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)