The role of fish and other metazoans in the Biological Carbon Pump has long been underappreciated. As part of an effort to identify the processes through which fish, krill, and squid contribute to carbon sequestration — and to evaluate where and how fishing might impact them — we are conducting an IPCC-style confidence assessment of current scientific understanding.
This initiative…
Ocean Visions has released their draft Phytoplankton Carbon Solutions report. The press release can be found here: Report Outlines…
13 August 2025 | 2:00pm ET/ 7:00pm BST
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With an outstanding support of the community, we collated a list of sessions that are of potential interest to the JETZON community - many of them co-organised by JETZON colleagues.
Please consider submitting an abstract and showcasing your great twilight zone research, and feel free to get in touch with the organisers if you have any questions.
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On 8 – 9 December 2025, a scientific discussion meeting will be held at the Royal Society in London, on the topic of marine biodiversity loss.
The meeting will be led by Professor Richard Sanders from the Norwegian Research Centre, Professor Alex Poulton from Heriot Watt University, Professor Stephanie Henson from the National Oceanography Centre, Dr Emma Cavan from Imperial College…
International workshop:
The role of marine biology in helping the ocean store carbon
2-4 March 2026, Glasgow, UK
The workshop is planned to take place immediately after Ocean Sciences 2026.
Marine organisms play a critical role in helping the ocean store carbon, but climate models struggle to make consistent predictions for how this may change in the future. This international…
We would like to give our topical themes (https://jetzon.org/current-themes) and extra push. So, we are looking for people who would be willing to take a lead for one the themes.
This doesn't have to involve a large amount of work. In the simplest instance it could be just putting out an advert on the JETZON webpage and running a call for interested people to discuss things, to try…
About the Capacity Development Facility (CDF) and Matchmaking Platform
The CDF was established to address capacity development needs across and beyond the Decade ecosystem. One of our key upcoming initiatives is the Matchmaking Platform, developed in close collaboration with IOC OTGA and the Capacity Development Hub, and scheduled to launch in September 2025. The…
Several groups, including Environmental Defense Fund, Ocean Conservancy, and the Marine Conservation Initiative are working to advance an IUCN motion (see 1-pager ) and it’s currently in the comments phase.
A comment has been raised that one of the main calls in the motion—a…
Last year, a working group within the JETZON community on microplastics was created.
To bring together a broad community of academics interested in studying microplastics in the Twilight Zone, we have created a survey.
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