Jacqueline Behncke
@jacbeh.bsky.social
🎓 PhD student at MPI for Meteorology | 🌊 Oceanographer using observations (esp. from sailboats) & machine learning to study ocean carbon sink ⛵
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Future atmospheric and ocean warming over the 21st century might be larger than previously expected based on a new study by @linusvogt.bsky.social
Linus & I developed the idea during Linus research visit with me at @whoi.edu and turned it then into this paper:
esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
Linus & I developed the idea during Linus research visit with me at @whoi.edu and turned it then into this paper:
esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
Increased future ocean heat uptake constrained by Antarctic sea ice extent
Abstract. The ocean takes up over 90 % of the excess heat stored in the Earth system as a result of anthropogenic climate change, which has led to sea level rise and an intensification of marine extre...
esd.copernicus.org
October 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Future atmospheric and ocean warming over the 21st century might be larger than previously expected based on a new study by @linusvogt.bsky.social
Linus & I developed the idea during Linus research visit with me at @whoi.edu and turned it then into this paper:
esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
Linus & I developed the idea during Linus research visit with me at @whoi.edu and turned it then into this paper:
esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
Reposted by Jacqueline Behncke
We're thrilled to announce that the #EGU Ocean Sciences Division is now on Bluesky and LinkedIn!🎉 Follow us for the latest updates and many blog posts about the world of ocean science. 🌊🧪
👉 Check out our blog blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os/ & subscribe to stay informed!
LinkedIn: bit.ly/3ItSwVr
@egu.eu
👉 Check out our blog blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os/ & subscribe to stay informed!
LinkedIn: bit.ly/3ItSwVr
@egu.eu
Ocean Sciences
A blog hosted by the European Geosciences Union
blogs.egu.eu
October 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
We're thrilled to announce that the #EGU Ocean Sciences Division is now on Bluesky and LinkedIn!🎉 Follow us for the latest updates and many blog posts about the world of ocean science. 🌊🧪
👉 Check out our blog blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os/ & subscribe to stay informed!
LinkedIn: bit.ly/3ItSwVr
@egu.eu
👉 Check out our blog blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os/ & subscribe to stay informed!
LinkedIn: bit.ly/3ItSwVr
@egu.eu
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SOCAT v2025 is released today! A grand total of 49.6 million surface ocean fCO2 observations from dozens of contributors around the world.
www.socat.info/v2025
#ocean #co2
www.socat.info/v2025
#ocean #co2
June 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
SOCAT v2025 is released today! A grand total of 49.6 million surface ocean fCO2 observations from dozens of contributors around the world.
www.socat.info/v2025
#ocean #co2
www.socat.info/v2025
#ocean #co2
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Liqing Jiang led a new synthesis project for ocean carbonate chemistry data sets which is now in review. 🧪🌊🦑🌐 Check out the preprint! 👇
doi.org/10.5194/essd...
doi.org/10.5194/essd...
Synthesis of data products for ocean carbonate chemistry
Abstract. As the largest active carbon reservoir on Earth, the ocean is a cornerstone of the global carbon cycle, playing a pivotal role in modulating ocean health and regulating climate. Understandin...
doi.org
June 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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🌊 New phytoplankton phenology dataset (Nicholson et al.) 🌿
Discover what it is and what you can use it for with links to the paper and dataset (blog article written by Sandy Thomalla)
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os...
Discover what it is and what you can use it for with links to the paper and dataset (blog article written by Sandy Thomalla)
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os...
Monitoring the Ocean’s Green Pulse: A New Global Dataset for Phytoplankton Phenology
Phytoplankton are tiny, single-celled organisms mainly found in the ocean’s sunlit surface, where they grow through photosynthesis, forming the marine food web’s base and regulating Earth’s climate by...
blogs.egu.eu
June 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🌊 New phytoplankton phenology dataset (Nicholson et al.) 🌿
Discover what it is and what you can use it for with links to the paper and dataset (blog article written by Sandy Thomalla)
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os...
Discover what it is and what you can use it for with links to the paper and dataset (blog article written by Sandy Thomalla)
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os...
🌊 Great medal and award lecture at #EGU25!
Congrats to @tatianailyina.bsky.social for receiving the Fridtjof Nansen Medal and @polarocean.bsky.social for the Outstanding ECS Award for their outstanding work in oceanography👏 Truly great scientists!
