2022 – Edition

Past, present and future of a living ocean

Presentation of the edition

We have a limited understanding of the long physicochemical and biological evolution of the ocean. In a context of climate change, it is crucial to better understand the paleo-ocean and how it has evolved into the present ocean. That information would allow us to generate better predictions of the future ocean. Thus, the main aim of this workshop is to bring together scientists from different disciplines (paleoceanographers, biogeochemists, conservation biologists, microbial ecologists, ecosystem modellers, geologists and physical oceanographers) in order to develop improved perspectives on the future ocean, based on knowledge from the past and present.

The RMSC2022 will promote synergies and dialogues between different disciplines as well as networking and knowledge exchange between senior, junior and next-generation researchers from different disciplines.

Venue and attendance

The workshop will take place at the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) in Barcelona, Spain
Attendance will be in-person.
The workshop is aimed at early career researchers (graduate students and postdocs), but senior researchers are also welcome.

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Content

The workshop will include 5 days of presentations plus moderated discussions and a two-day retreat to produce the draft of a position paper. For that, we will allocate Saturday and Sunday 1-2 October 2022. The retreat will include key scientists and organizers to guide the activity.

Physical and biological oceanography across scales

  • The Oceans in a Changing Climate (Stefan Rahmstorf)
  • Do fine-scale physical processes matter for marine biogeochemestry responses to climate change? (Marina Levy)
  • Coastal areas in a changing ocean (Carlos Duarte)

Paleoceanography

  • Understanding the past ocean and its links to climate (Claire Waelbroeck)
  • Past lessons on sensitivity of the Mediterranean thermohaline circulation to climate variability (Isabel Cacho)
  • Ancient planktonic ecosystems (Raffaele Siano)

Biogeochemistry

  • Global biogeochemical cycles: an evolutionary perspective (Paul Falkowski)
  • Blue Carbon as a natural climate solution: past, present and future perspectives (Oscar Serrano)
  • Carbon pump (Stephanie Henson)

Ecology & Evolution

  • The ocean microbiome through space and time (Carles Pedros)
  • Food webs and interaction networks across time (Sam Chaffron)
  • Mass extinctions of marine life (Carmen García-Comas)

Big-Data, Artificial Intelligence & Modelling

  • TBD – Dan Richter
  • Predicting the future of the ocean ecosystem (Stephanie Dutkiewicz)
  • Can science help humanity craft a sustainable future? (Martten Scheffer)

Societal Challenges

  • Global ecological modelling to simulate future trajectories of change in marine ecosystems (Marta Coll)
  • Trade-offs between ocean ecosystem limits and social adaptation to global change: challenges and dangers (Jordi Solé)

The recorded sessions can be viewed here, and the final report can be downloaded at this link.

program

Sunday, 25th September

16:30 pm – 18:00 pm

Student’s presentations

Monday, 26th September

08:30 am – 09:00 am

Welcome

09:00 am – 10:00 am

TALK 1 (Claire waelbroeck)

10:00 am – 11:00 am

TALK 2 (Isabel Cacho)

11:00 am – 11:30 am

Coffee break

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

TALK 3 (S. Henson)

12:30 pm – 14:00 pm

Lunch

14:00 pm – 15:00 pm

TALK 4 (Paul Falkowski – ONLINE)

15:00 pm – 16:00 pm

Prepare discussion

16:30 pm – 17:00 pm

Coffee break

17:00 pm – 18:00 pm

Discussion day 1

Tuesday, 27th September

09:00 am – 10:00 am

TALK 5 (C. Duarte)

10:00 am – 11:00 am

TALK 6 (Marina Levy)

11:00 am – 11:30 am

Coffee break

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

TALK 6 (Jordi Solé)

12:30 pm – 14:00 pm

Lunch

14:00 pm – 15:00 pm

TALK 8 (S. Dutkiewicz)

15:00 pm – 16:00 pm

Prepare discussion

16:30 pm – 17:00 pm

Coffee break

17:00 pm – 18:00 pm

Discussion day 2

Wednesday, 28th September

09:00 am – 10:00 am

TALK 9 (Dan Richter)

10:00 am – 11:00 am

TALK 10 (M. Scheffer – ONLINE)

11:00 am – 11:30 am

Coffee break

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

TALK 11 (Raffaele Siano)

12:30 pm – 14:00 pm

Lunch

15:00 pm – 16:00 pm

GO to BSC

16:30 pm – 17:00 pm

Discussion day 3 (at BSC)

17:00 pm – 18:00 pm

VISIT BSC + talks at BSC

Thursday, 29th September

09:00 am – 10:00 am

TALK 12 (Carmen G-C)

10:00 am – 11:00 am

TALK 13 (O. Serrano)

11:00 am – 11:30 am

Coffee break

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

TALK 13 (S. Rahmstorf)

12:30 pm – 14:00 pm

Lunch

14:00 pm – 15:00 pm

Prepare discussion

15:00 pm – 16:00 pm

Discussion day 4

16:30 pm – 17:00 pm

Coffee break

17:00 pm – 18:00 pm

POWER HOUR

Friday, 30th September

09:00 am – 10:00 am

TALK 15 (C. Pedrós)

10:00 am – 11:00 am

TALK 16 (S. Chaffron)

11:00 am – 11:30 am

Coffee break

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

TALK 17 (M. Coll)

12:30 pm – 14:00 pm

Lunch

14:00 pm – 15:00 pm

Prepare discussion

15:00 pm – 16:00 pm

Discussion day 5

16:30 pm – 17:00 pm

Coffee break

17:00 pm – 18:00 pm

TBD

Saturday, 1st October

10:00 am – 17:00 pm

Wrap up

Sunday, 2nd October

10:00 am – 15:00 am

End of the workshop

Team

Co-organisers of the Workshop

Ramiro Logares
Cèlia Marrase
Pedro Cermeño
Eva Calvo
Caterina R. Giner

Speakers

Carles Pedrós Alió, National Center for Biotechnology (CNB), CSIC, Spain
Carlos M. Duarte, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Claire Waelbroeck, CNRS, France
Daniel Richter, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, CSIC, Spain
Isabel Cacho, University of Barcelona, Spain
Jordi Solé, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Marina Levy, LOCEAN-IPSL, CNRS, France
Marta Coll, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM), CSIC, Spain
Marten Scheffer, University of Wageningen, Netherlands
Oscar Serrano, CEAB, CSIC, Spain
Paul Falkowski, Rutgers University, USA
Raffaele Siano, Ifremer, France
Sam Chaffron, University of Nantes, France
Stefan Rahmstorf, Postdam University, Germany
Stephanie Dutkiewicz, MIT, USA
Stephanie Henson, National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom

Institutional support OF THE EDITION