EuroGOOS and its Arctic Regional Ocean Observing System (Arctic ROOS) have submitted a joint response to the European Commission’s Call for Evidence on the update of the EU Arctic Policy . The contribution highlights the importance of sustained, coordinated, and science-driven Arctic Ocean observations to support effective governance, climate resilience, and sustainable development.
The Decade Coordination Office for Data Sharing released guidelines supporting citizen science data management and sharing.
On 2 March, European Commission President announced the OceanEye initiative with an EU contribution of €50 million from Horizon Europe to the International Alliance for 2026-2027.
EuroGOOS and EOOS have recently submitted their responses to the European Ocean Observation Initiative Call for Evidence , contributing to the consultation process launched by the European Commision.
The publication provides a state-of-the-art overview of emerging affordable solutions and examines their performance, limitations, and interoperability considerations.
This new assessment warns of significant uncertainties, including 10-20% differences in global estimates of ocean carbon absorption, large enough to affect climate projections and global planning.
The Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) is the flagship conference for the ocean sciences and the larger ocean-connected community. EuroGOOS will present the white paper " EuroGOOS White Paper Affordable Technologies for Marine Observation " and two posters.
The Arctic Ocean Regional Alliance (ArORA) Task Team has launched a public consultation on its Draft Plan and Implementation Strategy , inviting input from the Arctic and wider ocean observing communities.
EuroGOOS and EOOS have recently submitted their responses to the Ocean Act Call for Evidence , contributing to the consultation process supporting the development of the European Ocean Act.
Our member, the Marine Institute (Ireland), is currently recruiting for two positions: a Physical Oceanographer (3-year post) and a Laboratory Analyst (Biogeochemistry). Application deadlines are 27 January and 13 February 2026.
The Polar Argo Workshop 2026 will take place in June 2026 and will focus on advances and future directions for Polar Argo observations and their role in monitoring high-latitude oceans. The call for abstracts is now open .
The EGU has this week launched a new publication, Earth Observation (EO), an open-access, two-stage journal with open and public peer review, following the model of other EGU journals, published by Copernicus Publications.