Check out the interviews:
bit.ly/3ScAwQp
@egu.eu
Congrats to @tatianailyina.bsky.social for receiving the Fridtjof Nansen Medal and @polarocean.bsky.social for the Outstanding ECS Award for their outstanding work in oceanography👏 Truly great scientists!
Check out the interviews:
bit.ly/3ScAwQp
@egu.eu
April 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
🌊 Great medal and award lecture at #EGU25!
Congrats to @tatianailyina.bsky.social for receiving the Fridtjof Nansen Medal and @polarocean.bsky.social for the Outstanding ECS Award for their outstanding work in oceanography👏 Truly great scientists!
Check out the interviews:
bit.ly/3ScAwQp
@egu.eu
Congrats to @tatianailyina.bsky.social for receiving the Fridtjof Nansen Medal and @polarocean.bsky.social for the Outstanding ECS Award for their outstanding work in oceanography👏 Truly great scientists!
Check out the interviews:
bit.ly/3ScAwQp
@egu.eu
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I am excited about my Fridtjof Nansen Medal Lecture tonight at #EGU25. It is about ocean carbon cycle, its predictability and feedbacks in the Earth system - topics I am truly passionate about. Hope to see many colleagues there 🧪 🌊
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
@egu.eu
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
@egu.eu
Session MAL13-OS
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org
April 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I am excited about my Fridtjof Nansen Medal Lecture tonight at #EGU25. It is about ocean carbon cycle, its predictability and feedbacks in the Earth system - topics I am truly passionate about. Hope to see many colleagues there 🧪 🌊
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
@egu.eu
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
@egu.eu
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At #EGU25, I gave an interview with respect to the Ocean Sciences @egu.eu #EarlyCareer Award.
It is about my past, present and future science and also being a parent in academia!
If you want to hear more, please come to my medal lecture tomorrow: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
It is about my past, present and future science and also being a parent in academia!
If you want to hear more, please come to my medal lecture tomorrow: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
Jens Terhaar Receives the Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award – About His Career and Work
Jens Terhaar received the 2025 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award for his research on the ocean carbon cycle and its effects on climate. We spoke with him about his career path and the ...
blogs.egu.eu
April 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
At #EGU25, I gave an interview with respect to the Ocean Sciences @egu.eu #EarlyCareer Award.
It is about my past, present and future science and also being a parent in academia!
If you want to hear more, please come to my medal lecture tomorrow: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
It is about my past, present and future science and also being a parent in academia!
If you want to hear more, please come to my medal lecture tomorrow: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
Reposted by Jacqueline Behncke
Interested in the freshwater distribution and variability in the Southern Ocean 🌊 ?
Come by my #EGU25 presentation where I will show new insights from oxygen stable isotopes!
🗓️: Monday April 28
🕰️: 14:32 - 14:42
⛓️💥: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
Come by my #EGU25 presentation where I will show new insights from oxygen stable isotopes!
🗓️: Monday April 28
🕰️: 14:32 - 14:42
⛓️💥: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
April 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Interested in the freshwater distribution and variability in the Southern Ocean 🌊 ?
Come by my #EGU25 presentation where I will show new insights from oxygen stable isotopes!
🗓️: Monday April 28
🕰️: 14:32 - 14:42
⛓️💥: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
Come by my #EGU25 presentation where I will show new insights from oxygen stable isotopes!
🗓️: Monday April 28
🕰️: 14:32 - 14:42
⛓️💥: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
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1/3🌊 #EGU25 next week !
Come to my talk on our #SOCOMv2 work: strengths & limits of pCO₂ interpolation products to estimate the ocean carbon sink
➡️ Understand biases & uncertainties from data sparsity, mapping methods & CO₂ flux
📅 Mon 28 Apr | ⏰ 11:55 | 📍 Room C
#OceanCarbon #EGU2025
Come to my talk on our #SOCOMv2 work: strengths & limits of pCO₂ interpolation products to estimate the ocean carbon sink
➡️ Understand biases & uncertainties from data sparsity, mapping methods & CO₂ flux
📅 Mon 28 Apr | ⏰ 11:55 | 📍 Room C
#OceanCarbon #EGU2025
April 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
1/3🌊 #EGU25 next week !
