Sunday June 19
1:30-3:30 pm: Friends of Mixotrophy gathering (Aquatic Brewing, 661 Main St, Falmouth)
7:00-9:00 pm: Early Career Mixer with Ocean Trivia (Aquatic Brewing, 661 Main St., Falmouth) - students, postdocs, new faculty – come mingle with OCB Scientific Steering Committee members and agency representatives! We will have pizza and appetizers from Wolf Pizza (food options for ALL!), beer, and nonalcoholic beverages
| MONDAY, JUNE 20 | LOCATIONS: Redfield Auditorium to start, Clark 507 to end |
| 7:15 White Tie Shuttle pickups start at Inn on the Square and Holiday Inn (2 separate shuttles) – note Sands of Time is walking distance from Redfield Auditorium. White Tie Shuttles will circle back to Inn on the Square and Holiday Inn ~7:40 and ~8:10. If you miss the last shuttle, you will need to get an Uber/taxi (see logistics page of website). |
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| 7:30-8:30 Breakfast (tent) | |
| 8:30-9:15 | Welcome and Introduction |
| Heather Benway (OCB Project Office) | |
| Victoria Coles (UMCES) and Dreux Chappell (ODU) | |
| Danielle Kinkade and Adam Shepherd (Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office) | |
| Plenary Session 1. Closing gaps in quantification of the ocean carbon sink (Chairs: Peter Landschützer, MPI; Galen McKinley, LDEO) |
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| 9:15-9:25 | Introduction (Peter Landschützer, MPI) |
| 9:25-9:55 | The variable air-sea CO2 flux: Insights from models, observations, and machine learning (Galen McKinley, LDEO) |
| 9:55-10:25 | Ocean carbon sink variability from interior carbon observations (Lydi Keppler, SIO) |
| 10:25-10:45 Break | |
| 10:45-11:15 | The land-to-ocean loops of the global carbon cycle (Ray Najjar, PSU) |
| 11:15-11:45 | Learning about the ocean carbon sink from BGC-Argo (Seth Bushinsky, UH, virtual talk) |
| 11:45-12:15 | Applying new observing technologies to reduce uncertainty of ocean CO2 uptake (Adrienne Sutton, NOAA/PMEL) |
| 12:15-12:35 | Panel discussion |
| 12:35-2:00 Networking Lunch (tent) | |
| Plenary Session 2. Extreme ocean events (Chairs: Victoria Coles, UMCES; Patrick Rafter, UCI; Randelle Bundy, UW) |
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| 2:00-2:05 | C-saw Extreme Events Scoping Workshop (Sasha Kramer, UCSB) and Session overview and introduction (Patrick Rafter, UCI) |
| 2:05-2:35 | Ocean biogeochemical extremes and compound events (Nicolas Gruber, ETH Zurich, virtual talk) |
| 2:35-3:05 | Common drivers of compound extreme events in the oceans and land (Regina Rodrigues, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil) |
| 3:05-3:15 Break | |
| 3:15-3:45 | Insights and questions from extreme events in the past (Pincelli Hull, Yale Univ.) |
| 3:45-4:15 | Using the generalized extreme value distribution to describe interannual variability in the North Atlantic spring bloom (Greg Britten, MIT) |
| 4:15-4:45 | Panel discussion |
| 5:00-5:30 Shuttles to Quissett Campus (Clark building) | |
| 5:30-7:30 Reception and poster session (Clark 507, beverages and appetizers) | |
| 7:30 White Tie Shuttles transport back to hotels | |
| TUESDAY, JUNE 21 | LOCATION: All day in Redfield |
| 7:15 White Tie Shuttle pickups start at Inn on the Square and Holiday Inn (2 separate shuttles) – note Sands of Time is walking distance from Redfield Auditorium. White Tie Shuttles will circle back to Inn on the Square and Holiday Inn ~7:40 and ~8:10. If you miss the last shuttle, you will need to get an Uber/taxi (see logistics page of website). | |
| 7:30 Breakfast (tent) | |
| 8:30-9:45 | Agency updates and Q&A (NSF, NASA, NOAA) |
| Plenary Session 3. Evolving understanding of biological carbon export (Chairs: Susanne Menden-Deuer, URI; Emily Osborne, NOAA/AOML; Seth Bushinsky, UH) |
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| 9:45-10:15 | The ocean's biological carbon pump, its impacts, pathways and an experiment to constrain them (EXPORTS) (David Siegel, UCSB) |
