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

🌊🔥 Heat Extremes Are Rewriting Southern Ocean Ecosystems 26 years of observations show marine heat waves & cold spells are disrupting phytoplankton with global implications. SOOS-acknowledged paper by Bai et al. @natcomms.nature.com 📄 doi.org/10.1038/s414... 📰 scienmag.com/extreme-heat...

🇦🇷🌊 En diciembre, Irene Schloss, copresidenta de SOOS, y Martina Mascioni, representante de APECS del WAPSA, participaron en las XII Jornadas Nacionales de Ciencias del Mar – XX Coloquio de Oceanografía, Puerto Madryn. 🗣️ Introducción a SOOS en español: buff.ly/iCqCF9T

🌊 Next #SOFLUX_Webinar coming up! "Low-pressure storms drive nitrous oxide emissions from the Southern Ocean" 🎙️ Colette Kelly (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) 🗓️ 8 January 2026 🕤 15:00 UTC 🔗 go.soos.aq/Register_SOFLUX_Webinar More: soos.aq/events/soflu...

Easing into the new year? Catch up on our latest #SOOS_Update! This issue includes: 🎓 New "Alumni in the Spotlight" Feature ✨ Welcome to new leadership members 🤝 Vibrant working group workshops & webinars 🔬 Research on fluxes, ecosystems & ocean acidification & more at go.soos.aq/SOOSUpdateNo33

Welcome 2026 with a reminder from @antarctic.bsky.social's stunning pteropod films: “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀… 𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fTl... At SOOS, that’s exactly what we’ll continue to do. Keep looking with us in 2026!

🎉 Happy Holidays from SOOS! 🎉 Our office is winding down for the year! 💙 Please note that the SOOS office will be reduced and partially closed until 6 January 2026. Looking forward to reconnect in the new year with more Southern Ocean updates & initiatives! Wishing you a fantastic start to 2026!

🌊 Southern Ocean in motion! Each dot shows where buoys, gliders, floats, and even tagged animals collected data. This graphic by OCEAN:ICE was drawn from sources available in SOOSmap. SOOSmap.aq brings datasets together, making them FAIR & visible, helping researchers spot gaps and track changes.

🌱📉What happens to phytoplankton when Antarctic sea ice hits record lows? 📈 Schlosser & Strutton show major shifts in bloom timing & magnitude, with 2023 standing out as a uncharacteristically long & productive season 🔗 doi.org/10.1525/elem... 🧵 Part of the #SOOSSymposium2023 Special Issue

#SOFLUX_webinar CANCELLED! We are sorry to inform you that the below webinar had to be cancelled. Our webinar series will continue in the new year. Follow us for updates!

🚨 WSDML RWG: Call for Leadership Team Members Nominations (including self-noms) invited for the SOOS Weddell Sea & Dronning Maud Land (WSDML) RWG Leadership Team! Help drive activities & strategy in a friendly team! Nominate by 30 Jan 2026 buff.ly/o3rdH5X

Join us in welcoming the newest members to the SOOS Scientific Steering Committee! With great pleasure we introduce: Sandy Thomalla, Friederike Weith, & Clara Manno. Read more here: soos.aq/news/new-ssc...

⏰Rescheduled: Next #SOFLUX_webinar happening a week later: 10 December 2025, 9:30 am UTC!!! Good news is you still have time to register :-) go.soos.aq/Register_SOFLUX_Webinar

#PolarPride Reminder: Diversity enriches teams like mixing water masses enriches the Southern Ocean. Different sources, one powerful system. 🌊🌈 The Southern Ocean connects the planet —Polar Pride reminds us that inclusive science is stronger science. #PolarPride #ScienceIsForEveryone #LGBTQinSTEM

🌊 Next #SOFLUX_Webinar: How storms change ocean heat! "The Impact of Synoptic Meteorology on Observed Surface Heat Fluxes over the Southern Ocean" 🎙️ Sreenath Veettil (Monash University) 🗓️ 4 December 2025 🕤 09:30 UTC 🔗 go.soos.aq/Register_SOF... More: soos.aq/events/soflu...

Uncover how storms shape Southern Ocean heat & carbon uptake through the year! 📺 Recording available: youtu.be/g6qyoDZs-bI

❄️State of the Cryosphere 2025 by @ICCInet is out. Ice is melting, permafrost is releasing carbon, sea ice is at record lows. Current climate pledges risk >2°C warming—disaster for billions. Only immediate action can still limit warming. ⏰ 📄 iccinet.org/statecryo25/

🎞️Recordings of the "Virtual Workshop on Ocean Connectivity & Exchange Across the Antarctic Peninsula: Processes and Impacts" are now online! Check them out here: youtube.com/playlist?lis... Hosted by SOOS WAPSA RWG. New members welcome. Anyone can join at: www.soos.aq/activities/r...

🌊 Register now for the next #SOFLUX_Webinar! 🎙️ Uncovering the seasonality of storm-driven Southern Ocean heat and carbon uptake 🗓️ KatherineTurner ( University of Arizona) 🕓 23 Oct | 14:00 UTC 🔗 Register here: airtable.com/appoukWG95euPhTb9/shrCwhUWxu2NnnUKp More webinars: soos.aq/events/soflu...

🚨 ABS RWG: Call for Leadership Team Members Nominations (including self-noms) invited for the SOOS Amundsen & Bellingshausen Sector RWG Leadership Team! Help drive activities & strategy in a friendly team! Deadline extended to 22 Oct 2025 👉 soos.aq/opportunities