The annual MonGOOS General Assembly and the OceanPrediction DCC Mediterranean and Black Sea Regional Team Workshop were held on 14-16 November, for the first time since the foundation of MonGOOS, in an African country (Tangier – Morocco), kindly hosted by Abdelmalek Essaâdi University. The main objective of this workshop was to provide a comprehensive overview… Read more »

From 3 to 5 October 2023, EuroGOOS held its 10th International Conference, hosted in Galway by the Marine Institute, Ireland. The Conference, titled European Operational Oceanography for the Ocean we want – Addressing the UN Ocean Decade Challenges, was an endorsed Ocean Decade event. The event brought together over 160 participants for an in-person Conference covering all aspects of… Read more »

High-frequency radar (HFR) is a unique technology mapping ocean surface currents and wave fields  (along with other variables) over wide areas with high spatial and temporal resolution. HFR is cost-effective, requiring only small manpower and technical costs. The EuroGOOS High Frequency Radar Task Team (HFRadar) helps coordinate the European activities around the development and use of… Read more »

DOORS (Developing Optimal and Open Research Support for the Black Sea) Steering Committee met with the project’s country leaders from Georgia, Ukraine, Türkiye, Romania, and Bulgaria on 18-19 October in the headquarters of DOORS coordinator GeoEcoMar in Bucharest. The meeting followed a celebratory conference for the 30th anniversary of GeoEcoMar, which took place on 17… Read more »

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Data Science and AI in Marine Science and Blue Economy Aims Data Science and AI play increasingly critical roles in Marine Science observation, operation and sustainable utilisation. This special issue aims for publishing up-to-date high-quality research and innovation results in all areas related to AI, data science, and scientific… Read more »

The EurOCEAN Conference took place on 10-11 October 2023 as an in-person event at the Auditorio y Palacio de Congresos Mar de Vigo, Vigo, Galicia, Spain, as a forum for the marine and maritime research community and wider stakeholders to interface with European and Member State policymakers and strategic planners. The aim of the EurOCEAN… Read more »

European Blue Schools bring the ocean into the classroom. On the journey to becoming a European Blue School, teachers and pupils will improve their understanding of the ocean and develop a sense of responsibility towards our shared planet. Creating awareness and a feeling of responsibility for our ocean (so-called Ocean Literacy) encourages students to become… Read more »

EuroGOOS Ocean Literacy Working Group members at the 10th EuroGOOS International Conference, 4/10/2023, Galway; from left: Noirin Burke (Irish Ocean Literacy Network), Yolanda Koulouri (HCMR, Greece), Ana Aguiar (Met Office, UK), Angela Pomaro (CNR, Italy), Cushla Dromgoolregan (Camden Trust), Dina Eparkhina (EuroGOOS) The EuroGOOS Ocean Literacy Working Group organized a successful session at the 10th… Read more »

From 3 to 5 October 2023, EuroGOOS held its 10th International Conference, hosted in Galway by the Marine Institute, Ireland. The Conference, titled European Operational Oceanography for the Ocean we want – Addressing the UN Ocean Decade Challenges, was an endorsed Ocean Decade event. The event brought together over 160 participants for an in-person Conference… Read more »

The Global Coastal Ocean Experiment is an initiative of the CoastPredict Programme of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030 (UN Ocean Decade). GlobalCoast is a central framework for the coordination and practical implementation of the CoastPredict Programme. GlobalCoast will coordinate implementation and integration of the science and technology advances from the… Read more »