POMP – Polar Ocean Mitigation Potential
The accelerating threats of climate change and biodiversity loss are critically impacting human well-being. Polar regions, which are key indicators of our planet’s health, are under the stress of rapidly escalating climate warming, whilst remaining largely unexplored due to their remote location. This lack of research has led to substantial gaps in our understanding of […]
All-Atlantic Floating University network
The All-Atlantic Floating University network, officially launched in December 2022, was created in the scope of the Joint Pilot Action developed under the EU Funded Project AANChOR and in the framework of the All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance (AAORIA). It is a collaborative network coordinated by Luís Pinheiro (lmp@ua.pt) that brings together 40 training at sea […]
Transforming Climate Action
The ocean protects us against the worst impacts of climate change. But emerging science shows its ability to absorb carbon and regulate temperatures is changing in ways we may not understand. It’s a risk we can no longer afford to take. Led by Dalhousie University, in partnership with Université du Québec à Rimouski, Université Laval, […]
Global Ocean Literacy Initiative (GOLI)
The Global Ocean Literacy Initiative (GOLI) is a group of young maritime professionals around the globe who envisioned the establishment of a non-governmental global advocacy initiative aimed at promoting sustainable stewardship of the ocean. The initiative focuses on literacy as its core principle but also incorporates multidisciplinary bottom-to-top approaches to drive actionable plans for the […]
Cerulean Information Factory
Funded by the European Space Agency, the Cerulean Information Factory (CIF) is supporting the green transition for the blue economy. Using Earth Observation data, CIF is creating decision-support tools for the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans, between Canada and northern Europe, including Greenland. Over two years (beginning in Spring 2024), three capabilities will be developed, […]
All-Atlantic Blue Schools Network
The All-Atlantic Blue Schools Network (AA-BSN) connects schools from Atlantic countries to raise ocean literacy and citizenship for a sustainable world. The Blue School approach increases awareness about the ocean and inspires students, educators and citizens from different countries to deepen their connection with the ocean. By promoting critical thinking, experiential learning, and community-based projects, […]
BioProtect
BioProtect is a Horizon EU Mission Ocean and Waters Project, which sits within the Atlantic-Arctic Lighthouse. The focus of this lighthouse is the “preservation and restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems for increased climate resilience”. The main objective of BioProtect is to co-develop and demonstrate adaptable ecosystem-based solutions to accelerate the effective protection and restoration […]
SBEP
The Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership (SBEP) aims to design, steer and support a just and inclusive transition to a regenerative, resilient and sustainable blue economy. In this context, the EU-funded SBEP project will deliver solutions to strengthen EU and international science-policy interfaces in marine- and maritime-related domains of the EU Green Deal and Digital Europe […]
BlueMissionAA
The BlueMissionAA project, an EU Mission Implementation Coordination and Support Action, is focused on building a robust innovation ecosystem platform to enhance the implementation of ocean-related Missions within the Atlantic and Arctic Basin. Central to this initiative is the development of a connection hub designed to support and streamline mission implementation efforts. One of the […]
A-AAgora
A-AAgora aims to develop NbS (Nature based Solutions) at three replicable demonstrators (Demo-PT, Demo-IE, Demo-NO) through innovative governance structures and technological architecture, using an EBM (ecosystem-based management) approach. It targets to boost resilience to climate change and mitigating its impacts in coastal areas. A-AAgora will demonstrate that restoration of aquatic ecosystems is possible at a […]
CLIMAREST
The CLIMAREST project – Coastal Climate Resilience and Marine Restoration Tools for the Arctic Atlantic basin – integrates multiple expertise into a holistic approach, to develop a toolbox designed to establish guidelines for ecosystem restoration and to enhance climate resilience in coastal communities. The concept is to develop, test (in 5 demonstration sites, ranging from […]
MARBEFES
The overall aim of MARBEFES is to determine the links between biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the resulting ecosystem services and societal goods and benefits and to achieve ecological and socio-economic valuation through a validated set of innovative tools in a distributed toolbox to enhance policy and governance for the marine environment to secure its benefits […]
OCEAN ICE
OCEAN:ICE will assess the impacts of Antarctic Ice Sheet and Southern Ocean processes on Planet Earth, via their influence on sea level rise, deep water formation, ocean circulation and climate. It will make new circumpolar and Atlantic observations, assimilating these and existing data into improved ice sheet boundary conditions and producing new estimates of ice […]
BIOcean5D
BIOcean5D is an interdisciplinary project designed to better understand the impact of human activity on Europe’s seas and coastlines. The goal of BIOcean5D is to generate the data, knowledge, theory, monitoring and modelling tools necessary to sustainably measure, understand, value, and predict marine biodiversity across the five dimensions of space, time, and human environmental pressures, […]
EPOC
EPOC will generate a new conceptual framework for the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), to understand how it functions in the Earth system and impacts weather and climate. EPOC will capitalise on new understanding about the AMOC variability and coherence from two decades of AMOC observations and advances in ocean observing technology and climate modelling, […]
EU-PolarNet 2
EU-PolarNet 2 will provide a coordination platform to co-develop strategies to advance the European Polar Research action and its contribution to the policy-making processes. It will operate as such a platform for the 4-years of the project´s lifetime. Once EU-PolarNet 2 ends, the gained experience, the established network and the developed tools to facilitate better […]
Arctic PASSION
Arctic PASSION will address the urgent need for coordinated and accessible Earth observation and information services for the Arctic region. The key motivation behind Arctic PASSION is the co-creation and implementation of such a coherent, integrated Arctic observing system: the ‘Pan-Arctic Observing System of Systems – pan-AOSS’. It aims to overcome known flaws in the […]
AtlantECO
The EU-funded AtlantECO project aims to develop and apply a novel, unifying framework that provides knowledge-based resources for a better understanding and management of the Atlantic Ocean and its ecosystem services. AtlantECO will engage with citizens and actors from the industry and policy sectors in order to stimulate responsible behaviour and Blue Growth. The project […]
ASTRAL
In integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA), multiple aquatic species from different trophic levels are farmed together. Thus, waste from one species can be used as input (fertiliser and food) for another species. The EU-funded ASTRAL project will develop IMTA production chains for the Atlantic markets. Focusing on a regional challenge-based perspective, it will bring together labs […]
NAUTILOS
NAUTILOS, a H2020 Innovation Action project funded under the Future of Seas and Oceans Flagship Initiative, aims to fill-in marine observation and modelling gaps for biogeochemical, biological and deep ocean physics essential ocean variables and micro-/nano-plastics, by developing a new generation of cost-effective sensors and samplers, their integration within observing platforms and deployment in large-scale […]
TechOceanS
Ocean ecosystems are in a dire condition, with critical marine habitats destroyed, rising ocean acidity and oxygen depletion in key areas. The pollution of our oceans with plastics and other anthropogenic waste represents a threat to human activities such as fisheries and aquaculture. To understand and protect these vital habitats, we need accurate and comprehensive […]
GES4SEAS
Coastal and marine waters are vital for the natural balance of our planet and for Human societies. All coastal and marine ecosystem goods and services heavily depend on the level of human and environmental pressures,? and their cumulative effects. GES4SEAS will bring together relevant actors and stakeholders, to develop an innovative, compliant, and flexible toolbox […]
Marine SABRES
Social–ecological systems (SES) and ecosystem-based management (EBM) are globally recognised tools to enable balanced marine development and conservation. The EU-funded Marine SABRES project will co-design a simple SES approach to rapidly enable and upscale EBM across Europe and abroad. The project will set European marine management on a course to reverse biodiversity decline by integrating […]
