October 2021 - Issue #47
GEOTRACES Science Highlights
Microbial trace metal trafficking on marine particles
This study provides evidence for the processing of nine particulate trace metals in multiple manners by diverse microbial communities.
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Volcanic emissions in the Southern Ocean: an efficient and unexpected source of iron for this remote area
This study suggests that volcanic emission can represent a significant source of bioavailable iron to open ocean anaemic ecosystems.
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Surprisingly heavy silicon isotopes in the surface and deep Arctic Ocean
Brzezinski and his colleagues report on a comprehensive study of the Arctic Ocean silicic acid concentrations and silicon isotopic composition...
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Unique winter dataset of particulate and dissolved cadmium in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean
Cloete and collaborators analysed particulate and dissolved cadmium at 7 stations in austral winter along a North South section off South Africa.
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Special Focus

The day has arrived!

Launch of GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2021!
Register for the webinar launch that will be held on 17 November and repeated on 18 November!
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News
The 3rd GEOTRACES Summer School will be held in July 2022!
We are excited to announce that the 3rd International GEOTRACES Summer School: Introducing Polar Parameters, which had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will take place from 10th to 17th July 2022.
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GEOTRACES National Reports online now!
Thanks to all GEOTRACES national representatives for all their work!
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Effort to develop a database of observational seawater d18O data
PAGES CoralHydro2K Project asks for help in recovering observational seawater d18O datasets.
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Call for 2022 SCOR Visiting Scholars is now open!
SCOR supports Ph.D. level ocean scientists from developed and developing countries to teach short courses at developing country institutions.
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Help us to acknowledge support from the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research!
Please help us to show how valuable the funding received from the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) is for the GEOTRACES community!
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Webinar recording available - Learn about GEOTRACES and other NSF funded projects
Dr Phoebe Lam explains everything you want to know about GEOTRACES!
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GEOTRACES Informations

GEOTRACES Dates

Upcoming GEOTRACES or GEOTRACES-related events:

9-10 November 2021, Blowing South: Southern Hemisphere Dust Symposium, virtual event. 

17-18 November 2021, Launch of GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2021, virtual event. Register for the webinar before 15 November!

13-17 December 2021, AGU Fall Meeting 2021, New Orleans, LA and on-line. Check the GEOTRACES session. 

27 February - 4 March 2022, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022, Honolulu, Hawaii and on-line. Check the GEOTRACES sessions. 

10-17 July 2022, 3rd GEOTRACES Summer School: Introducing Polar Parameters, Bremerhaven, Germany. Pre-announcement, more information will be available in early 2022.

 

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Job Opportunities

Check the GEOTRACES website to view the latest job opportunities posted including:

Project Officer for the GEOTRACES International Project Office (part-time position)
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Faculty position, Earth Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
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Postdoctoral position in ocean metal biogeochemistry, University of Southern California, USA
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Chemical Oceanographer/Aqueous Trace Element Biochemist, tenure-track position, Florida State University, USA
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Postdoc position in Marine Trace Metal and Isotope Biogeochemistry, The Royal NIOZ Texel, The Netherlands
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Assistant Professor in Chemical Oceanography/Marine Biogeochemistry, UBC, Vancouver, Canada
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Latest Publications

- de Carvalho, L. M., Hollister, A. P., Trindade, C., Gledhill, M., & Koschinsky, A. (2021). Distribution and size fractionation of nickel and cobalt species along the Amazon estuary and mixing plume. Marine Chemistry, 236, 104019. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MARCHEM.2021.104019

- Gerringa, L. J. A. J. A., Rijkenberg, M. J. A. J. A., Slagter, H. A. A., Laan, P., Paffrath, R., Bauch, D., Rutgers van der Loeff, M., Middag, R. (2021). Dissolved Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, and Zn in the Arctic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126(9), e2021JC017323. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017323

- Jiskra, M., Heimbürger-Boavida, LE., Desgranges, MM. et al. Mercury stable isotopes constrain atmospheric sources to the ocean. Nature 597, 678–682 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03859-8

-  König, D., Conway, T. M., Ellwood, M. J., Homoky, W. B., & Tagliabue, A. (2021). Constraints on the cycling of iron isotopes from a global ocean model. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35(9), e2021GB006968. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GB006968

-  Liao, W.-H., Takano, S., Tian, H.-A., Chen, H.-Y., Sohrin, Y., & Ho, T.-Y. (2021). Zn elemental and isotopic features in sinking particles of the South China Sea: implications for its sources and sinks. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.GCA.2021.09.013

-  Seo, H., & Kim, G. (2020). Rare earth elements in the East Sea (Japan Sea): Distributions, behaviors, and applications. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 286, 19–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.GCA.2020.07.016

-  Xu, H., & Weber, T. (2021). Ocean Dust Deposition Rates Constrained in a Data‐Assimilation Model of the Marine Aluminum Cycle. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35(9), e2021GB007049. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GB007049

 

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GEOTRACES in Numbers

Cruises completed: 130
Section cruises completed: 43
Publications: 1693

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