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FROM THE TOS PRESIDENT
CALL FOR INPUT: 2025–2030 TOS STRATEGIC PLAN
The TOS Council has completed a full draft of the 2025–2030 Strategic Plan. A heartfelt thanks to everyone who sent in comments on the brief outline I shared back in September. I once again ask for your input now on the completed draft plan. Nothing is set in stone. This is your society and we need to hear from you. Any and all comments, suggestions, complaints are welcome. If you like the plan and don’t have specific suggestions, a simple thumbs up would be a useful data point.
For a society like TOS, with a Council made up of very busy volunteers and members spread around the world, inclusive governance can be a challenge. An actionable strategic plan, which has been crafted with input from and vetted by the membership, is a valuable tool to keep the Council focused on work that is meaningful. The inclusion of metrics of success will allow us to evaluate whether our goals are being met, and if not, to make needed adjustments. All of which can be reported back to the membership periodically.
Please send your comments to [email protected] by November 19. I will collate your suggestions and bring them to the Council for discussion. My hope is to deliver a fully vetted plan to president-elect Paula Bontempi by January 1 when she takes the reins.
TOS COUNCIL ELECTIONS
All TOS members were sent an email on November 4, 2024, with instructions on voting for new Council members. Biographical sketches are available on the election web page. All votes must be cast by December 4, 2024. If you haven’t received a voting link, please contact Jenny Ramarui. > LEARN MORE
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Upcoming Events
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…
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…
Background photo credit: Lewis Burnett/Ocean Image Bank
Featured Resources
Disseminating Knowledge of Oceanography and Its Application
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
The Promise and Pitfalls of Machine Learning in Ocean Remote Sensing
By P.C. Gray et al.
This feature article explores machine learning, which has the potential to play an important role in improved process understanding, but we must always ask what we are learning after the model has learned…
Backyard Buoys: Meeting Needs of Coastal, Indigenous Communities Through Co-Design and Co-Production
By J. Newton et al.
This article spotlights the Backyard Buoys project enabling Indigenous and coastal communities to gather and use wave data to enhance their blue economies and hazard protections…
Satellite Data Sharing for Scientific Inter-Group Cooperation Using the Leaflet R Package
By C. Marchese et al.
This DIY Oceanography article demonstrates the practical application of the leaflet R package to visualize satellite-derived data and showcases its value in aiding researchers’ decision-making…
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