Come to my talk on our #SOCOMv2 work: strengths & limits of pCO₂ interpolation products to estimate the ocean carbon sink
➡️ Understand biases & uncertainties from data sparsity, mapping methods & CO₂ flux
📅 Mon 28 Apr | ⏰ 11:55 | 📍 Room C
#OceanCarbon #EGU2025
Come to my talk on our #SOCOMv2 work: strengths & limits of pCO₂ interpolation products to estimate the ocean carbon sink
➡️ Understand biases & uncertainties from data sparsity, mapping methods & CO₂ flux
📅 Mon 28 Apr | ⏰ 11:55 | 📍 Room C
#OceanCarbon #EGU2025
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Love the ocean 🌊?
Love science 🔬?
Want to get involved in some cool ocean research 🙋♀️
I've just updated the list of marine-themed community/citizen science!
➡️ www.oceanoculus.com/...
Love science 🔬?
Want to get involved in some cool ocean research 🙋♀️
I've just updated the list of marine-themed community/citizen science!
➡️ www.oceanoculus.com/...
Dive into one of these marine community science projects
Whether you’re looking to dive into the ocean, keep your feet firmly on
terra firma, or stay in your chair, there’s a community science (aka
citizen science) project for you.
www.oceanoculus.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Love the ocean 🌊?
Love science 🔬?
Want to get involved in some cool ocean research 🙋♀️
I've just updated the list of marine-themed community/citizen science!
➡️ www.oceanoculus.com/...
Love science 🔬?
Want to get involved in some cool ocean research 🙋♀️
I've just updated the list of marine-themed community/citizen science!
➡️ www.oceanoculus.com/...
Reposted by Jacqueline Behncke
A new estimate of the composite model-based estimate of the annually averaged ocean carbon sink. 🌊
This composite model-based estimate of the ocean carbon sink from 1959 to 2022 is similar in magnitude to the best estimate of the Global Carbon Budget but 70 % less uncertain.
This composite model-based estimate of the ocean carbon sink from 1959 to 2022 is similar in magnitude to the best estimate of the Global Carbon Budget but 70 % less uncertain.
Composite model-based estimate of the ocean carbon sink from 1959 to 2022
Abstract. The ocean takes up around one-quarter of anthropogenically emitted carbon and is projected to remain the main carbon sink once global temperatures stabilize. Despite the importance of this n...
bg.copernicus.org
March 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A new estimate of the composite model-based estimate of the annually averaged ocean carbon sink. 🌊
This composite model-based estimate of the ocean carbon sink from 1959 to 2022 is similar in magnitude to the best estimate of the Global Carbon Budget but 70 % less uncertain.
This composite model-based estimate of the ocean carbon sink from 1959 to 2022 is similar in magnitude to the best estimate of the Global Carbon Budget but 70 % less uncertain.
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The use of civilian platforms for #oceanobservation is a viable & sensible method to expand the capacity of the observing system. Get the scoop on the proof in the paper by @jacbeh.bsky.social, Peter Landshützer & Toste Tanhua www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@horizoneu.bsky.social #REA #citscience
@horizoneu.bsky.social #REA #citscience
March 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Reposted by Jacqueline Behncke
The use of civilian platforms for #oceanobservation is a viable & sensible method to expand the capacity of the observing system. Get the scoop on the proof in the paper by @jacbeh.bsky.social, Peter Landshützer & Toste Tanhua www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@horizoneu.bsky.social #REA #citscience
@horizoneu.bsky.social #REA #citscience
March 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The use of civilian platforms for #oceanobservation is a viable & sensible method to expand the capacity of the observing system. Get the scoop on the proof in the paper by @jacbeh.bsky.social, Peter Landshützer & Toste Tanhua www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@horizoneu.bsky.social #REA #citscience
@horizoneu.bsky.social #REA #citscience
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💰 Weaker ocean circulation may cost trillions
A new study by @felixschaumann.bsky.social and @edualastrue.bsky.social in @pnas.org reveals that a weakening Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) could lead to costs of several trillion euros. #CLICCS #climate #ocean @uni-hamburg.de
A new study by @felixschaumann.bsky.social and @edualastrue.bsky.social in @pnas.org reveals that a weakening Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) could lead to costs of several trillion euros. #CLICCS #climate #ocean @uni-hamburg.de
Weaker ocean current could cost trillions
Faculties
buff.ly
February 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
💰 Weaker ocean circulation may cost trillions
A new study by @felixschaumann.bsky.social and @edualastrue.bsky.social in @pnas.org reveals that a weakening Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) could lead to costs of several trillion euros. #CLICCS #climate #ocean @uni-hamburg.de
A new study by @felixschaumann.bsky.social and @edualastrue.bsky.social in @pnas.org reveals that a weakening Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) could lead to costs of several trillion euros. #CLICCS #climate #ocean @uni-hamburg.de
🌊⛵ In 80 days Boris Herrmann sailed around the world, not just for the sport but also to aid climate research by collecting valuable ocean pCO2 data in remote regions.
