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Issue 1 of the #OceanSOS newsletter is out! 🌊

Discover info about our first deep-sea mooring deployment off South Africa, carbon pump research, food-web modelling in the NACES MPA and our new ECOP Fellowship.

Read the full issue on our website:
🔗 oceansos.net/resources

#HorizonEU #OceanScience
November 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
WP4 Team 🧵
OceanSOS’ work on cumulative and cascading impacts is led by Dr. Rolf Groeneveld at Wageningen University, supported by Dr. Lea-Anne Henry at Mara Consultants Ltd.
🌐 Learn more: oceansos.net/wp4
#OceanSOS #MarineScience #FoodWebs #EwE #ClimateChange #BBNJ
Work Package 4
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October 28, 2026 at 5:12 PM
🧵Unpacking the science of #OceanSOS
Work Package 4 – Cumulative & Cascading Impacts 🔬🌐

Scope & Aim 🌊: WP4 aims to characterise the NACES MPA food web and ecological and economic impacts arising from cumulative and cascading impacts of existing uses, climate change, and emerging fisheries 🧵👇
October 28, 2026 at 5:12 PM
🌊 A new OceanSOS Opportunity 🌊

Research Associate in Marine Biogeochemistry - Imperial College London @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

The position will involve research at sea in the North Atlantic Ocean!

📍 UK (Imperial)
🗓 2 year, fixed-term position
🎯 Deadline: 30 Nov 2026

Join our team!
October 14, 2026 at 4:42 PM
🌊 A new OceanSOS Opportunity 🌊

Postdoctorate Researcher at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel @geomarkiel.bsky.social

On Atlantic deep-sea food webs in the context of marine conservation.

📍 Germany (GEOMAR)
🗓 2 years starting ideally Mar 2027
🎯 Deadline: 14 Oct 2026

Join our team!
October 1, 2026 at 4:31 PM
🧵 Post 3/3: Team & Leadership

WP3 is led by Dr. Emma Cavan at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, supported by Dr. Andrew Sweetman at @samsocean.bsky.social and Dr. Henk-Jan Hoving at @geomarkiel.bsky.social

🌐 Learn more: oceansos.net/wp3
#OceanSOS #MarineScience #BiologicalCarbonPump #DeepSea
Work Package 3
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September 24, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Let's carry on with unpacking the science of #OceanSOS! 🔬
Next up: WP3 – Biological Carbon Pump. 🌊

WP3 aims to characterise carbon cycling from the surface to the deep seafloor across the full size-spectra of marine life in a mesoscale eddy biome to quantify impacts of emerging threats.

🧵👇 1/3
September 24, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Excited to share this update from @drhermione.bsky.social, the OceanSOS Education Lead! 🌊✨

She spoke on Tuesday about the #OceanSOS education and outreach plans at the Scottish Ocean Literacy Coalition workshop in Edinburgh!

#OceanLiteracy #BlueEconomy #Scotland #HorizonEU
September 17, 2026 at 5:03 PM
A big shout-out to Chris George and Conor Jon Ellis from Dynamic Earth for presenting a bit about the #OceanSOS project during the Centre for Adapting to Changing Environments (ACE) and E5DTP's Early-Career Researchers (ECRs) Symposium last Thursday!

#HorizonEurope #ECRs #OceanScience
September 14, 2026 at 8:51 AM
🌊 Major milestone for OceanSOS!

Our team aboard the SA Agulhas II deployed a 500m deep-sea oceanographic mooring array at the Agulhas Plateau as part of the Marion Island relief voyage! 🚢

#MarineScience #Oceanography #DeepSea #AgulhasCurrent #OceanSOS #HorizonEurope
Mooring Deployment Success: OceanSOS Takes to the High Seas at the Agulhas Plateau
The fieldwork team aboard the SA <em>Agulhas II</em> has confirmed the successful deployment of our first long-term deep-sea oceanographic mooring as part of the Marion Island relief voyage off the so...
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September 8, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Over 9 months, sediment traps & ADCPs will measure current dynamics and the biological carbon pump upstream from the Africana Seamount.

Congrats to Prof. Andrew Sweetman at @samsocean.bsky.social, Dr. Sheveenah Sunnassee Taukoor at UCT, the OceanSOS Expeditions team, and the shipboard crew! 👏
September 8, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Missed the recent COBRA webinar on #BBNJ & Marine Genetic Resources? 🧬🌊

#OceanSOS WP5 deputy lead Robert Blaskiak (@sthlmresilience.bsky.social) joined experts to explore deep-sea MGRs, fair benefit-sharing, and new governance tools.

