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Changing Ocean Biological Systems working group
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How do interacting drivers/stressors shape the oceans? Sharing new research, workshops, and tools for experimental design, data analysis, mathematical models, and more.

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Changing Ocean Biological Systems working group @scor-cobs.bsky.social · Nov 12
Hello all! We're a working group studying how interacting drivers (or "multiple stressors") like temperature, acidification, etc. shape marine life. Follow us for new research and workshops, as well as tools to improve experimental design, data analysis, mathematical models, and more. 🌊
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chrisecornwall.bsky.social Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · Aug 21
Excited to announce that we will be hosting the 6th International Symposium on Oceans in a High CO2 World October 12 to 16th in Wellington at the Tākina event center! This conference will bring together marine climate change scientists from multiple disciplines. Save the date!
September 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Enjoyed teaching this excellent group of young 🌊 oceanographers experimental design and data analysis!

Our teaching team was @christinamcgraw.bsky.social, Peter Dillingham, Sam Dupont, @sineadcollins.bsky.social and @mridulkthomas.bsky.social

Reach out if you'd be interested in these workshops!
Participants and teachers for a workshop on experimental design at the BECoME 2025 conference
September 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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We will be teaching two free training courses at the BECoME-2025 conference in Hong Kong next month🌊

Course 1: Designing Multiple-Driver Experiments
Course 2: Data Analysis for Multiple-Driver Experiments

Join us! Apply through the conference website:
www.become2025.com/registration
Training Course 1: Designing Multiple-Driver Experiments BECoMe-2025 and SCOR’s Changing Ocean Biological Systems infrastructure group are hosting a free training course for researchers interested in learning how to design and carry out multiple-driver (i.e., multiple stressor) experiments that measure responses in microbes, plants, or animals. This training course will guide participants in using the MEDDLE resources to: • Define a relevant research question • Identify key drivers, biological traits, and responses • Select an appropriate experimental design • Develop a statistical analysis plan Training Course Details Time &Date: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm, 18 August 2025 (Monday) Location: City University of Hong Kong Participant Limit: 24 researchers (first-come, first-served) Eligibility: Participants should have experience in designing and conducting single-driver experiments that study biotic responses (e.g. marine warming, ocean acidification). Conveners: Christina McGraw, Sam Dupont, Sinéad Collins, Mridul K. Thomas, Peter Dillingham Training Course 2: Data Analysis for Multiple-Driver Experiments Researchers work hard to conduct interesting and challenging multi-driver experiments, but are often unaware of how best to analyse their data to take maximum advantage of these experiments. In this training course, participants will: • Learn some of the common statistical challenges that appear in multi-driver experiments and how to solve them • Work through an example R vignette for a multi-driver experiment • Simulate an example dataset based on a proposed experiment • Perform an appropriate analysis and visualise and interpret its output using “literate programming” via R markdown Training Course Details Time &Date: 9:30 am - 1:00 pm, 22 August 2025 (Friday) Location: City University of Hong Kong Participant Limit: 12 researchers (first-come, first-served) Eligibility: Attendance at Training Course 1 (Designing Multiple-Driver Experiments) is required, as Training Course 2 builds directly on the concepts developed in the first training course. Participants should have experience with R and good knowledge of regression. Strong Python skills may also be considered, but Training Course 2 will be conducted using R. Conveners: Peter Dillingham, Mridul K. Thomas, Sinéad Collins, Christina McGraw
July 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Check out some snaps from our recent MEDDLE workshop at #ITRS Brest, France on experimental design. Great participants! @scor-cobs.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Ever wondered how to analyse your experimental data? 🌊🧪🌍

We’ve developed a series of tutorials in R to guide you through analysing & visualising data from single & multiple driver experiments.

Beginners and experts, we've got something for all of you.

Please share!

meddle-scor149.org/vignettes/
Vignettes - Meddle
The MEDDLE data analysis tutorials illustrate statistical approaches for single and multiple driver experiments. The tutorials are not meant as an exhaustive list, nor do they replace formal statistic...
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April 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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We have a few slots free in our experimental design workshop at the International Temperate Reefs Symposium on June 30th in Brest, France 🌊

If you're attending the conference and are interested in honing your skills in climate change research/design, please sign up!

itrs-home.org/designing-mu...
Designing multiple driver experiments – ITRS 2025
The MEDDLE resources were developed to help researchers design and carry out tractable, intercomparable multiple driver experiments. In this workshop, participants will learn how to use these…
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February 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Do you plan to do a multiple stressor/driver experiment? 🌊

We developed a 5-step guide to help you design and carry it out:

meddle-scor149.org/decision-sup...
Design Your Experiment - Meddle
Identifying the influences of ocean change on local and global scales is a complex task. However, a carefully designed experiment can help you contribute information needed for the development of scie...
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January 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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We are excited to host a virtual workshop about how to design & conduct multiple-driver experiments for Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association researchers.

blog.wiomsa.net/2024/12/11/v...

Applications due 23 December! Contact @christinamcgraw.bsky.social for more information.

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December 12, 2024 at 4:03 AM
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Several of our members contributed to a couple of international meetings recently:

The Sixth International Workshop on Bridging the Gap Between Ocean Acidification Impacts and Economic Valuation in Monaco, organised by the Centre Scientifique de Monaco and the IAEA.
Photo of COBS members and others at the Sixth International Workshop on Bridging the Gap Between Ocean Acidification Impacts and Economic Valuation in Monaco. Photo of COBS members and others at the Sixth International Workshop on Bridging the Gap Between Ocean Acidification Impacts and Economic Valuation in Monaco.
December 2, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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We are leading workshops on designing multiple driver experiments, at upcoming seaweed and temperate reef conferences 🌊
chrisecornwall.bsky.social Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · Nov 17
This is teaching part of some of the material put together by @scor-cobs.bsky.social members. Should be good! We will also run one at ITRS in France too
chrisecornwall.bsky.social Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · Nov 16
If you have not registered for the 2025 International Seaweed Symposium, check out our workshop on experimental design: iss25.com/workshops/ If you have registered already before our workshop was online, flick me a message.
November 17, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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Hello all! We're a working group studying how interacting drivers (or "multiple stressors") like temperature, acidification, etc. shape marine life. Follow us for new research and workshops, as well as tools to improve experimental design, data analysis, mathematical models, and more. 🌊
November 12, 2024 at 8:08 AM