🎥 Check out this German documentary focusing on his #ClimateProtection efforts and for which I was also interviewed: bit.ly/4grKcjU
🎥 Check out this German documentary focusing on his #ClimateProtection efforts and for which I was also interviewed: bit.ly/4grKcjU
Boris Herrmann - Segeln am Limit: Boris Herrmann - Das Rennen - hier anschauen
In 80 Tagen umrundet Boris Herrmann bei der Vendée Globe den Globus – 45.000 Kilometer nonstop allein auf seinem Segelboot. Er kämpft mit Extremwetter, Blitzeinschlag, Höhenangst und Einsamkeit. Schla...
bit.ly
February 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🌊⛵ In 80 days Boris Herrmann sailed around the world, not just for the sport but also to aid climate research by collecting valuable ocean pCO2 data in remote regions.
🎥 Check out this German documentary focusing on his #ClimateProtection efforts and for which I was also interviewed: bit.ly/4grKcjU
🎥 Check out this German documentary focusing on his #ClimateProtection efforts and for which I was also interviewed: bit.ly/4grKcjU
Reposted by Jacqueline Behncke
Hamburg sailor Boris Herrmann crossed the finish line of Vendée Globe. Howling winds and roaring waves was not the only challenge on the way. As in the previous races, his sailboat has been collecting precious CO2 data.
This matters for improving our understanding of the ocean carbon sink! 🧵
🌊🧪
This matters for improving our understanding of the ocean carbon sink! 🧵
🌊🧪
Yess!
January 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Hamburg sailor Boris Herrmann crossed the finish line of Vendée Globe. Howling winds and roaring waves was not the only challenge on the way. As in the previous races, his sailboat has been collecting precious CO2 data.
This matters for improving our understanding of the ocean carbon sink! 🧵
🌊🧪
This matters for improving our understanding of the ocean carbon sink! 🧵
🌊🧪
Reposted by Jacqueline Behncke
🌊 Ready to make a big splash, TRICUSO wrapped up its kick-off in Southampton this week having set groundwork for a 4 year journey to develop technology & methods to address the #Carbon #Sink Status of the #Southern #Ocean in support of the #WMO Global Greenhouse Gas Watch. #Climate #research
January 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Reposted by Jacqueline Behncke
Introducing our new project - TRICUSO - Three Research Infrastructures Carbon Uptake Southern Ocean. We aim to integrate effort from surface CO2 observations within ICOS, deep observations from GOSHIP and Argo as a contribution to the WMO Global Greenhouse Gas Watch
@tricuso.bsky.social 🌊
@tricuso.bsky.social 🌊
January 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Introducing our new project - TRICUSO - Three Research Infrastructures Carbon Uptake Southern Ocean. We aim to integrate effort from surface CO2 observations within ICOS, deep observations from GOSHIP and Argo as a contribution to the WMO Global Greenhouse Gas Watch
@tricuso.bsky.social 🌊
@tricuso.bsky.social 🌊
Reposted by Jacqueline Behncke
Working on or interested in "Budgets, trends, and drivers of major Greenhouse Gases in the atmosphere, on land, and in the ocean from regional to global scales"?
Please consider submitting to our session at EGU25 (meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...).
See you soon 🌊
Please consider submitting to our session at EGU25 (meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...).
See you soon 🌊
Session BG1.2
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org
January 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Working on or interested in "Budgets, trends, and drivers of major Greenhouse Gases in the atmosphere, on land, and in the ocean from regional to global scales"?
Please consider submitting to our session at EGU25 (meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...).