| 10:15-10:45 | Global modeling perspective on budgets, projections, and uncertainties (Charlotte Laufkötter, Univ. Bern) |
| 10:45-11:15 Break | |
| 11:15-11:45 | Collecting detailed observations of the biological carbon pump at scale (Colleen Durkin, MBARI) |
| 11:45-12:15 | Biology of the biological pump and the episodic nature of carbon export (Debbie Steinberg, VIMS) |
| 12:15-1:30 Lunch (OCB Activities and Research Areas by table under the tent) | |
| 1:30-2:30 | Spotlight Talks |
| 1:30-1:40 | A widespread mixotroph produces carbon-rich mucospheres that contribute to ocean carbon fluxes (Martina Doblin, Univ. Technology, Sydney) |
| 1:40-1:50 | Food web links lay the foundation for export material and pathways.Results from the North Pacific and North Atlantic EXPORTS campaigns (Heather McNair, URI, virtual) |
| 1:50-2:00 | Ecosystem and biogeochemical constraints on pelagic tunicate carbon export (Jessica Luo, NOAA/GFDL) |
| 2:00-2:10 | New insights on the role of fishes in ocean carbon flux (Grace Saba, Rutgers) |
| 2:10-2:20 | Carbon cycling in a warmer ocean: the past and the future of the biological pump (Flavia Boscolo-Galazzo, Cardiff Univ.) |
| 2:20-2:30 | Probing sinking plankton within deep sea sedimentary DNA to reconstruct the past functioning of the biological pump (Tristan Cordier, NORCE, virtual) |
| 3:00-3:30 | Q&A and panel discussion |
| 3:30-4:15 | Breakout Sessions (tent, tables by topic) - Be prepared to report out your 3 topic findings/recommendations.
Breakout topics (tables under tent will be labeled)
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| 4:15-5:00 | Breakout reports and open discussion (Facilitator: Ivona Cetinic, NASA GSFC) |
| 5:00 Adjourn, dinner on your own (See restaurant recommendations: https://web.whoi.edu/ocb-workshop/local-restaurant-list/) | |
| 5:00 White Tie Shuttles leaving Redfield and heading back to Inn on the Square, Holiday Inn) |
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| 5:30-7:00 Agency reception with students and postdocs (tent)
A White Tie Shuttle Bus will transport attendees to hotels after this reception |
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| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 | LOCATIONS: Clark 507 to start, Redfield Auditorium to end |
| 7:15 White Tie Shuttle pickups start at Inn on the Square and Holiday Inn (2 separate shuttles). White Tie Shuttles will circle back to Inn on the Square and Holiday Inn ~7:40 and ~8:10. If you miss the last shuttle, you will need to get an Uber/taxi (see logistics page of website). A White Tie Shuttle will pick up participants from Sands of Time at 7:40 to transport to Clark. | |
| 7:30-10:00 Breakfast poster session (Clark 507) - WHOI AVAST tour (for those who signed up) at 9:00 am (tour will take ~30 mins.) |
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| 10:00-10:25 White Tie Shuttle transport participants from Clark to Redfield |
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| Plenary Session 4. Tidal carbon exports from coastal wetlands as a significant component of blue carbon sequestration (Chairs: Z. Aleck Wang, WHOI; Jaime Palter, URI; Xinping Hu, TAMUCC, Maria Tzortziou, CCNY/CUNY) | |
| 10:25-10:30 | Session introduction (Z. Aleck Wang, WHOI) |
| 10:30-11:00 | A global overview of lateral carbon fluxes from mangroves and saltmarshes (Isaac Santos, Univ. Gothenburg) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Assessing lateral exports of inorganic carbon and air-water CO2 effluxes from saltmarshes over multiple time-scales (Z. Aleck Wang, WHOI) |
| 11:30-12:00 | Examining the drivers and predictors of the lateral flux from saltmarshes: Leveraging long term, high frequency data (Kevin Kroeger, USGS) |
| 12:00-12:30 | Combining atmospheric and lateral carbon fluxes in restored and historic tidal wetlands in the San Francisco Bay delta (Patty Oikawa, CSU East Bay) |
| 12:30-1:45 Lunch (tent) | |
| 1:45-2:15 | Will it stay or will it go?: Controls on organic carbon preservation and loss in salt marsh soils (Amanda Spivak, UGA) |
