News & Events

  • GEORGE at EGU24

    GEORGE at EGU24

    GEORGE will be presented at EGU24 on Monday 15 April, from 8:30-12:30 in Hall X4 as part of the poster session “OS4.9 – The Copernicus Marine Service and the future European Digital Twin of the Ocean.” The author attendance is on Monday 15 April between 10:45-12:30.  Click here to view the poster in detail GEORGE partners at EGU24…

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  • Ocean scientists call for increased efforts towards a global surface ocean carbon observing system

    Ocean scientists call for increased efforts towards a global surface ocean carbon observing system

    Late last year, over a hundred ocean carbon scientists, including several GEORGE partners, from around the world met at Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Oostende, Belgium, to review the status of the Surface Ocean Carbon Value Chain and decide on specific improvements to the structure, process and information sharing. Now they have released a declaration…

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  • GEORGE at the UN Ocean Decade Conference 2024: “Technologies in Sustainable Ocean Observations – from Low Cost to New Technology development”

    GEORGE at the UN Ocean Decade Conference 2024: “Technologies in Sustainable Ocean Observations – from Low Cost to New Technology development”

    Three years after the start of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030), a global conference will bring together the Ocean Decade community and partners to celebrate achievements and set joint priorities for the future of the Decade. Hosted by Spain and co-organized with UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC/UNESCO), the 2024 UN Ocean…

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  • Roadmap published for sensor and platform integration and sea deployments over 4 years

    Roadmap published for sensor and platform integration and sea deployments over 4 years

    A new deliverable report has been published as part of the HORIZON-funded project GEORGE, Next Generation Multiplatform Ocean Observing Technologies for Research Infrastructures. The deliverable 5.1 “Technology validation and prototyping Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) and trials project plan” will be the road map to the integration across the new sensors and platforms, to the deployments…

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  • Ocean observations and the added value of new technologies

    Ocean observations and the added value of new technologies

    The oceans are responsible for absorbing a significant portion of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions we release into the atmosphere, as well as 90% of the excess heat generated by climate change. The EU-funded ambitious project, GEORGE, which brings together 28 partners from academia and industry, and three environmental research infrastructures, EMSO ERIC, Euro-Argo ERIC, and…

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  • Engaging with the scientific community: GEORGE at the EuroGOOS conference

    Engaging with the scientific community: GEORGE at the EuroGOOS conference

    The European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS) promotes the development of Operational Oceanography in Europe as the component of the Global Ocean Observing System of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC GOOS). The EuroGOOS conference provides a forum for marine scientists and technologists developing operational oceanography products, and the users of these services including…

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2024

Newsletter 1/2024

2023

Newsletter 1/2023

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