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📣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 ➡️ 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% …lpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rs…

🌊 SOOS Alumni in the Spotlight: @mauricio_mata From helping build SOOS in its early years to advancing Antarctic oceanography through international collaboration, Mauricio reflects on the power of community in Southern Ocean science. 👉 soos.aq/news/alumni-in… SOOS is proud to count Mauricio amongst its alumni!

@PaN_BES Long-term ecological research should be treated as a collective obligation — not simply a discretionary pursuit of scientific excellence @Virginmor & @SoutulloAlvaro call scientists to move beyond a passive legitimising role toward a anticipatory role in planetary governance 🧵3

Is Antarctic science really politically neutral? The publication in @PaN_BES suggests that what gets studied —where, and by whom — is also shaped by funding structures, station locations, national priorities —Even if science is often presented as purely objective. 🧵2/3

📈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 📰besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… A recent paper argues for a shift from fragmentated data collection toward coordinated observing systems supporting policy & long-term governance 🧵1/3

🎉 The WSDML working group welcomes Magkena Szemak (@magszemak) 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-wsdml…

🌏 This week, SOOS joined discussions at the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) in Japan. From sustained observations to international coordination, Southern Ocean science depends on strong global collaboration. 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 and stewardship.

Explore how 🗻 land, 🌊 ocean & 💭 atmosphere connect in a rapidly changing region at our next #SOFLUX_webinar! “Land and Sea-Air Interactions in the Bransfield Strait during the 2024/2025 Austral Summer” by Marcelo Santini (@inpe_mcti) 📅 9 June go.soos.aq/Register_SOFLU…

🌊 Bring the Southern Ocean community to you - 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗢𝗢𝗦 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳! 📅 DL 31 July 🔗 soos.aq/soos-symposium… Call for bids to host our flagship international Southern Ocean meeting (400–500 participants) bringing together science, policy & industry Global visibility for your institute!

📣 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 ➡️ conservation.org/rfp/science-to… Scientific outputs must help assess the effectiveness of the Ross Sea MPA

[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 & CLIVAR. Article: os.copernicus.org/articles/22/14…

SOOS 2025 Summary now available in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, Spanish, & Russian: soos.aq/images/soos/re… Contact us for more languages!

🧊🌊 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/AnnualReport20…

📣ECR Alert: Science needs more than just data—it needs connection SOOS & @Polar_Research are seeking ECRs to join various SOOS groups Help connect science & people across regions—while building your network, visibility & experience 🗓 Apply by 18 May👉apecs.is/news/apecs-new…

🐋 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 Jenny Allen (@univofstandrews ) on 7 May 2026 at 13:00 UTC. Everyone welcome! Register here: go.soos.aq/WAPSA_webinar_…