| 2:15-2:40 | Lightning talks (5 mins. each)
2:15 Dynamic modulation of tracer exchange in seagrass canopies (Amala Mahadevan, WHOI) 2:20 Tropical cyclones cumulatively control regional carbon fluxes in Everglades mangrove wetlands (Florida, USA) (Xiaochen Zhao, Louisiana State Univ.) 2:25 Subtropical estuarine carbon budget under various hydrologic conditions (Xinping Hu, TAMUCC) 2:30 Potential for CO2 removal via enhanced weathering in the Amazon River-ocean continuum (Linquan Mu, Univ. Rhode Island) 2:35 Constraining salt marsh carbon and nutrient cycling using autonomous biogeochemical measurements at the Seven Mile Island Innovation Laboratory (SMIIL) (John Supino, Boston College) |
| 2:40-3:15 | Panel discussion |
| 3:15-4:00 | Building big programs: Varying pathways to success – a collaborative presentation and panel discussion to highlight major new OCB-relevant programs and the community championing that led up to them, as well as opportunities for community engagement in the future |
| 3:15-3:20 | Learning the Earth with Artificial Intelligence and Physics (LEAP) Science & Technology Center (Galen McKinley, LDEO) |
| 3:20-3:25 | Chemical Currencies of a Microbial Planet (C-CoMP) Science & Technology Center (Liz Kujawinski, WHOI) |
| 3:25-3:35 | BioGeoSCAPES Accelnet and associated ‘Omics intercalibration and intercomparison activities (Bethany Jenkins, URI; Scott Gifford, UNC Chapel Hill; Mak Saito, WHOI) |
| 3:35-4:00 | Q&A and Panel Discussion |
| 4:00 Adjourn for the day (free time) |
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| 4:00 White Tie Shuttles transport participants to Inn on the Square and Holiday Inn | |
| 6:15 White Tie Shuttles transport participants from Inn on the Square and Holiday Inn back to Redfield for workshop dinner | |
| 6:30-9:00 Workshop dinner (tent) | |
| 8:30 White Tie Shuttles start transporting participants back to Inn on the Square and Holiday Inn | |
| THURSDAY, JUNE 23 | LOCATION: Redfield all day |
| 7:15 White Tie Shuttle pickups start at Inn on the Square and Holiday Inn (2 separate shuttles) – note Sands of Time is walking distance from Redfield Auditorium. White Tie Shuttles will circle back to Inn on the Square and Holiday Inn ~7:40 and ~8:10. If you miss the last shuttle, you will need to get an Uber/taxi (see logistics page of website). | |
| 7:30 Breakfast (tent) | |
| Plenary Session 5. Coastal observing to understand and predict ecosystem changes (Chairs: Charlie Stock, NOAA/GFDL; Susanne Craig, NASA GSFC; Jeff Bowman, SIO; P. Dreux Chappell, ODU) | |
| 8:30-8:40 | Session Introduction (Charlie Stock, NOAA/GFDL) |
| 8:40-9:10 | Coastal observing systems for resilient living marine resources in a changing climate (Jon Hare, NOAA/NMFS) |
| 9:10-9:30 | Meeting the ocean observing challenge: Lessons from the Argo Program (Susan Wijffels, WHOI) |
| 9:30-10:00 | Remote sensing technologies for the coastal ocean: Challenges and opportunities (Susanne Craig, NASA GSFC) |
| 10:00-10:30 Break | |
| Plenary Session 5. (cont’d) Advances in in-situ and autonomous observing of coastal ecosystems | |
| 10:30-10:45 | Surface autonomous observing technology for the coastal ocean (Adrienne Sutton, NOAA/PMEL) |
| 10:45-11:00 | ‘Eco-gliders’ as novel platforms for ocean health and ecosystem monitoring and research (Grace Saba, Rutgers) |
| 11:00-11:15 | Building a cost-effective coastal biogeochemical observing network in collaboration with the commercial fishing community (Z. Aleck Wang, WHOI) |
| 11:15-11:45 | A next-generation coastal observing network for ecosystem monitoring and prediction (Clarissa Anderson, SIO/SCCOOS) |
| 11:45-12:15 | Panel Discussion |
| 12:15-12:30 Closing remarks | |
| 12:30 Adjourn workshop and Lunch (tent) | |
| 1:00 White Tie Shuttles start transporting participants back to Inn on the Square and Holiday Inn | |
| 1:30-5:00 OCB Scientific Steering Committee meeting (Smith Conference Room, WHOI Village Campus)- this meeting is for SSC members, agency program managers) | |