📺 Recording now live: cobra.bigelow.org/cobra-webina...
COBRA Webinar - September 2026 - COBRA: Crustal Ocean Biosphere Research Accelerator
COBRA Webinar Series, September 1, 2026
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September 3, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Discover the science behind #OceanSOS! 🌊

Our new project brochure offers a quick visual guide to our research, study sites, and objectives.

📖 Read and download the open-access PDF on Zenodo (linked from our Resources Page):
oceansos.net/resources

#MarineConservation #OpenAccess #HorizonEU
August 31, 2026 at 2:11 PM
🌊 Another OceanSOS Opportunity 🌊

Researcher in Physical Oceanography at Aarhus University working on OceanSOS WP2!

Model climate impacts on North Atlantic ecosystems.

📍 Denmark (Aarhus University)
🗓 4 years starting Jan 27
🎯 Deadline: 30 Sept 2026

Join our team!
August 27, 2026 at 10:44 AM
3/3 WP2 is led by Dr. Qiang Wang at the Alfred Wegener Institute (@awi.de), supported by Dr. Christian Mohn at Aarhus University.

🌐 Learn more: oceansos.net/wp2

#OceanSOS #MarineScience #Oceanography #ClimateChange
Work Package 2
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August 17, 2026 at 11:58 AM
1/3 Unpacking the science of #OceanSOS! 🔬🌐
Next up: WP2 – Physical Oceanography & Climate Change. 🌊🌡️

WP2 provides the physical foundation for the project, using coupled Earth system models to project ocean circulation, temperature and carbon cycling at an eddy-resolving scale from 1950 to 2100.

🧵👇
August 17, 2026 at 11:58 AM
🌊 OceanSOS Opportunity 🌊

Junior Postdoctoral Research Associate at OSPAR Secretariat working on OceanSOS WP5!

Bring Planetary Boundaries to high-seas governance.

📍 London (@ospar.bsky.social)
🗓 Jan 27–Aug 29
🎯 Deadline: 6 Sept 2026

Link: oceansos.net/news
August 11, 2026 at 9:42 AM
🧵 Post 3/3: The team behind 🛡️🌊

WP1 is co-led by Dr. Daniela Diz at Heriot-Watt University and Dr. Isabelle Ansorge at the University of Cape Town.

🌐 Learn more: oceansos.net/wp1

#OceanSOS #MarineScience #BBNJ
Work Package 1
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August 11, 2026 at 8:23 AM
🧵 Post 2/3: Key Objectives
What are WP1's goals? 🎯

🔹 Map emerging threats across #OceanSOS study regions
🔹 Strengthen institutional capacities for adaptive, ecosystem-based management
🔹 Provide situational awareness to guide #ABMTs & #EIAs while embedding intra- and intergenerational equity.🌐
August 11, 2026 at 8:23 AM
🧵 Post 1/3: Introducing WP1
Unpacking the science of #OceanSOS! 🔬🌐
First up: WP1 – Advancing the Science of Ocean Emerging Threats. 🌊🔍

Adapted from cybersecurity, WP1 uses a data-driven "threat intelligence lifecycle" to evaluate how anthropogenic pressures disrupt marine food webs over time.

🧵👇
August 11, 2026 at 8:23 AM
The R.V. S.A. Agulhas II is ready to set sail! 🚢🌊

Our #OceanSOS researchers on board are preparing to deploy a 500m mooring fitted with sediment traps & ADCP current meters to collect crucial deep-sea data through 2027.

📰 www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/sa-...

#OceanScience #AgulhasII #MarineResearch
SA Agulhas II departs for Marion Island on Tuesday - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.
The vessel departs to start expedition as part of the South African National Antarctic Programme.
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August 5, 2026 at 3:14 PM
🧵 Post 3/3: Why these sites? 💡

High eddy activity (EKE) in these areas fuels thriving marine food webs & biological carbon pump.

By studying them, #OceanSOS is operationalising a regional Safe Operating Space to safeguard these ecosystems from emerging threats 🌍

#MarineScience #ABNJ
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August 4, 2026 at 1:35 PM
🧵 Post 2/3: Research Expeditions

🚢 To study these dynamic regions, #OceanSOS will lead targeted research expeditions:

🔹 Africana Seamount
🔹 Milne Seamount Complex MPA

These missions bring us to Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) to gather critical deep-sea data! 🛰️🌊
August 4, 2026 at 1:33 PM