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Webinar: Innovation in Hydrosphere Measurement Techniques
Join us on 22 October 2025 9:00-11:30 CET for a morning of presentations and panel discussion on the latest innovations in marine and freshwater measurement techniques. Participants can expect to find out about how co-operation between scientists and industries can enhance development of new technologies, products, services, and instrumentation. Who is it for This webinar…
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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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8th Euro-Argo Science Meeting – 23-25 September 2025
The 8th Euro-Argo Science Meeting will be held on 23-25 September 2025, in HCMR premises in Crete, Greece, as part of the Euro-Argo ONE project. It will be possible to follow oral presentations online but it will not be possible to interact with other attendees and to participate in poster sessions. In addition to thematic…
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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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GEORGE at UN Ocean Decade Conference
The high-level 2025 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development (the 2025 UN Ocean Conference) will be co-hosted by France and Costa Rica and held in Nice, France, from 9 – 13 June 2025. The overarching theme of…
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GEORGE at One Ocean Science Congress 2025
The One Ocean Science Congress will be organised in Nice, France on 4-6 June 2025. The Congress will feature a mix of plenary sessions, including opening and keynote speeches, alongside parallel oral and poster presentations. To enhance interactions between science and society, action and policy, and to engage civil society more broadly, ‘townhalls’ such as…
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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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GEORGE at EGU 2025
The EGU General Assembly 27 April–2 May 2025 brings together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience. Members of…
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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…