The Challenger Society for Marine Science
We are the foremost learned society representing the UK academic marine research community.
Author: Anthony Lucio
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Attending the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 in Glasgow Scottish Association for Marine Science In February, I attended the first Ocean Sciences Meeting to be held outside the USA, in Glasgow, Scotland. This was by far the biggest conference I had ever attended, with over 6000 attendees crammed into the Scottish Exhibition Centre for a week…
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SOLAS Summer School University of East Anglia & Plymouth Marine Laboratory I had the incredible opportunity to spend three weeks at the SOLAS summer school in Tamandaré, Brazil. SOLAS, which stands for Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study, is an organisation that brings together atmospheric and ocean sciences to study the air-seainterface, including physical, chemical, and biological…
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The Challenger Society’s biennial conference has become the UK’s largest gathering of marine scientists. This year’s conference is to be held at Bangor University between the 7th and 11th September 2026. The conference has a broad remit, with interests stretching from the coastline to the deep ocean and spanning the globe, from pole to pole.…
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Challenger Society members are invited to submit all kinds of images (paintings, drawings, collages …) as well as photographs, for a competition to be judged at the Conference in September. We are looking for images relating to marine science or the ocean that are beautiful, impressive, evocative, amusing, quirky or entertaining. The winning image will…
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Insights from the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 (OSM26) in Glasgow Heriot-Watt University One of the highlights of my PhD so far has been attending the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 (OSM26) in Glasgow. The meeting brought together around 6000 researchers from around the world, working across physical, chemical, biological, and interdisciplinary ocean science. Through the support…
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The AtlantiS Early Career Researcher (ECR) Fellowship Spring deadline will be April 30th this year. The purpose of the fellowship is to support the career development of ECRs by enabling collaborative working with AtlantiS researchers, as well as access to AtlantiS facilities, data sets, model output and tools, and cruises. Financial support covers the costs for 2–4-month…
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Field work assistance with Wayamba University, Sri Lanka University of Aberdeen Thanks to the Challenger Society for Marine Science and the Watt Fund from the University of Aberdeen, I was able to travel to Sri Lanka to assist another PhD collaborator, Achini Fernando, with her eDNA field work from January to March 2026. The data…
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From Whittard Canyon to Glasgow’s Scottish Event Campus: Attending Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 University of East Anglia Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 took place in Glasgow from 22–27 February, bringing together thousands of oceanographers, marine scientists, and industry professionals from around the world. With the support of the Challenger Society Travel Award, I attended the meeting…
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Attendance and Presentation at CoastLab 26 (10th Conference on Physical Modelling in Coastal Engineering and Science), IIT Madras, India University of East London I had the opportunity to attend the CoastLab 26 (10th Conference on Physical Modelling in Coastal Engineering and Science) held at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, India, from 23rd…
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International Marine Heatwave Working Group Meeting Marine Biological Association I was awarded the Challenger Society Stepping Stones Bursary to enable me to attend an International Marine Heatwave Working Group meeting in March 2026. The working group meets every 12-18 months, with each meeting consisting of a small number of scientists, who use the workshop to…
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