Posts Category: Current

Sustainability panel debate of Malizia Sustainability Programme (The Ocean Race)

  The Team Malizia‘s science and education programme is immersed in the climate and ocean campaign “A Race we must win – Climate Action Now!”. On the occasion of The Ocean Race, the Team Malizia has organised the first sustainable debate panel “Ocean & Climate change – understanding the interdependencies, risks and consequences and why data… Read more »

EU4Ocean second wave project kicks off!

The European Union’s EU4Ocean initiative connects diverse organisations, projects, and people that contribute to ocean literacy and the sustainable management of the ocean. Supported by the European Commission, this bottom-up inclusive initiative aims at uniting the voices of Europeans to make the ocean a concern of everyone. EuroGOOS is a founding member of the EU4Ocean… Read more »

BOOS Annual Meeting 2022

BOOS Annual Meeting was hosted by DMI in 14 December in 2022, as an online meeting. 32 participants from 17 BOOS partners and EuroGOOS Office joined the meeting. The morning session focusing on BOOS cooperation. First BOOS Chair welcome new partner contacts from IOUG (Poland), LVGMC (Latvia), EPA (Lithuania) and KU (Lithuania), and gave an… Read more »

Merry Observing and Happy New Year from all of us in EuroGOOS!

At the end of every year, we traditionally write a letter to all those interested in EuroGOOS and our valued members. As we are preparing for the year ahead, let’s take a moment to look back at 2022 – a major year for our community. In 2022, the European ocean observing partnerships got stronger. Through… Read more »

Special Issue “New Frontiers Research on Ocean Observation”

  Submissions are invited to the special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering in the section Physical Oceanography. The issue tackles new frontiers in ocean observing and research in a broad context, underpinning the scientific knowledge, data and information, and applications and services. Contributions are expected to cover both in situ and remote… Read more »

Highlights from the 11th FerryBox workshop

The 11th FerryBox Workshop took place on 28-29 September, 2022, at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon in Geesthacht, Germany. The workshop highlighted the progress within the FerryBox community during the 20 years since the EU FerryBox project started (November 2002) which was, in fact, coordinated by Hereon, which was known at the time as GKSS. The participants included… Read more »

State of the Global Ocean Observing System in 2022

The United Nations have just released the new Ocean Observing System Report Card – a high-level annual report providing a deep insight on the state, capacity and value of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). The Report Card was produced by the operational centre OceanOPS in collaboration with GOOS partners and experts.  In 2022 the… Read more »

EuroGOOS and Mercator Ocean International sign a Memorandum of Understanding

EuroGOOS has signed today a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mercator Ocean International. Mercator Ocean International is a non-profit organization dedicated to global ocean monitoring and forecasting and member of the EuroGOOS Association. With this MoU, the parties agree to enhance cooperation in the promotion of ocean observations and the development of the European Ocean… Read more »

The Technologies of the Science We Need for the Ocean We Want – Report from the EOOS Tech Forum

Ocean technologies, data, and infrastructures are undergoing rapid changes, transforming the ocean research and innovation. Disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data or blockchain are starting to shape research and innovation cycles. Sustained ocean observations, essential to increase our understanding of the ocean and its functions, require a suite of increasingly efficient technologies and… Read more »