From the Editorial Board

It is with great pleasure that we present the 9 th issue of the NANO NewsleƩ er dedicated to Ocean Science Outreach and CommunicaƟ on. The World Ocean regulates the climate on our planet, contains hundreds of thousands of unique and diverse species and represent the key source for livelihoods for over three billion people. Considering the wide global coverage of NANO, it is essenƟ al for the network members to promote public awareness and understanding of ocean science. In this regard, it was agreed to launch outreach acƟ viƟ es within NANO during the annual meeƟ ng in Berlin.

The 9 th NANO issue begins with an introducƟ on to the NANO Outreach project provided by Monika Grabowska, the project coordinator, followed by an arƟ cle from Lilian Krug who presented the project on the ASLO conference in Granada, Spain and share examples of outreach acƟ viƟ es in other insƟ tuƟ ons. Since the start of the project, several NANO members have received funding to conduct outreach acƟ viƟ es in their home countries (ArgenƟ na, China, Bangladesh, Ghana and India). In this issue you will read about their experience and the challenges they had to face. We also received a number of arƟ cles from NANO members sharing their past experience in science communicaƟ on. You will get to know what it is like be involved in outreach acƟ viƟ es in Brazil, England, Portugal, Venezuela, India, Germany, and Japan.

We also included arƟ cles from senior scienƟ sts and communicators who provided useful Ɵ ps and thoughts on ocean science outreach. We hope that by reading them you will learn good principles of science communicaƟ on and get inspired.

The NF-POGO Scholars for Year 2 CofE program at Alfred Wegener InsƟ tute and key updates on the regional NANO project in Southeast Asia are featured.

We are extremely grateful to all the authors who submiƩ ed arƟ cles for the NANO NewsleƩ er 9! I wish you a happy reading, Yours sincerely,

Anna Rumyantseva

Editor-in-chief

Patrons: Sophie Seeyave / ExecuƟ ve Director - POGO Shubha Sathyendranath and Trevor PlaƩ / Former ExecuƟ ve Directors - POGO Victoria Cheung / ScienƟfi c Coordinator - POGO Kentaro Ogiue / MariƟ me Aff airs Department, Nippon FoundaƟ on

Editorial Board: Anna Rumyantseva (Editor-in-Chief), Lailah Akita, Olga Shatova, Sophie Seeyave and Victoria Cheung. NANO News layout design editor: Lilian Krug