Announcing the 2026 IOCCG Platt Scholar B Goutami, Xim University, who will work with Dr. Gemma Kulk @pml.ac.uk on Satellite-Based Assessment of Phytoplankton Phenology as an Indicator of Ecosystem Resilience in Coastal and Estuarine Environments. Congrats! Read more ioccg.org/2026/02/feb-...

The latest IOCCG News Bulletin is now out! It is packed with updates from the agencies, the Proceedings of IOCS-2025, information on new IOCCG Reports, invitations to community surveys, reminders about upcoming events, and much more! ioccg.org/2026/02/feb-...

📢 Invitation for chl-a and IOP community round-robin assessment to identify the best-performing algorithms to be applied to the next version of the ESA OC-CCI ECV. Contribute by emailing details of published algorithm(s) for consideration ASAP. Read the full announcement: ioccg.org/wp-content/u...

Take the community survey on lidar The survey is part of a project dedicated to a spaceborne oceanic profiling lidar mission, to understand potential user needs, and determine parameters and applications that are of most interest to the community. Deadline: 15 March docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A draft version of the IOCCG Report: Benthic Reflectance Measurements for Aquatic Applications is now available on the IOCCG website for interactive peer review for a period of 60 days. We welcome your comments on this document by 20 March 2026. ioccg.org/what-we-do/i...

Calling marine EO data users! Applications for 2026 @eumetsat.int Supporting Marine Applications course are now open! Gain hands-on experience accessing/using marine satellite data & co-develop a mini-project idea with us. Collab with @osi-saf.eumetsat.int & DGFI-TUM, see tinyurl.com/EUM-SMA-2026

Congratulations to Chuanmin Hu on his selected as a Fellow of The Oceanography Society! | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Congratulations to Zhongping Lee on his selection as the 2026 Nils Gunnar Jerlov Medal Recipient! | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release... and tos.org/jerlov-medal

We're back! The 7th IOCCG Summer Lecture Series, scheduled for 5–19 July 2026 in Venice, Italy, will be hosted by the Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR) Italian National Council of Research (CNR) and the Venice International University (VIU). Apply by 15 Feb 2026! ioccg.org/what-we-do/t...