President: Johan van der Molen
(Emailos@egu.eu)
Deputy President: Joanna Staneva
(Email)
ECS Representative: Coline Poppeschi
(Emailecs-os@egu.eu)
The Ocean Sciences (OS) Division has the major objective to provide an attractive and productive environment for scientists from Europe and all over the world to gain progress in the various ocean science disciplines and have beneficial interactions with other fields of geosciences. For that purpose, we organise with the teams of conveners the ocean science part of the program of the scientific conference that his held every year during the EGU General Assembly. We give special attention to topics cross-cutting with those of other divisions. We recognise deserving colleagues in various stages of their careers with our Award program: the division awards the Fritdjof Nansen Medal to mid or full career scientists and the Outstanding Early Career Scientists Award for researchers in the early stages of their careers. We also award prizes to outstanding student posters at every General Assembly. The division maintains very strong links with the EGU Publications Committee, and especially with the board of editors of the open access journal Ocean Science (OS). The division also collaborates with other EGU committees in the organisation of relevant topical conferences and summer schools.
Latest posts from the OS blog
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 potassium and iron, shaping our coasts and transporting heat. In her book Blue Machine – How the Ocean Shapes Our World, physicist Helen Czerski takes readers on an enlightening journey through the ocean. She explores various aspects of the ocean by blending scientific explanations with historical anecdotes, personal experiences, and fascinating …
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The Jinxed Scientist: The Conference Cough Symphony
Bad things happen… but they make for the best stories. This blog is for all the jinxed souls out there who seem to attract bad luck in academia. As conferences are the perfect stage, almost predestined to showcase our most embarrassing moments, we will start right there. This blog post is for everyone who shivers at the thought of presenting on the conference stage. All the PhDs who just started and want to know the worst-case scenarios (and how they …
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Sailing for Science: How Data from Sailing Races Advances Ocean Research
The Vendée Globe began on November 10th, with 44 participants embarking on the world’s toughest sailing race. This non-stop, single-handed round-the-world yacht race challenges skippers to circumnavigate the Southern Ocean. The race starts in France, traverses the North Atlantic, and heads directly into the Southern Ocean. Despite taking place during the austral summer, the conditions remain extreme, with waves reaching towering heights. In the previous race, the 2020/21 Vendée Globe, a skipper had to abandon his sinking yacht following a …
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The Alarming Decline in Ocean CO2 Observations
„observations not taken today are lost forever.“ (Wunsch et al., 2013) The Critical Need for CO2 Measurements Imagine the ocean as a giant lung, breathing in carbon dioxide (CO2) and helping to keep our planet cool. It absorbs about 25% of the CO2 emissions from human activities, playing a crucial role in mitigating the pace of climate change. But what happens when we lose sight of this process? Because this is precisely the reality we are beginning to face. Our …
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Recent awardees
- 2024
- Fridtjof Nansen Medal
The 2024 Fridtjof Nansen Medal is awarded to
Stephanie Henson for outstanding research into the ocean’s role in the carbon cycle, built on her extraordinary ability to combine diverse observational data with novel biogeochemical models.
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- 2024
- Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award
The 2024 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to
Alessandro Silvano for outstanding research in the field of physical oceanography under ice, and ice-ocean interactions.
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- 2024
- Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award
The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to
Álvaro Cubas Microplastic trajectories and fates in the Canary Current System using TrackMPD
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- 2023
- Fridtjof Nansen Medal
The 2023 Fridtjof Nansen Medal is awarded to
Alberto Naveira Garabato for groundbreaking and pioneering research characterised by extraordinary insight and innovation that mechanistically revealed previously unseen key aspects of ocean mixing and ocean circulation.
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- 2023
- Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award
The 2023 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to
Florian Börgel for outstanding research in the field of long-term climate variability influence on regional seas.
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- 2023
- Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award
The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to
Hsin-I Lin Buoy Observations of Turbulent Mixing in the northwestern subtropical Pacific Ocean
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- 2023
- Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award
The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to
Xiaoqing Chen Time-Lapse Volumetric Seismic Imaging of Water Masses at a Major Oceanic Confluence in the South Atlantic Ocean
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