Eurofleets 2022 General Assembly
The annual General Assembly of Eurofleets+ project took place on the 29th of March 2022. During the day, all the partners got the opportunity to review the last year and discuss relevant developments for the project. Upcoming new activities such as ship to shore initiatives during TA cruises, training programmes, and workshops were highlighted. The afternoon was welcomed by Dr. Peter Heffernon with a presentation on Horizon Europe Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”. Eurofleets+ next
Achieving Better Coordination of the European Research Fleets – EUROFLEETS+ presented at the One Ocean Summit
In an effort to mobilise the international community and take tangible action to mitigate such pressures on the ocean, the President of the French Republic has decided to organise a One Planet Summit dedicated to the ocean, currently a taking place in Brest until the 11th of February 2022. The “One Ocean Summit” is being held in the context of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, with the support of the United Nations. The goal of the One Ocean Summit is to raise the colle
NF-POGO Eurofleets+ Shipboard Training Fellowship RV DANA BITS Cruise hosted by the National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua)
Joseph Sebastian is a young scientist from India, undertaking a MSc in Geomatics at Hafencity University in Hamburg, that successfully applied to the NF-POGO Open Call for Shipboard Training Fellowship 2021. Thanks to the fruitful collaboration between Eurofleets+, POGO and the Nippon Foundation via the Ocean Training Partnership (OTP), Joseph is joining a shipboard training on board the Danish RV DANA, during the periodic BITS cruise. Organised by the National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DT
9th EuroGOOS International Conference Proceedings released
The 9th EuroGOOS International Conference Proceedings, ‘Advances in operational oceanography: Expanding Europe’s ocean observing and forecasting capacity’, are now available on the permanent conference website hosted by Ifremer. Eurofleets RI – an alliance of organizations and research vessels to strengthen integrated and sustained observations in the ocean and support innovative new technology validation to further advance observing competencies was presented by our project Coordinator, Aodhán
PHYCOB – an international oceanographic expedition into the Western Black Sea coordinated by the Alfred-Wegner-Institut-Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (AWI)
Are there marine biotoxins present in the Black Sea? This question at first sight may seem to be of merely scientific interest, but in fact has become of increasing socio-economic relevance in the neighboring states not only of the Black Sea. The reason for this is that some microalgal species are capable of producing phycotoxins and in turn are grazed by marine benthic invertebrates such as mussels and oysters, for example. These phycotoxins ingested with their food accumulates in the tissues o
iMAR EUROFLEETS funded campaign showcased at National TV Channel
The 18-day expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, carried out by the Okeanos Center of the University of the Azores took place aboard the Pelagia, one of the most sophisticated ocean research vessels in the world, led by Telmo Morato, collected images and samples of water and sediment that could help find answers to the impacts of fishing, mining, and transatlantic voyages and climate change in deep-sea ecosystems in the Azores. The investigation of deep sea ecosystems requires complex technolog
Policy Brief ‘Nourishing Blue Economy and Sharing Ocean Knowledge’
EUROFLEETS+ is one of the ten innovative EU projects committed to build ocean observation systems that provide input for evidence-based management of the ocean and the Blue Economy. These projects have joined forces in the strong cluster ‘Nourishing Blue Economy and Sharing Ocean Knowledge’. Under the lead of the EuroSea project, the group published a joint policy brief listing recommendations for sustainable ocean observation and management. The cooperation is supported by the EU Horizon Resul
Eurofleets Benchmark cruise – An insider experience.
I had the great opportunity of joining the EurofleetsPlus Benchmark cruise, focusing on benthic habitat mapping in the Denmark Strait (1-10 August 2021). As an engineer, I’m working at the Marine Robotics Center of the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), where I deal with our ROV and other robotics. As I just started in this field, the opportunity to join this Eurofleets cruise with very experienced ROV technicians and pilots was the perfect fit for me. The research took place from the G.O. Sars,
EUROFLEETS+ presented at the the EMSO JRU MEETING
Giuseppe Magnífico presented EUROFLEETS+ project at the EMSO JRU MEETING, held on the 07th October 2021, in Naples, Italy. The aim of this workshop was to explore a common path to a better coordination and to start an integration process of the multiple infrastructures and initiatives to give a more leading role to Italy in the marine research in Europe. The workshop could represent the starting point of this process for favouring synergies and complementarity among the several Italian initiat
International scientific expedition in the Aegean Sea led by scientists from Heidelberg University
How did climate and ecosystem changes influence human societies bordering the southern Aegean Sea during the Holocene? This question is in the focus of a ten-day-long research cruise in the Myrtoon Basin with the research vessel ‘AEGAEO’ funded by the EUROFLEETS+ project. The expedition is coordinated by Dr. Andreas Koutsodendris from the Institute of Earth Sciences (Heidelberg University) and is carried out by an international team of researchers from Germany, Austria, France, and Greece. The p
