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Facilitating & enhancing global Southern Ocean observations
🌍 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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hnI...

📄 Post-COP30 analysis (Nat. Comm.): eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
Governing the Cryosphere Beyond Political Timeframes
YouTube video by International Cryosphere Climate Initiative
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:04 AM
🌊 #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/xVcXFjK
January 20, 2026 at 1:26 AM
🌊 Ross Sea MPA Research Coordination Network – Annual Meeting

Join the global science–policy community supporting the Ross Sea region MPA review.

📍 Estes Park, Colorado (USA)
📅 27–30 April
🖥️ In person & virtual

📝 Register by 19 Feb
✈️ Travel💸 available

🔗 www.rosssearesearch.org/annual-meeti...
January 19, 2026 at 10:31 PM
🌟New faces strengthen SOOS DMSC!

We’re excited to welcome new members to the SOOS Data Management Sub-Committee (DMSC):
Itzel Ruvalcaba, Chantel Ridsdale, Rajendran Ajin, Belinda Nhesvure, and Rachele Bordoni 🙌

Read more: buff.ly/CCAEsQC
January 13, 2026 at 11:10 PM
🚨 CALL for Community Input 🚨

The #AntarcticaInSync Draft White Papers are open for review—and your voice matters!

⏳ Feedback closes 31 Jan 2026
🎥 Public webinar: 20–21 Jan 2026

This is a critical opportunity to influence priorities, gaps, & directions.

www.antarctica-insync.org/antarctica-i...
January 13, 2026 at 4:51 AM
🎥 Webinar recording now available!

Missed the recent #SOFLUX_webinar?
Explore how passing storm systems can trigger bursts of nitrous oxide (N₂O) release from the Southern Ocean

— 💡shedding new light on atmosphere–ocean gas exchange and climate-relevant feedbacks.

Watch: youtu.be/p47Fkq0_G34
SOFLUX Seminar, "Low-pressure storms drive nitrous oxide emissions from the Southern Ocean"
YouTube video by Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS)
youtu.be
January 13, 2026 at 2:58 AM
!Nominations are still open! 📷https://buff.ly/Lso1wW5

If you want to see what the Weddell Sea and Dronning Maud Land working group has been up to, find their latest newsletter here: buff.ly/gVGQFTw
Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) (@soosocean.bsky.social)
🚨 WSDML RWG: Call for Leadership Team Members Nominations (including self-noms) invited for the SOOS Weddell Sea & Dronning Maud Land (WSDML) RWG Leadership Team! Help drive activities & strategy in…
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 11:10 PM
🎉 The Amundsen & Bellingshausen Sector (ABS) RWG ended 2025 on a high note!

1⃣ New researchers join the group's leadership team: Casey Schine, Laura Cimoli, & @hildeoliver.bsky.social
🧖https://buff.ly/vac6JAb

2⃣ And the ABS workshop recordings are now available
📹https://buff.ly/VtDa5dR
January 7, 2026 at 11:10 PM
🌊🔥 Heat Extremes Are Rewriting Southern Ocean Ecosystems

26 years of observations show marine heat waves & cold spells are disrupting phytoplankton with global implications.

SOOS-acknowledged paper by Bai et al. @natcomms.nature.com
📄 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
📰 scienmag.com/extreme-heat...
Extreme Heat Events Transform Southern Ocean Ecology
In recent years, the Southern Ocean has emerged as a critical arena for understanding the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems. A groundbreaking study conducted by Bai, Deng, Brewin, and
scienmag.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
🇦🇷🌊 En diciembre, Irene Schloss, copresidenta de SOOS, y Martina Mascioni, representante de APECS del WAPSA, participaron en las XII Jornadas Nacionales de Ciencias del Mar – XX Coloquio de Oceanografía, Puerto Madryn.

🗣️ Introducción a SOOS en español: buff.ly/iCqCF9T
January 6, 2026 at 10:09 PM
🌊 Next #SOFLUX_Webinar coming up!

