Tried to read this book before I started teaching and I didn't really get it...Yet after teaching courses for several semesters I returned and found it extremely useful for addressing recurring issues in class. Strongly recommend it for anyone who's run a lecture course and wants to improve it! ๐
We have ongoing projects on ice-ocean interaction from observations in Chile, Greenland and Antarctica; work on Cobalt-limitation of plankton growth; and programs investigating the viability of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement
Cruise observations in west Greenland investigating ice-ocean interactions
Some of the team attending a conference in Guangzhou
Cruise observations in east Greenland investigating ice-ocean interactions
Staff and students working outdoors in Dapeng on our Ocean alkalinity enhancement program
If you're looking for a friendly team and a generous salary ๐ , we have open funding for a postdoc on any topic of relevance to our marine bigoeochemistry projects: 2 year contracts, generous bonus, flexible work arrangements & start date, optional fieldwork (project details on our webpage) ๐ ๐ปโโ๏ธ ๐ณ
Q: Are there any 'golden rules' to help decide what goes into a paper?
A: If a paper contains multiple topics, even if they are all interesting, it gets hard to follow. If 1 story is sliced into many papers it's difficult to see the novelty and readers lose interest. So 1 paper = 1 story
Q: How can I help get my work reviewed faster?
A: Editors are not magic, but you can help them help you by checking that submissions match journal scope & style. To judge this, read papers in that specific journal. And give a good list of 5-10 recommended reviewers who may be interested in the work
Q: What factor is most important in choosing a journal?
A: Quality is important because a successful career will be built on a reputation for quality work. Society journals with solid reputations are going to be home to a lot of your work over a successful career, so these are good places to start.
Q: Should I consider adding 'big names' to my paper to help get my work published?
A: Authorship lists should reflect the contributions made to work. Adding an author who did not contribute to the work is unethical and we would never recommend this.
Q: If a reviewer signs their review, can I contact them to ask for further clarifications?
A: Generally we never recommend this. Some senior reviewers always sign their reviews, but this should not be considered an invitation to contact them outside the review process.
Q: What advice can you give to students about reducing chances of work being rejected?
A: 2/3 of rejections reflect poor structure or other fixable issues unrelated to the quality of the science. We strongly recomend writing courses and approaching writing as a key skill to be continuously developed
This was one of the 1st #AGU activities in China. Our students kept a panel of 5 editors up very late with a lot of questions about the publication process (we were answering until 21:30!). Some great audience questions to me representing @jgroceans.bsky.social :
Roy presents his MSc project on changing riverine biogeochemistry across south China
Catching up with past graduates from our group and colleagues from ongoing projects
An AGU workshop representing JGR:Oceans and GRL in China
Xin presents part of his PhD thesis using results from our 2024 cruise to Greenland
It was great to see a lot of students from across China (5000!) presenting their work in Guangzhou this weekend. We chose this conference to run an #AGU outreach event, helping junior students navigate the process of publishing work in quality journals
The Swedish icebreaker Oden had a 1-in-5 chance of reaching Victoria Fjord. No ship had ever explored it. Marine geologists Martin Jakobsson and Larry Mayer made itโand what they found at the glacier face raised more questions than it answered. www.esri.com/about/newsro...
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The Editor panel is an open event, no need to sign up, anyone registered for the conference can attend
The 11th Geoscience Forum will attract about 5000 participants to Guangzhou in April 2026
For decades the USA was the main source of articles for #AGU journals. Now, for many journals China is the main country of origin. Yet editorial boards and outreach activities do not reflect this, so we are launching workshops across China starting with an Editor event at the 11th Geoscience Forum ๐
By coincidence (I assume ๐) my birthday is a national holiday in China, so we always get a 3 day weekend ๐
Some photos from @guy_heath_ rock pooling at Hannafore, Looe! The elusive Rainbow sea slug (Babakina anadoni), found by @oops_robin ๐
Many families waited years to find out if their loved ones survived. 77 years later children still had no idea what happened to their fathers. Survivors suffered horrific PTSD and the US officer that sank the ship was so horrified when he learned 800 POWs died that he had to be removed from duty.
I've heard stories before, how POWs broke out but were shot as they abandoned ship, how Chinese fisherman braved retaliation rescuing 384 men in the water, how hundreds of trapped men went down singing "It's a Long Way to Tipperary", but what the film really captures is the tragedy for the families
Lisbon Maru film poster, depicting the ship sinking
I saw a very touching Chinese documentary and it's one of the best war films I've ever seen. In 1942 the Lisbon Maru was carrying POWs to Japan after the fall of Hong Kong. When a US submarine torpedoed the ship, the Japanese abandoned it, nailed the cargo holds shut and left 1,816 men to die
Happy International Women's Dayโfrom all of us making waves in ocean science and engineering! ๐๐ช๐ฝ๐
#IWD2026 #WomenInSTEM
Come to Sweden! We are kicking off the new Swedish research school in Polar Science this summer, and under that umbrella there are currently a number of PhD positions announced (more on the way). Read more, and apply, here:
www.gu.se/en/seal/appl...
Shares = eternal karma
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This lovely sea anemone is basking in a tidepool in the setting sun. It is pale green, with pink tentacle tips, and radiating lines extend from its manus across its oral disc.
Sunset sunburst sea anemone. Check out the tentacle shadows across the oral discโฆ ๐ ๐๐ธ #MarineLife #Invertebrate #Anthopleura
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Cruise logo from our 2024 expedition to Greenland
Sampling on a small motorboat during our 2024 expedition to Greenland
If you're interested in particle fluxes, sinking plankton and the Arctic, then the fantastic Emilia Trudnowska has a great 2.5 year position open for you: Work on data from our Arctic expeditions to study how microbial dynamics around Greenland and Svalbard are responding to climate change ๐
Two new articles this week about how Fe from Antarctica fertilizes the Southern Ocean.
In NGeoscience Struve et al., suggest this process has been vastly under-estimated. In Comms E&E, Chinni et al., suggest this process has been vastly over-estimated.
Such is research ๐
Lecture room filled with students eating pizza
Lecture room filled with students eating pizza
When I started at SUSTech nobody really knew what 'biogeochemistry' was, so we started giving lunchtime talks about our research topics. These are now so popular we have to ticket them ๐ . I'm sure the free pizza helps motivate interest ๐ ๐
Interesting. The devil is in the detail though; I use a similar concept in class to show how error propagation becomes an issue. Factoring in additionality, and changes to the CH4 & N2O budgets makes the uncertainty large. Spatial decoupling between C fixation and respiration is also a big problem..
When my wife visited the UK, she loved the scenery and culture but was shocked by the state of public transport, the amount of homelessness on city streets, and the fact that you can't instantly buy something online like in China ๐
"What do you mean we have to wait a week for delivery?!"
I used trains twice this week, the busiest of the year, via a station which handles >300,000 passengers a day. I asked a staff member for their punctuality. This year's data is pending, last Spring Festival 98.7% of trains ran on time... These numbers would embarrass most other rail services.
My wife and I are served drink after one of (too) many spring festival dinners this week.
"You met me at a very Chinese time in my life"
#Chinamaxxing
