The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) has just published the "Integrated Ocean Carbon Research: A Summary of Ocean Carbon Knowledge and a Vision for Coordinated Ocean Carbon Research and Observations for the Next Decade", a report which sets out to accomplish the vital task of indicating the current gaps and future directions for the integrated ocean carbon cycle research.

The North American Carbon Program (NACP) Science Implementation Plan (NSIP) Draft is now available for public input. The NACP Science Implementation Plan aims to chart a course for the next decade and beyond, guiding the work of the NACP as a whole by updating our strategy and laying plans to translate it into practice. Getting broad input from the NACP community is key to the NSIP's development and impact.

*Input contributed by Ben Poulter (NASA Goddard), with excerpts cross-posted from NOAA.gov and globalcarbonproject.org*