"Low-pressure storms drive nitrous oxide emissions from the Southern Ocean"
🎙️ Colette Kelly (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
🗓️ 8 January 2026
🕤 15:00 UTC
🔗 go.soos.aq/Register_SOFLUX_Webinar

More: soos.aq/events/soflu...
January 6, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Easing into the new year? Catch up on our latest #SOOS_Update!
This issue includes:
🎓 New "Alumni in the Spotlight" Feature
✨ Welcome to new leadership members
🤝 Vibrant working group workshops & webinars
🔬 Research on fluxes, ecosystems & ocean acidification
& more at go.soos.aq/SOOSUpdateNo33
January 6, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Welcome 2026 with a reminder from @antarctic.bsky.social's stunning pteropod films:

“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀… 𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fTl...

At SOOS, that’s exactly what we’ll continue to do. Keep looking with us in 2026!
Sea butterflies and new discoveries
YouTube video by Australian Antarctic Program Partnership
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:15 AM
🎉 Happy Holidays from SOOS! 🎉

Our office is winding down for the year! 💙
Please note that the SOOS office will be reduced and partially closed until 6 January 2026.

Looking forward to reconnect in the new year with more Southern Ocean updates & initiatives!

Wishing you a fantastic start to 2026!
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
🌊 Southern Ocean in motion! Each dot shows where buoys, gliders, floats, and even tagged animals collected data.

This graphic by OCEAN:ICE was drawn from sources available in SOOSmap.

SOOSmap.aq brings datasets together, making them FAIR & visible, helping researchers spot gaps and track changes.
December 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
🌱📉What happens to phytoplankton when Antarctic sea ice hits record lows?
📈 Schlosser & Strutton show major shifts in bloom timing & magnitude, with 2023 standing out as a uncharacteristically long & productive season

🔗 doi.org/10.1525/elem...
🧵 Part of the #SOOSSymposium2023 Special Issue
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
#SOFLUX_webinar CANCELLED! We are sorry to inform you that the below webinar had to be cancelled.

Our webinar series will continue in the new year.
Follow us for updates!
⏰Rescheduled: Next #SOFLUX_webinar happening a week later: 10 December 2025, 9:30 am UTC!!!

Good news is you still have time to register :-)
go.soos.aq/Register_SOFLUX_Webinar
December 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
🚨 WSDML RWG: Call for Leadership Team Members

Nominations (including self-noms) invited for the SOOS Weddell Sea & Dronning Maud Land (WSDML) RWG Leadership Team!

Help drive activities & strategy in a friendly team!

Nominate by 30 Jan 2026 buff.ly/o3rdH5X
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Join us in welcoming the newest members to the SOOS Scientific Steering Committee!

With great pleasure we introduce:
Sandy Thomalla, Friederike Weith, & Clara Manno.

Read more here: soos.aq/news/new-ssc...
December 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
⏰Rescheduled: Next #SOFLUX_webinar happening a week later: 10 December 2025, 9:30 am UTC!!!

Good news is you still have time to register :-)
go.soos.aq/Register_SOFLUX_Webinar
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
#PolarPride Reminder: Diversity enriches teams like mixing water masses enriches the Southern Ocean. Different sources, one powerful system. 🌊🌈

The Southern Ocean connects the planet —Polar Pride reminds us that inclusive science is stronger science.

#PolarPride #ScienceIsForEveryone #LGBTQinSTEM
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
🌊 Next #SOFLUX_Webinar: How storms change ocean heat!

"The Impact of Synoptic Meteorology on Observed Surface Heat Fluxes over the Southern Ocean"
🎙️ Sreenath Veettil (Monash University)
🗓️ 4 December 2025
🕤 09:30 UTC
🔗 go.soos.aq/Register_SOF...

More: soos.aq/events/soflu...
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Uncover how storms shape Southern Ocean heat & carbon uptake through the year!

📺 Recording available: youtu.be/g6qyoDZs-bI
SOFLUX Seminar, "Uncovering the Seasonality of Storm-driven Southern Ocean Heat and Carbon Uptake"
YouTube video by Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS)
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
❄️State of the Cryosphere 2025 by @ICCInet is out.

Ice is melting, permafrost is releasing carbon, sea ice is at record lows. Current climate pledges risk >2°C warming—disaster for billions.

Only immediate action can still limit warming. ⏰

📄 iccinet.org/statecryo25/
November 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
🎞️Recordings of the "Virtual Workshop on Ocean Connectivity & Exchange Across the Antarctic Peninsula: Processes and Impacts" are now online!

Check them out here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Hosted by SOOS WAPSA RWG.
New members welcome. Anyone can join at: www.soos.aq/activities/r...
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM