Posts Category: Current

EuroGOOS co-organizes events at EMD 2022 on ocean services for European Green Deal & on Ocean Literacy

Join us for two stakeholder workshops at the European Maritime Day (EMD) conference (19-20 May 2022, Ravenna), co-organized by the EuroGOOS Office! EMD is the annual two-day event organized by the European Commission during which Europe’s maritime community meet to network, discuss, and outline joint action on maritime affairs. This year’s main theme is ‘Sustainable… Read more »

Highlights from the EOOS Technology Forum 2022

From 22 to 24 March 2022, the second edition of the EOOS Technology Forum took place as a virtual workshop, organised by EuroGOOS, with the support and collaboration of EuroSea and Minke EU Horizon 2020 projects, and endorsed as an UN Ocean Decade activity. The workshop brought together 124 participants representing instrument manufacturers, technicians, technologists,… Read more »

Save the date for the European Glider Data Management Workshop!

Given the exponential growth of the glider community over the last few years, we invite you to this workshop on 22-24 June and 4-8 July 2022, organised by EuroGOOS Glider Task Team, and the GROOM II and EuroSea projects, to continue to improve the management of glider data and metadata in Europe, with the following… Read more »

Kostas Nittis Award 2022 Call is open!

Each year, EuroGOOS celebrates an early-career researcher in operational oceanography, marine safety, climate change, ecosystems and ocean health.    The Kostas Nittis Medal and the grant amounting to € 3,000 aim to support the participation of early career marine scientists in relevant conferences and events or to cover costs for publication in open science journals. The… Read more »

The European Ocean Observing System (EOOS) framework nenews its website!

With the support of EuroGOOS and the EuroSea project, the EOOS website has undergone a complete redesign to provide an engaging and informative window to EOOS purpose and activities and to European ocean observing. EOOS is a framework that brings Europe’s diverse ocean observing communities together to foster collaboration, strengthen coordination and integration, and promote… Read more »

ArcticROOS General Assembly 2022

The ArcticROOS will organise a two day on-line General Assembly. The first day will be a workshop focusing on how feasible the Arctic ocean observational system is for quantifying changes and variability in ocean and sea ice conditions in order to detect fingerprints of “Atlantification” as well as understand physical-biogeochemical interactions in the new Arctic… Read more »

EuroGOOS Office is looking for a Science Officer

The EuroGOOS Office seeks a Science Officer to support the EuroGOOS team in activities linked to the coordination of the European ocean observing and forecasting. The position is for 4 years based in Brussels at the EuroGOOS Office. If you would like to apply for this position, please send your CV and a letter of… Read more »

Looking back at 2021

It is a time for celebration as the new year beckons and it is also a time to look back at the EuroGOOS highlights in 2021. The EuroGOOS 2030 Strategy was launched at our 9th International Conference in May. Our new strategy sets out ambitious objectives for the EuroGOOS community, bringing together nearly 140 organisations… Read more »

White paper “The Mediterranean Sea We Want” defines science needs and opportunities in the Ocean Decade

A community white paper “The Mediterranean Sea We Want” has been released in the Ocean and Coastal Research journal. The paper presents the main science needs, gaps, and challenges for implementing the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030 (Ocean Decade) in the Mediterranean region. This is the result of a collaborative effort… Read more »