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FROM THE TOS PRESIDENT. Hello TOS members! This month I encourage us all to ponder the question—why do scientists do so much work for free? I think it is definitely worth a bit of thought and discussion, perhaps at the pub after you finish volunteering as a judge at the local science fair… > READ MORE
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CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION ARE OPEN
Join us in Las Palmas in October for the leading international conference on the optics of inland, coastal, and ocean waters. Learn more on the Ocean Optics XXVI website.
Building on the momentum of hosting over 5,500 attendees in New Orleans last month, we’re excited to announce that Glasgow, Scotland, UK, will be the host city for OSM26! The event will be held in February 2026 at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC), located on the bank of the River Clyde.
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GRAD STUDENT/EARLY CAREER RESOURCES
Visit TOS’s Grad Student/Early Career Resources page where you will find graduate student and early career job and fellowship links, shiptime opportunities, and helpful articles and websites…
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CAREER PROFILES: OPTIONS AND INSIGHTS
View nearly 100 career profiles of ocean scientists with careers outside of academia. These profiles are intended to advise ocean sciences graduate students about career options other than teaching and/or research in a university setting…
NAVIGATING GRAD SCHOOL
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UNDERGRAD STUDENT RESOURCES
Visit TOS’s Undergrad Student Resources page for lists of opportunities and recommended reading…
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Featured Resources
Disseminating Knowledge of Oceanography and Its Application
Sea Grant: Science Serving America’s Coastlines and People
This special issue of Oceanography is focused on Sea Grant’s contributions to enhancing the use and conservation of US coastal, marine, and Great Lakes resources.
Building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Ocean Sciences
This special issue of Oceanography explores many avenues for building DEI in the ocean sciences.
Building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Ocean Sciences Autobiographical Sketches
This supplement of Oceanography presents short autobiographies from a diverse group of ocean scientists.
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
This special issue of Oceanography explores 50 years of innovative research in oceanography
New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration
The Ocean Exploration Trust 2022 Field Season—A 2023 Supplement to Oceanography
Frontiers in Ocean Observing
Emerging Technologies for Understanding and Managing a Changing Ocean—A 2023 Supplement to Oceanography
Oceanography March 2023
This issue includes a look at hot vents along Gakkel Ridge, turbulence in the deep Mediterranean, an array of ocean education subjects, and more…
Scientific Ocean Drilling
More than 50 years of extraordinary science enabled by scientific ocean drilling is celebrated in this 2019 special issue of Oceanography.
The New Arctic Ocean
This special issue of Oceanography explores the profound changes that are occuring to the Arctic Ocean and the many follow-on consequences.
DIY Oceanography
Presenting homemade sensors or instruments that you can build, or build upon.
Hands-On Oceanography
Providing peer-reviewed activities for undergraduate and/or graduate classes in oceanography.
Teaching Physical Concepts in Oceanography
A collection of hands-on/minds-on activities for teaching physical concepts that are fundamental in oceanography.
Scientifically Speaking
Tips for preparing and delivering scientific talks and using visual aids.
Career Profiles
Providing advice to ocean sciences graduate students about career options outside of the university setting.
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Oceanography is an open access journal featuring peer-reviewed articles that chronicle all aspects of ocean science and its applications.
Featured Articles
Is the Atlantic Overturning Circulation Approaching a Tipping Point?
By S. Rahmstorf
This article explores the Atlantic branch of the global overturning circulation, a major player in past and quite likely future climate change.…
Blocked Drainpipes and Smoking Chimneys
By L.N. Thomas et al.
Discovery of new near-inertial wave phenomena made from observations on the northern rim of an anticyclone in the Iceland Basin…
Acidification of the Global Surface Ocean
By R.A. Feely et al.
In this paper, we discuss the major roles played by air-sea anthropogenic CO2 uptake, warming, local upwelling processes, and declining buffer capacity…
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