 2026 🎥 Public webinar: 20–21 Jan 2026 This is a critical opportunity to influence priorities, gaps, & directions. www.antarctica-insync.org/antarctica-i...

🎥 Webinar recording now available! Missed the recent #SOFLUX_webinar? Explore how passing storm systems can trigger bursts of nitrous oxide (N₂O) release from the Southern Ocean — 💡shedding new light on atmosphere–ocean gas exchange and climate-relevant feedbacks. Watch: youtu.be/p47Fkq0_G34

!Nominations are still open! 📷https://buff.ly/Lso1wW5 If you want to see what the Weddell Sea and Dronning Maud Land working group has been up to, find their latest newsletter here: buff.ly/gVGQFTw

🎉 The Amundsen & Bellingshausen Sector (ABS) RWG ended 2025 on a high note! 1⃣ New researchers join the group's leadership team: Casey Schine, Laura Cimoli, & @hildeoliver.bsky.social 🧖https://buff.ly/vac6JAb 2⃣ And the ABS workshop recordings are now available 📹https://buff.ly/VtDa5dR