See you soon 🌊
Please consider submitting to our session at EGU25 (meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...).
See you soon 🌊
🌊 Ocean book review on the EGU #OceanSciences blog 🌊
I have read and reviewed "Blue Machine" by @helenczerski.bsky.social, and I highly recommend it. (Btw, it's perfect as a Christmas gift!) Any book recommendations for us to explore next? 📚💙
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os...
I have read and reviewed "Blue Machine" by @helenczerski.bsky.social, and I highly recommend it. (Btw, it's perfect as a Christmas gift!) Any book recommendations for us to explore next? 📚💙
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os...
Book Review: Blue Machine by Helen Czerski
The engine that is Earth’s ocean takes sunlight and converts it into giant underwater currents and waterfalls, hauling around the ingredients for life: nutrients, oxygen and trace metals like potassiu...
blogs.egu.eu
December 13, 2024 at 5:52 PM
🌊 Ocean book review on the EGU #OceanSciences blog 🌊
I have read and reviewed "Blue Machine" by @helenczerski.bsky.social, and I highly recommend it. (Btw, it's perfect as a Christmas gift!) Any book recommendations for us to explore next? 📚💙
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os...
I have read and reviewed "Blue Machine" by @helenczerski.bsky.social, and I highly recommend it. (Btw, it's perfect as a Christmas gift!) Any book recommendations for us to explore next? 📚💙
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os...
Reposted by Jacqueline Behncke
The ocean was unusually hot in 2023 👇
We found that this caused an unexpected decline of the ocean carbon sink, primarily driven by anomalous outgassing of CO₂ in the northern hemisphere extratropics.
▶️ doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Feedback on our preprint is more than welcome!
🌊
We found that this caused an unexpected decline of the ocean carbon sink, primarily driven by anomalous outgassing of CO₂ in the northern hemisphere extratropics.
▶️ doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Feedback on our preprint is more than welcome!
🌊
December 12, 2024 at 12:56 PM
The ocean was unusually hot in 2023 👇
We found that this caused an unexpected decline of the ocean carbon sink, primarily driven by anomalous outgassing of CO₂ in the northern hemisphere extratropics.
▶️ doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Feedback on our preprint is more than welcome!
🌊
We found that this caused an unexpected decline of the ocean carbon sink, primarily driven by anomalous outgassing of CO₂ in the northern hemisphere extratropics.
▶️ doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Feedback on our preprint is more than welcome!
🌊
Reposted by Jacqueline Behncke
Applications for both positions are now open! Deadline for both is January 3, 2025. Please get in touch if you have questions.
Two postdoc positions in my group are opening: First is part of SOCCOM3 (3 years, NSF funded, S. Ocean carbon/oxygen/nutrient budgets), Second is part of InMOS (4.25 yrs, Schmidt Sciences / OBVI funded, long-term oxygen/carbon flux and inventory constraints). More info: bushinskyoceanlab.org/people/
People
Looking for two postdocs (SOCCOM and InMOS), details below. I am not currently planning to take on new students in Fall 2025. HI Cycles group at the 10th annual SOCCOM meeting at Princeton Universi…
bushinskyoceanlab.org
December 10, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Applications for both positions are now open! Deadline for both is January 3, 2025. Please get in touch if you have questions.
👋 Hello Bluesky! 👋
I'm Jacqueline, a PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, and I am interested in everything related to #ocean #carbon. 🌊 I use machine learning and #observations (especially from sailboats) to study the ocean carbon sink. ⛵
📝 Check out our papers below where we:
I'm Jacqueline, a PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, and I am interested in everything related to #ocean #carbon. 🌊 I use machine learning and #observations (especially from sailboats) to study the ocean carbon sink. ⛵
📝 Check out our papers below where we:
November 29, 2024 at 11:08 AM
👋 Hello Bluesky! 👋
I'm Jacqueline, a PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, and I am interested in everything related to #ocean #carbon. 🌊 I use machine learning and #observations (especially from sailboats) to study the ocean carbon sink. ⛵
📝 Check out our papers below where we:
I'm Jacqueline, a PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, and I am interested in everything related to #ocean #carbon. 🌊 I use machine learning and #observations (especially from sailboats) to study the ocean carbon sink. ⛵
📝 Check out our papers below where we: