INPRINT Newsletter 2010 - 2014

Please note: INPRINT 2014/1

Due to staff shortfalls in the International Project Office (IPO), the INPRINT editing/Reviewing/printing process will be undertaken from 8 May 2014 onwards. The INPRINT will therefore come out somewhat later than originally intended.
Please note: This will be the last volume during our time at the current host.

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INPRINT 2013_2

Scientific Highlight reflects on:
'Resilience, regime shifts and ecosystem services:
The case of offshore wind farm installation in the German North Sea'

LOICZ Affiliated Activities
• News from the FP7 project HYPOX
• New affiliated projects:
1. Delta Information System for Geoenvironmental and Human Habitat Transition
2. Coastal Sustainability and Governance

CALL: Hosting the International Project Office

INPRINT 2013_2

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Issue	Content
2014	Due to staff shortfalls in the International Project Office (IPO), the INPRINT editing/Reviewing/printing process will be undertaken from 8 May 2014 onwards. The INPRINT will therefore come out somewhat later than originally intended. Please note: This will be the last volume during our time at the current host.
2014/1	to be published in summer 2014

2013
LOICZ INPRINT 2013/2	Scientific Highlight reflects on: 'Resilience, regime shifts and ecosystem services: The case of offshore wind farm installation in the German North Sea' LOICZ Affiliated Activities • News from the FP7 project HYPOX • New affiliated projects: 1. Delta Information System for Geoenvironmental and Human Habitat Transition 2. Coastal Sustainability and Governance CALL: Hosting the International Project Office
LOICZ INPRINT 2013/1	• LOICZ affiliated project CARIACO synthesized Scientific Highlights matching Future Earth cutting-edge research: monitoring and forecasting changes in the Earth system • Focus on coastal megacities and socio ecological effects, risks and opportunities is progressing • Young LOICZ offers a platform to expose early stage research/ers to global scientific peer exchange • LOICZ Affiliated Projects benefit from a new web based Affiliation Portal to support the rapidly growing community of contributing researchers world wide • Future Earth invites Earth system science projects to join – initial criteria for a meaningful transition under consideration
2012
LOICZ INPRINT 2012/3	Observing our shelves and LOICZ in a regional and FUTURE EARTH perspective – the central topics of this volume: • Shelf observatory: COSYNA of the HZG brings observational data to science, provides end-users with integrated information on the marine environment and provides tools for societal benefit • Mapping “hot” and “cold” spots: ESPON develops typologies of European coastal (terrestrial to marine) governance • Regional Nodes – 10 years LOICZ experience and a vital concept for FUTURE EARTH – we look back and ahead – a special feature of our regional networks and future expectations • Coastal and marine science in the Middle East, Africa and Islamic countries in Asia – LOICZ co supports INOC’s LANDSI 2012 conference in Lebanon
LOICZ INPRINT 2012/2	• Regional and local projections of nutrient – HAB links suggest aquaculture becomes a major driver in future – a global model and typology effort • LOICZ’ governance baselines assessment conceptualises the knowledge for gauging progress in policies and intervention towards sustainability – a tool with potential in FUTURE EARTH • LOICZ affi liates produce Scientific Highlights matching all the Grand Challenges from observation to response and innovation • Planet under Pressure, FUTURE EARTH and the Belmont Forum – the redesign of Earth system science and its support mechanisms is shaping up – LOICZ will be engaged • Early stage researchers discover the opportunities in LOICZ – we need to respond • LOICZ tightens links with Japan
LOICZ INPRINT 2012/1	New publications, New SSC members and three new affiliated projects. LOICZ expands networks and activities to Latin America – Regional Node in Brazil about to open.
2011
LOICZ INPRINT 2011/3	LOICZ Open Science Conference held in Yantai, China, 12-15 September, 2011; First Young LOICZ Forum held in Yantai, China, 12-15 September, 2011; Ocean Acidification – a “hot” global change phenomenon under debate; CoastColour compares algorithms and embarks into user training for product application; 22nd LOICZ SSC meeting;Coastal Megacities; 3 Snapshot articles: 1. Modernizing China — a social experiment?; 2. “Ridge to Reef” Management Approaches: Addressing Interactions in Samoa’s Coastal Zone; 3 Impacts of the Earthquake and Tsunami in the Coast of Japan
