The Joint Working Group on Climate Change and Biologically-driven Ocean Carbon Sequestration (WGCCBOCS) under the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) was established in 2015. This WG has promoted interdisciplinary exchanges among the research communities by bringing together experts who had expertise using observational, experimental and modelling approaches to characterize and assess the biologically-driven ocean car- bon pumps and their environmental and climate consequences. The WGCCBOCS had the objective of improving prediction and providing advice for climate policy and adaptation to a changing environment.
The WGCCBOCS organized a series of WG meetings to meet its Terms of Reference (ToRs), including (1) a kick-off meeting at Hong Kong, China (June 17, 2016); (2) a business meeting and workshop in Qingdao, China (September 16-18, 2017); (3) a business meeting in Vladivostok, Russia (PICES 2017 annual meeting, September 24, 2017); and (4) a business meeting in Yokohama, Japan (PICES 2018 annual meeting, October 28, 2018). In addition, the WGCCBOCS organized: a joint ICES-PICES Topic Session on “Anthropogenic effects on biogeochemical processes, carbon export and sequestration: Impact on ocean ecosystem services” during the PICES 2017’ Annual Meeting in Vladivostok, Russia (September 26, 2017); and a joint Theme Session on “Carbon uptake, ocean acidification, and ecosystems and human impacts” at the PICES/ICES/IOC/FAO 4th International Symposium on “The effects of climate change on the world’s oceans” in Washington, DC, USA (June 4-8, 2018).
The WGCCBOCS also co-organized/supported the following five activities: two Gordon Research Conference on Ocean Biogeochemistry in Hong Kong, China (June 12-17, 2016, and July 8-13, 2018); a meeting of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) of the Marine Environmental Chamber System (MECS) at Shandong University, China (September 17, 2017); the Yanqi Lake Conference in Beijing, China (September 19-22, 2017); and a workshop on Biogenic Element Cycling Processes and Effects in Xiamen, China (November 8-9, 2018).
As a result of these activities, the WGCCBOCS successfully met its ToRs:
• ToR (a): Five review papers (Chen et al., 2018; Jiao et al., 2018a, 2018b, 2018c; Zhang et al., 2018);
• ToR (b): One review paper (Robinson et al., 2018);
• ToR (c): One perspective paper, (Legendre et al., 2017); and construction of an experimental facility (the Mini Marine Environmental Chamber System, Mini- MECS, 10-m high) on the Qingdao campus of Shandong University, China;
• ToR (d): One perspective paper and one research paper (Wang et al., 2018; Polimene et al., 2018);
• ToR (e): Yanqi Lake Conference in Beijing, China (September 19-22, 2017).
In addition, three special topics in scientific journals were organized and published, and one of the co-Chairs (Nianzhi Jiao) is acting as a lead author for IPCC 6th Assessment Special Report on Ocean and Cryosphere to fulfil the objective of providing advice for climate policy and adaptation to a changing environment.
(Edited by Rui Zhang)
(Editing Contact：xjz@xmu.edu.cn)