Go to NPRB
Go to NSF

upcoming events

  • February 22-26, 2010 | AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR
  • February 25, 2010, 7 pm | PI "social" and cruise planning meeting at AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR.  Location and other details TBD.
  • March 6 | BEST-BSIERP cruise on USCG icebreaker Polar Sea departs Kodiak
  • March 9-10, 2010 | SAB meeting, Arlington, VA (at NSF).
  • April 6 | BEST-BSIERP cruise on USCG icebreaker Polar Sea returns to Kodiak
  • May 2 | BEST-BSIERP cruise on UNOLS R/V Thomas G. Thompson departs Dutch Harbor

For more information about upcoming events, or if you'd like to add a relevant event, please contact Tom Van Pelt.

recently featured

Find all news items here.

bering sea right now

Data and Imagery from AOOS

  • Sea Surface Temperature is an important ingredient in climate models and weather forecasts.
  • Sea Ice movements are critical to marine mammals and humans.
  • Chlorophyll-a, used by plants to turn light energy into food, is a measure of productivity at the base of the oceanic food web.

bering sea haiku

As the cold seas warm,
scientists plunge in to find
where the fishes go.

Nora Deans

Welcome to the Bering Sea Project

2010 Alaska Marine Science Symposium features strong BEST-BSIERP presence

Plenary session at 2010 SymposiumThe 2010 Symposium was held January 18-22 at the Hotel Captain Cook in downtown Anchorage. An estimated 700-800 people attended this year's event, which included opening remarks by Alaska Senator Mark Begich, marking the first time in the event's history that a United States senator has attended in person.

Bering Sea Headlines Talk 2010Symposium events included a Bering Sea Project keynote presentation by PIs Rodger Harvey and Mike Sigler (co-chairs of the BEST-BSIERP Science Advisory Board) featuring "Headlines" from 2009 fieldwork and data analyses. Download their "Headlines" keynote presentation (PDF, 5.2 MB).

The Bering Sea Project had an excellent presence at the Symposium, with many BEST-BSIERP talks following the keynote, and with over 20 posters presented!  A big THANK YOU to all PIs for their contributions to the Headlines keynote and other talks and posters, and special thanks to PIs who participated in the Tuesday afternoon PI meeting.

 

Alaska’s premier interdisciplinary marine science conference

Since 2002, the Alaska Marine Science Symposium has provided opportunities for scientists from Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, the Nation, and beyond to inform each other about their research activities in the marine regions off Alaska. The Symposium was made possible by generous support from many sponsors.

2010 Symposium attendees filled the hotel's guest rooms and suites; more than 40 non-plenary sessions and workshops were scheduled throughout the week. Two evening poster receptions featured the latest work in marine science off Alaska and the event attracted media attention as well, with stories on KTUU-TV Anchorage and KSKA-FM radio.

About the Bering Sea Project

Bering Sea Project at a Glance 2010The Bering Sea Project provides the most comprehensive investigation of the Bering Sea ecosystem to date. Field research and modeling will continue in 2009 and 2010 and will be followed by analysis and reporting in 2011 and 2012. Ecosystem modeling will link climate, physical oceanography, lower and upper trophic levels, and economic outcomes, and attempt to predict the impacts of climatic change on the Bering Sea ecosystem.

This research would not be possible without the efforts of nearly one hundred principal scientists.