News
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GEORGE contributes to the European Digital Twin of the Ocean by improving data quality at source
The European Digital Twin of the Ocean (EU DTO) is a flagship initiative by the European Commission aiming to create a digital replica of the ocean to help policymakers, businesses and citizens better understand, conserve and manage the ocean. GEORGE has been among dozens of other Horizon Europe projects co-designing and developing the platform. A
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Q&A with tech developers: Total Alkalinity & Dissolved Inorganic Carbon sensors by National Oceanography Centre (NOC)
In this third part of this Q&A series, we interviewed Allison Schaap, Research Engineer at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), who has worked on developing new autonomous sensors for total alkalinity and dissolved inorganic carbon. These sensors are currently the only ones that can measure carbon down to the bottom of the sea. Read below
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Q&A with tech developers: CONTROS HydroC CO₂ sensor developed by 4H-Jena Engineering
In this second part of this Q&A series, we speak with 4H-Jena Engineering about the development of the CONTROS HydroC CO₂ sensor, an underway system designed for high-accuracy pCO₂ measurements. The interview explores how collaboration within GEORGE has supported technical optimisation, improved robustness for autonomous deployments, and helped prepare the sensors for long-term use across
Events
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GEORGE at ICOS Science Conference 2026
GEORGE will be at the ICOS Science Conference 2026, taking place on 15–17 September 2026 in Lund, Sweden and online. We are convening a dedicated session on “Advancing marine CO₂ observations through next-generation sensors, integration and platform innovation.” The session brings together research infrastructures, projects and institutes working on autonomous marine CO₂ observations, from novel
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GEORGE at EGU 2026
GEORGE will be co-organising a session at EGU 2026 in cooperation with the ENVRINNOV project. This dedicated session at EGU 2026 will focus on innovation across environmental domains – atmospheric, marine, terrestrial, and solid earth sciences. It will cover topics on the role of emerging technologies and service-oriented approaches in shaping the future of environmental monitoring.
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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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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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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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