Facilitating & enhancing global Southern Ocean observations. www.soos.aq A joint initiative of @scar-antarctic.bsky.social & @scor-int.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3ml3gghprms2z📣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 👉 https://www.apecs.is/news/apecs-news/5475-join-soos-regional-working-groups-as-an-early-career-scientist.html05 May 2026 05:12 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3gghprms2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mkrj5wzfbz2g🐋 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/SJjef6B01 May 2026 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrj5wzfbz2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mkomkm5ivc2a🧊🌊 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/AnnualReport202530 Apr 2026 02:57 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkomkm5ivc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mkoewtnd4k2gThe 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/SOOSUpdateNo3430 Apr 2026 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkoewtnd4k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mk2dchi7rk2d🔹 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 [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 01:18 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2dchi7rk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mjgbpntqu22nSOOS 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2026 01:57 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjgbpntqu22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mjg3xl45mk2o🌊 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_Webinar14 Apr 2026 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjg3xl45mk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mj26voqkmp2h🌍 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 📰 https://buff.ly/C0qrPvn09 Apr 2026 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj26voqkmp2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mizrbfpt4s2z🚨 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: https://mailchi.mp/a4f464f320d0/sois-rwg-newsletter-1654171009 Apr 2026 02:31 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizrbfpt4s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mihzsdbnts2d🌊 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!02 Apr 2026 01:15 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihzsdbnts2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mifstxm6d22x🌊 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 https://youtu.be/9Se6660zk4Q01 Apr 2026 04:06 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifstxm6d22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mhucqe53lk2m🌊 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 👉 https://www.apecs.is/news/apecs-news/5471-apply-to-join-the-soos-weddell-sea-and-dronning-maud-land-regional-working-group-wsdml-rwg.html [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2026 05:02 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhucqe53lk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mgtdbmuayc2u❄️ 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-henley12 Mar 2026 02:14 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgtdbmuayc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mgtctcdzbc2jNext #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_Webinar12 Mar 2026 02:06 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgtctcdzbc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mgockfw4ek2u🌊 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 👉 https://www.apecs.is/news/apecs-news/5471-apply-to-join-the-soos-weddell-sea-and-dronning-maud-land-regional-working-group-wsdml-rwg.html10 Mar 2026 02:17 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgockfw4ek2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mfnbyiv5fd2q🤖 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/rs1803045924 Feb 2026 23:10 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfnbyiv5fd2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mfkwqis6tc2v📢 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. 🌊❄️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Feb 2026 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfkwqis6tc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mf676ukj7x2r#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-sessions18 Feb 2026 23:10 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf676ukj7x2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mf3ou6n5tk2m🌊 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_202617 Feb 2026 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3ou6n5tk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mf3oto5yp22h🎥 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 [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Feb 2026 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3oto5yp22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mezdkqbikc22🌊📊 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 issue17 Feb 2026 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mezdkqbikc22https://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3me2zw2nox22b⏰Reminder: #SOFLUX_webinar on air-sea heat flux coming up on Monday! Register➡️ go.soos.aq/Register_SOFLUX_Webinar [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Feb 2026 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2zw2nox22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mdvzyfaolc2k🧊⚠️ 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&Harmonisation02 Feb 2026 23:50 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvzyfaolc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mdeuwn2oss2f🌍 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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hnIU-gQGuw 📄 Post-COP30 analysis (Nat. Comm.): https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/10928/27 Jan 2026 04:04 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdeuwn2oss2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/soosocean.bsky.social/post/3mcsytd3hmn2i🌊 #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/xVcXFjK20 Jan 2026 01:26 +0000at://did:plc:4xo5m5dle6pl57oobivraajb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcsytd3hmn2i