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Applications now open for Technical Forum II – see how participants viewed the first forum
The first GEORGE training session, called Technical Forum I, was held in May 2024 in Villefranche-sur-Mer, France. The four-day training focused on ocean observing platforms. According to feedback from participants, the training provided valuable learning opportunities. The call for applications is now open for the second Technical Forum, organised in Oostende, Belgium in October 2025.…
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Argo BGC float prepared for an upcoming deployment at Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP)
After a series of rigorous tests, a BioGeoChemical (BGC) float, used by Euro-Argo ERIC in ocean observations, is now fully prepared for a GEORGE deployment taking place in June at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP) site off the coast of the United Kingdom. The PAP deployment will be one of the largest ones…
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Apply for GEORGE Technical Forum II: Sensors
What: Training session for technicians and scientists in marine Research InfrastructuresWhen: 6 – 10 October 2025Where: Flanders Marine Institute – VLIZ, Marine Station facilities, Oostende, BelgiumHow to apply: Submit your application by 14 April 2025 through this form. About The Horizon Europe funded GEORGE project develops new sensor and sampler technologies for monitoring the ocean carbon…
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GEORGE makes progress in ocean data integration and pCO2 data quality improvement
The ocean plays a crucial role in the global carbon cycle. Long-term, sustained in situ ocean observations are essential for understanding its role and supporting key climate policies. To meet this challenge, GEORGE is advancing the technological readiness of European ocean observing infrastructures (EMSO, ICOS, Euro-Argo) by developing and demonstrating an integrated, state-of-the-art multi-platform system…
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Euro-Argo, EMSO and ICOS at ICRI2024 – summary of key highlights
The International Conference on Research Infrastructures (ICRI) 2024 served as a key event for the global research infrastructure (RI) community to discuss the role of RIs in tackling some of the world’s most pressing challenges. This year’s conference, held in Brisbane, was especially significant in framing climate change and sustainability as central themes in the global research agenda. Representatives from the three…
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Innovation Under the Waves: How the GEORGE project advances pCO2 measurements on EMSO’s EGIM platform
A few decades ago, the European landscape of ocean observation facilities was characterised by the diversity of equipment, methodologies, and operational models, often operated independently, deployed for short periods and centred on one specific scientific discipline. The societal context urged for a unified framework of European initiatives. The communities who shared common strategic visions, scientific…
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GEORGE annual meeting in Rome highlights progress and prepares for 2025 milestones
The GEORGE consortium gathered in Rome, Italy on 19-21 November 2024 for its second annual meeting and general assembly, bringing together partners from across Europe to reflect on achievements and plan future actions in autonomous ocean observing technologies, integrated data flow and training. The agenda included progress updates from work package leaders, presentations and discussions…
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ICOS station Finnmaid Offers Testing Facilities for GEORGE for the Development of New Sensors
Have you ever taken a ferry and wondered about the machinery hidden beneath the deck? If you’ve travelled between Helsinki and Lübeck-Travemünde on a ferry, you might have encountered an ICOS station onboard. This particular station, in addition, is also an important testing facility for new sensors developed in the GEORGE project. Since the beginning…
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EMSO Generic Instrument Module successfully deployed in the Norwegian Sea
On 27th September 2024, an EMSO Generic Instrument Module (EGIM) was deployed at Station M in the Norwegian Sea for a four month test period as part of the GEORGE project. The EGIM, EMSO Generic Instrument Module, is a multimodal platform to which numerous sensors can be clamped on to measure diverse ocean variables, EGIM…
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GEORGE partners presented their research at ICOS Science Conference 2024
ICOS Science Conference 2024 was organised on 10-12 September 2024 in Versailles, France and online. The event brought together close to 600 attendees online and onsite. GEORGE partners were present at ICOS Science Conference with oral and poster presentations. Below is a list of presentations from the GEORGE community from the presenters that have allowed…
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The sailing campaign NAARCO recovered 10 Argo floats in the North Atlantic
After sailing for 27 days between Brest and the Azores, the North Atlantic Argo Recovery Cruise Operation (NAARCO) returned home to Brest on the 10th of June 2024 with 10 profiling floats. These floats needed to be recovered as they were either reaching the end of their life or had some misfunctioning sensors. NAARCO was…
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Charting New Waters – How New Technologies are Drastically Improving Autonomous Ocean Observations
Measuring carbon in the ocean, the largest ecosystem on Earth, is no easy job. Most of the measurements today are made using ship-based observations, but ship-based or fixed-location observations on moorings are never going to provide enough information from all parts of the ocean, with high enough resolution and frequency. Enter: autonomous ocean observations. One…