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Announcements:
2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting. 20-24 Feb 2012, Salt Lake City, UT. Meeting highlights
- Workshops, Townhalls, Talks and Panels
- Rachel
Carson Lecture. Tuesday, 21 February, 10:30, Ballroom J. Significance
and Insignificance of the 2011 Mississippi Flood to Surrounding Waters.
Nancy Rabalais, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium.
- Sverdrup Lecture. Thursday, 23 February, 10:30,
Ballroom B. Long-Term Changes in the Role of Zooplankton in Ocean
Biogeochemical Processes. Deborah K. Steinberg, Virginia Institute of
Marine Science.
- Full meeting program (pdf)
The National Ocean Council released a draft National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan
for public comment. This draft Implementation Plan moves the Federal
government forward in a strategic manner to address some of the most
pressing challenges and overlapping issues facing the ocean, our
coasts, and the Great Lakes. Public comment is being accepted on this
draft Implementation Plan until 27 February 2012.
2012 AOGS – AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly. 13-17 August 2012, Singapore. Abstract deadline 12 March. Early bird registration deadline 4 June.
Call for nominations for AGU medals and awards, including the Maurice Ewing Medal
“for significant original contributions to the scientific understanding
of the processes in the ocean; for the advancement of oceanographic
engineering, technology, and instrumentation; and for outstanding
service to the marine sciences.” Nominations due 16 March.
Congratulations to the following OS members who have been honored for their achievements. Please see the statement by OS Section President Peter Schlosser for more details.
- Ocean Sciences Award: Jim Swift
- Ocean Sciences Early Career Award: Josh Willis
- Ocean Sciences Early Career Award: Baylor Fox-Kemper
- Sverdrup Lecture: Deborah Steinberg
- Rachel Carson Lecture: Nancy Rabalais
Presentation
of the Ocean Sciences Award and the Ocean Sciences Early Career awards took place during the AGU Fall meeting as part of the Ocean
Sciences section luncheon. The Sverdrup and Carson lectures will
be delivered during the 2012 Ocean Sciences meeting in Salt Lake City.
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