News
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2025 in review – A year of innovation, cooperation and growing impact
Throughout 2025, the GEORGE project made significant progress in technology development, training and international visibility. The year’s news stories highlight how the consortium advanced its scientific and technical goals while strengthening cooperation within the European ocean observing community. Below is an overview of the key achievements from January to December. Progress in ocean data integration
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The 3rd GEORGE annual meeting focused on data and upcoming demo missions
The GEORGE consortium gathered in at the UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya campus in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain, on 11-13 November 2025, for its three-day annual meeting, bringing together partners from across Europe to review progress and plan the final phase of the project. With new sensor deployments, data management, and upcoming field missions
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New progress in acoustic sensor deployment – contributions from GEORGE and TRICUSO projects
Acoustic sensors are valuable tools for observing wind and rain at sea, two key drivers of exchanges between the ocean and atmosphere. While passive acoustic methods have been used from moored and mobile platforms, their integration on autonomous profiling floats has been limited. Recent work by several partners within the GEORGE and TRICUSO projects has
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GEORGE featured as CORDIS “Project of the Month”
GEORGE has been highlighted by the European Commission’s CORDIS platform as its latest Project of the Month. This recognition places GEORGE among a select group of EU-funded initiatives showcased for their scientific relevance, innovation, and potential impact. CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service, is the Commission’s central hub for communicating research results from
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GEORGE Technical Forum II brought technology developers and users together
The second GEORGE Technical Forum was successfully organised at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Ostend, Belgium, from 6 to 10 October 2025. The training event brought together 32 participants and 11 sensor experts from 11 countries, representing a wide variety of backgrounds. The participants, affiliated with the three Research Infrastructures involved in GEORGE, Euro-Argo,
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The second GEORGE Technical Forum is starts today in Ostend, Belgium
The second onsite training session of the GEORGE project, Technical Forum II: Sensors, has now begun at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Ostend, Belgium. The event runs from 6 to 10 October 2025 and brings together technicians, engineers and scientists from European marine research infrastructures. The application period for Technical Forum II was open
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Instruments for surface ocean pCO₂ measurements compared in the largest ever intercomparison study – one method proven most reliable
The ICOS Ocean Thematic Centre has published the results of the largest intercomparison study of its kind, comparing 27 instruments used for surface ocean pCO₂ measurements, including some now optimised in GEORGE. The study provides a comprehensive comparison of the different measurement methods used by ICOS Ocean stations and other networks. GEORGE project offers an
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Three successful side events hosted at the 3rd UN Ocean Conference
GEORGE co-organised three successful side events at the 3rd UN Ocean Conference, organised in Nice, France beween 9-13 June 2025. The side events, all organised on 12 June, brought together hundreds of audience members on-site and online. Below is a short summary of the discussions. The first event, hosted by Euro-Argo at the European Digital
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New autonomous sensors developed in GEORGE tested for the first time in a deep-sea environment in the Northeast Atlantic
The GEORGE project is starting a major deployment of novel measurement sensors for ocean carbonate measurements at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP) in the North Atlantic. The year-long deployment, set to begin in early June 2025, will be one of the most technically ambitious operations in the project to date. The mission’s main scientific goal
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New autonomous Total Alkalinity sensor improves ocean carbon measurements
New scientific article by GEORGE partner National Oceanography Centre (NOC) presents new developments in Total Alkalinity (TA) measurements. The authors have developed a submersible sensor for autonomous direct (in situ) measurements in full ocean depths. Direct measurements are critical for understanding the ocean’s role in the carbon cycle and for evaluating emerging marine carbon dioxide
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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