The EGU General Assembly 2017 will be organized from April 23 - 28, 2017 in Vienna, Austria. It will bring together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. The abstract submission deadline is 11 Jan 2017, 13:00 CET. 

The WCRP, jointly with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC), is organizing an international conference on sea level research that will address the existing challenges in describing and predicting regional sea level changes, and in quantifying the intrinsic uncertainties.

SCOR has issued a call for applications for the 2017 SCOR Visiting Scholars Program. Applications are due by 30 November 2016. SCOR will support three Visiting Scholars in 2017. Applications are welcomed from potential Visiting Scholars as well as institutions wishing to host a Visiting Scholar.

The latest CLIVAR Exchanges, a special issue on CLIVAR 20 years of progress, has just been published!

In order to better publicise papers produced by the WCRP community, papers that use WCRP data or that acknowledge WCRP in any way WCRP has created an email alias:wcrp_papers@wcrp-climate.org. All authors, panel and RF members are invited to send details of relevant articles to this address.  

June 8 is World Oceans Day, designed to remind everyone of the major role the oceans have in everyday life and to celebrate together the beauty, wealth and promise of the ocean.  This year’s theme is “Healthy oceans, healthy planet”, with special emphasis on stopping plastic pollution.

Early discount registration for the 2016 CLIVAR Open Science Conference “Charting the course for climate and ocean research” will close on June 15. This international meeting will take place September 18-25 in Qingdao, China and bring together community leaders and early career scientists to delve into the range of CLIVAR science topics. 

The CLIVAR leadership expresses alarm at news of cuts to climate and ocean research programmes in Australia. 

More than 750 scientists from 66 countries submitted 936 abstracts to the CLIVAR Open Science Conference before the 25 March deadline. Almost half were from Early Career Scientists, which certainly bodes well for the future of climate and ocean science!  

CLIVAR Open Science Conference abstract submission, requests for funding, and applications to participate in the Early Career Scientists Symposium of 2016 will be closed on Friday 25 March 9 pm GMT.