2nd Ocean Carbon from Space Workshop: In-person

Tuesday 2 December 2025 - Wednesday 3 December 2025

Location: Darmstadt, Germany

The 2nd Ocean Carbon from Space workshop will support progress towards an integrated approach for characterising the ocean carbon cycle using satellite observations and will advance our understanding of its variability across space and time. Outcomes will provide insight into how satellite observations can inform ocean carbon assessments in the Earth System in a climate context, support the evaluation and improvement of climate models, and provide advice and guidance to high-level policy activities. This workshop is organised in the frame of the ESA SCOPE Project.

The main objective of these workshops is to bring together the scientific community to address key gaps, challenges, and opportunities in ocean carbon research. The workshop will support progress towards an integrated approach for characterising the ocean carbon cycle using field and satellite observations as well as ecosystem models and will look towards advancing our understanding of its variability across space and time.

The workshop consists of two components:

1. Online workshop from 24-26 November 2025, consisting of keynote presentations, oral presentations and breakout poster and discussion sessions, with the intention to cover a wide range of topics related to ocean carbon cycle research.
2. In-person sessions at the International Ocean Colour Science Meeting from 2 – 3 December 2025 in Darmstadt, Germany, including a half-day plenary session and a 2.5-hour breakout session, focused on actionable recommendations for the international research community and space agencies.

Participants can choose to join the online or in-person sessions, or both.