LOICZ INPRINT 2011/2	Scientific Highlights: - CoastColour delivers water quality information for 27 globally distributed coastal areas - The LOICZ conceptual framework and the ecosystem approach: Towards an interdisciplinary appraisal of coastal ecosystem services - the case of the European saltmarshes. LOICZ-Affiliated Activities: - Comparative Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise (COMPASS) - RADOST conference - IMCORE: Developing Local Coastal Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change across North West Europe: How IMCORE is addressing the Challenges LOICZ Open Science Conference 2011 Coastal Systems, Global Change and Sustainability
LOICZ INPRINT 2011/1	The Arctic coastal ocean carbon cycle depends on sea ice dynamics and biological production under ice and in open waters – both of which may be subject to future change; More about Arctic Coasts: Status Report 2010 (IASC, LOICZ, IPA, AMAP) released – a fi rst circum Arctic coastal assessment (www.arcticcoasts. org), published by Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht News from the Affiliates: • Long time series in the SW Baltic indicate infl uence of global and local change drivers on coastal biogeochemistry • AWARE is connecting people for better water management in Europe – the goal is to pave a way for adaptive ecosystems management • ICAN the International Coastal Atlas Network aims to join globally distributes capacities of coastal web atlas efforts – underlying is to harmonize coastal digital mapping to inform management and response options • SPICE results feature selected social-ecological system management recommendations in Indonesia LOICZ future directions shape up: Arctic Coasts, River mouth systems, deltas and estuaries, Urbanization in coastal zones and Islands at risk are evolving as future LOICZ hotspot research areas LOICZ Open Science Conference and Youth Forum: Coastal Systems, Global Change and Sustainability
2010
LOICZ INPRINT 2010/3	Scientific Highlight: Sediment dynamics and the near-field wake of ships moving through narrow channels
LOICZ INPRINT 2010/2	Scientific Highlight: Spotting the future of nutrient fluxes to global coasts: Linking Watersheds to Coastal Marine Ecosystems: Global Nutrient River Export Trajectories 1970-2050 Affiliates: towards adaptation to future global and climate change – highlighting the regional scale: (NOSCCA). North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment (EPOCA) Guide to best practices for ocean acidification research and data reporting now available online. (RADOST)Regional Adaptation Strategies for the German Baltic Sea Coast PT2: More budgets, more regional pictures LOICZ Biogeochemical Model in Mediterranean Lagoons. Nutrient Budgets for Large Chinese Estuaries PT3: Fifth Global Conference on Oceans,Coasts and Islands CCA: Nutrients, HABs and Fisheries – where will we go in future: Land-based Nutrient Pollution and the Relationship to Harmful Algal Blooms in Coastal Marine Systems SSC: News New Regional Node LOICZ Open Science Conference 2011 Coastal Snapshot: American Samoa: A Wealth of Natural and Cultural Resources Storm Surges Congress 2010 Risk and Management of current and future Storm Surges 13–17 September, 2010, University of Hamburg, Germany
LOICZ INPRINT 2010/1	- Scientific Highlights: Mechanisms of sediment retention in estuaries, /The Wadden Academy: Connecting Science and Policy in the Wadden Sea Region /LOICZ-Affiliated Activities: KnowSeas – Knowledge-based Sustainable Management for Europe's Seas/ “Coastal Risks and Sea-Level Rise” Research Group of Future Ocean Excellence Cluster /PT3: 2009 Amsterdam Conference on Earth System Governance /SSC News: New SSC Members welcome on board! /New LOICZ Regional Node for South Asia opened in Chennai, India /LOICZ/UNEP Workshop on Deltas: Coastal Vulnerability and Management /IPO Notes: 21. LOICZ SSC Meeting in Chennai, India / East Asian Seas Congress 2009, Manila/ Storm Surges Congress 2010/ Final Symposium of the LOICZ-affiliated Project “Coastal Futures” /Coastal Snapshot: South Indian glimpses and cultural historical footprints / Mamallapuram: the town which hosted the 21. LOICZ Scientific Steering Committee Meeting