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FROM THE TOS PRESIDENT
Paula Bontempi
Hello TOS members! I am grateful and honored to take the helm of an organization that was formative for me as a student and continues to be as a professional. I thank the incredibly capable outgoing President Deb Bronk, the TOS Council, and staff for their continual effort in shaping a new strategy for TOS’s future. > READ MORE
TOS COUNCIL ELECTIONS
We’re excited to announce these newly elected members of the Council!
• President-Elect: Heidi Dierssen
• At-Large Councilor: Leonard Pace
• Geological Oceanography Councilor: Jonathan Lewis
• Student Councilor: Moronke Harris
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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…

STUDENT HIGHLIGHT
Shania Brown
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
Don’t miss Oceanography magazine’s popular articles providing guidance on navigating grad school:
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

NISKINe
This special issue of Oceanography focuses on NISKINe: The Near-Inertial Shear and Kinetic Energy in the North Atlantic Experiment.

September 2024 Issue
This issue of Oceanography features articles on machine learning in ocean remote sensing, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Gulf of Maine cold wave, metocean data in support of offshore wind energy, and more…

Twenty Years of GEOTRACES
This special issue of Oceanography focuses on GEOTRACES: An International Study of the Marine Biogeochemical Cycles of Trace Elements and Isotopes.

Sea Grant: Science Serving America’s Coastlines and People
This special issue of Oceanography details the National Sea Grant College Program’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 to 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

Frontiers in Ocean Observing
Emerging Technologies for Understanding and Managing a Changing Ocean—A 2023 Supplement to 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.
Career Profiles
Providing advice to ocean sciences graduate students about career options outside of the university setting.
NEWS
Oceanography is an open access journal featuring peer-reviewed articles that chronicle all aspects of ocean science and its applications.
Featured Articles

Model-Based Observing System Evaluation in a Western Boundary Current: Observation Impact from the Coherent Jet to the Eddy Field
By C. Kerry et al.
This article reviews the impact of observations on model estimates of the East Australian Current using three different methods, providing powerful insights for optimizing observation and prediction efforts…

Glider Surveillance for Near-Real-Time Detection and Spatial Management of North Atlantic Right Whales
By K.L. Indeck et al.
This article highlights five case studies where gliders are being used for area-based monitoring of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale to address several different spatial management objectives…

Monitoring Impacts of the Gulf Stream and its Rings on the Physics, Chemistry, and Biology of the Middle Atlantic Bight Shelf and Slope from CMV Oleander
By C. Marchese et al.
This article illustrates how a partnership with a merchant marine container vessel gives scientists a unique window into upper ocean currents, water properties, and marine ecology…

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