We are pleased to announce that the Members of EuroGOOS AISBL during their Extraordinary Meeting on 5 March in Brussels have endorsed Dr. Glenn Nolan of the Irish Marine Institute (MI) as the new EuroGOOS Secretary General. Glenn is well known to EuroGOOS Members and the operational oceanography community. He is the co-chair of IBI-ROOS… Read more »
There is emerging evidence that Climate Change (CC) already is impacting coastal and offshore marine phytoplankton communities, and that future trends may include increases in the frequency and severity of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). The 4-day conference will: Bring together algal physiologists, ecologists, oceanographers, modellers and climate change specialists to develop a consensus on the… Read more »
The University of Malta offers two scholarships for an EU and non-EU applicant respectively, to attend a one-year full time post-graduate course in applied oceanography with a focus on operational oceanography. The course is intended to train post-graduate students and professionals on state-of-the-art methodologies and tools to measure, understand and predict the marine environment, and derive… Read more »
EMODnet Physics, EuroGOOS and AZTI are organising a session on HF Radar to showcase advances in applications for coastal observation and ocean currents. The event will take place on 14 April in Vienna, Austria during the EGU General Assembly 2015. Meeting room Y1. Programme of presentations as follows: 10:30–10:45 Yukiharu Hisaki Inversion to estimate… Read more »
The MyOcean Follow On project organises a training workshop with a focus on Operational Oceanography in the Southern Mediterranean Sea. The workshop will take place in Alexandria, Egypt, between 4-5 March 2015. More information here. The workshop will deal with technical and theoretical aspects related to access of the MyOcean products, in particular to met-ocean… Read more »
The Joint Programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans (JPI Oceans) is an intergovernmental coordinating and integrating platform covering all European sea basins. It focuses on making better and more efficient use of national research budgets, which represent 88% of the research funding within Europe. JPI Oceans organises a Conference in Brussels on 7… Read more »
The Secretariat of the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) in Ostend is recruiting a Project Officer to support its activities. The full post announcement can be found here. The European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) is a long-term marine data initiative from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG… Read more »
The UK Met Office has announced a job opening for a Scientific manager role to work on Copernicus Marine Projects within the Ocean Forecasting Research & Development (OFR&D) group in Exeter, UK. The Met Office expect to be a significant contributor to the Copernicus Marine Service, the operational continuation of the EU MyOcean Marine Service,… Read more »
The FixO3 project is offering two fully funded workshops for early career scientists, PhD students and Post-docs: “An introduction and practical use of European marine data infrastructures”, held on April 15-16, 2015. Atlantic Hotel Universum, Bremen, Germany. This is a two-day workshop for less experienced users of data. The agenda will be built around the following… Read more »
The Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT, Spain) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC, Spain) are organizing the 6th INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON MARINE TECHNOLOGY – MARTECH 2015, which will take place in Cartagena, Spain, on 15th and 17th September 2015. The main objective of the MARTECH Workshop is to show latest investigations and exchange of information… Read more »
