Marine/Maritime Spatial Planning Conference, 15-17 March: Key points and EuroGOOS showcase
Scroll down for the event’s photogallery The 2nd International Conference on Marine/Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) took place at UNESCO, Paris, on 15-17 March. The conference brought together 300 MSP practitioners, consultants, environmental managers, policymakers, and social-ec… Read more » Read More >>
Shipping in the Arctic – applications open for a student course at UNIS, Svalbard
UNIS, the University Centre in Svalbard, Norway, has opened applications for a student course on Shipping in the Arctic. The course will take place in Svalbard from 31 July to 11 August 2017.The course is interdisciplinary, providing lectures on climate, sea ice, weather, environ… Read more » Read More >>
Future Observation System for the Arctic – new European project kicks off in Bergen
The Arctic and the 4 million people who work and live there are feeling the effect of climate change much sharper than anywhere else in the world. The Arctic environment is changing due to increased temperature. The thinning of the sea ice, melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, and… Read more » Read More >>
End-of-year Newsletter: EuroGOOS Highlights 2016
2016 was an incredibly productive year for EuroGOOS and we would like to thank all our members, regional systems (ROOSes), task teams, working groups and multiple partners for their contributions to this work! The 1st EuroGOOS policy brief published in May and launched at the Eur… Read more » Read More >>
An open stakeholder consultation on the European Ocean Observing System is now open!
From 12 December until 20 January 2017, an open stakeholder consultation is launched to help design an integrated and sustained European Ocean Observing System, EOOS. The consultation targets a wide European community of ocean data providers, infrastructure managers, technology d… Read more » Read More >>
EuroGOOS at GEO-XIII Plenary – Promoting ocean observing for societal benefits
Scroll down for the photogallery EuroGOOS annimation GEOSS for Europe here From 8 to 10 November, EuroGOOS attended the plenary meeting of the global Group on Earth Observations, GEO. Since its establishment in 2005, GEO has brought together 102 nations, the European Commission r… Read more » Read More >>
Oceans Day at COP 22: Action time
On 12 November, an Oceans Day was organized at COP 22 by the Government of Morocco and several international organizations and platforms, among others, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the Global Ocean Forum, the Ocean and Clima… Read more » Read More >>
EuroGOOS visits the Australian GOOS Regional Alliance, Integrated Marine Observing System, IMOS
Tim Moltmann, IMOS Director (left), and Glenn Nolan, EuroGOOS Secretary General (right), during Glenn Nolan’s visit to Australia, October 2016. Credit: IMOS EuroGOOS and IMOS, the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System, are two of the thirteen GOOS Regional Alliances (GRAs… Read more » Read More >>
Open-access marine data: An untapped resource – Summary of SeaTech-COLUMBUS workshop for SMEs
Scroll down for the event’s photogalleryOn 11 and 12 October, EuroGOOS, EMODnet and three partners of the EU COLUMBUS project, SmartBay Ireland, Marine South East, UK, and PLOCAN, Spain, had a successful marine data brokerage event for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). T… Read more » Read More >>
Helping Member States address marine pollution by harmful and noxious sustances
The HNS-MS project, Harmful and Noxious Sustances pollution of the Marine System, is funded by the European Commission’s DG ECHO and is ending on 31 December 2016. In Brussels on 13-14 December, the project is holding its final stakeholder meeting to present the project’s results… Read more » Read More >>
