If you are a researcher working at blue data infrastructures, ocean observation, or data and modelling institutions, this webinar might of interest for you. VLIZ will present how to make EurOBIS Biology metadata interoperable with Blue-Cloud VRE.

Greece becomes first European country to ban bottom trawling in marine parks theguardian.com/environment/20…

We have a logo! Save the date for the 7th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, 17-20 November 2026, in the beautiful city of Bruges, Flanders, Belgium #WCMB26 Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ

Great chance to catch up with ⁦⁦Sylvia A. Earle⁩ of ⁦Mission Blue⁩ on the margins of #OurOcean Conference in #Athens and thrilled to listen to her tell me how much she is a fan of ⁦Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)⁩ and that she is looking forward to visiting us in ⁦Woods Hole.

Drone tactics are evolving fast in Ukraine, with bombers, fighters, interceptors and escorts all emerging -- my take for Forbes @forbes forbes.com/sites/davidham…

To paraphrase Tolstoy - Is it possible that man's heart can harbour, amid such ravishing natural beauty, feelings of hatred, or the desire to destroy his fellows? All the evil in man should disappear on contact with Nature, the most spontaneous expression of beauty & goodness.

.European Commission🤝 UNESCO Ocean

📢 A joint roadmap for cooperation on the UN Ocean Decade between the EU Commission and IOC-UNESCO was announced at today’s #OceanDecade24 Conference 🌊

#MissionOcean #OceanDecade24

Read more: europa.eu/!yNWqPc 1/2

As we end the UN Ocean Decade Barcelona conference, UNESCO Ocean Executive Secretary Vidar Helgesen launches the #BarcelonaStatement that summarises what has been learned, and actions to follow.
oceanexpert.org/document/34098

And hooray Margaret Leinen and Lisa Ann Levin !!
#OceanDecade 24 #OceanDecade

🇪🇸 Recent insights from the UN Ocean Decade Conference!

ShereenSharma, our Head of Engagement and Development, shared a compelling three-minute 'reverse pitch' to investors and technologists, advocating for innovative strides in #oceanmapping .

Yesterday this scallop dredge vessel was scouring sensitive areas of seabed inside a Marine Protected Area that was meant to have had legal protection since 2016 (BACKGROUND 👉openseas.org.uk/news/scotlands…)
Scot Gov Marine inaction is not responsible in the #OceanDecade #OceanDecade 24

Was good to see my former institute so well-represented at the #OceanDecade2024 conference in Barcelona. Well done NOC 👍🏻

Drop by our Deepening the Decade booth before you leave the UN Ocean Decade Conference today!
We are hosting a #ECOPs networking event focussing on all things #DeepOcean .
Join us from 17:00 onwards at Booth #2. 👋 🌊

Final afternoon of UN Ocean Decade Barcelona conference & plenary still going strong - so much energy & enthusiasm from our community to deliver clean, healthy, safe, mapped, biologically diverse & productive ocean & seas.
UNESCO Ocean Seabed 2030 #hydrospatial

Is the #AMOC approaching a tipping point? Here's my take after researching this topic for over 30 years. Open access, peer-reviewed, in full colour & understandable for non-experts.
tos.org/oceanography/a…

🌊 Exciting Insights from the @UNoceandecade Conference!

Thrilled to share key moments from the morning session where our Head of Partnerships, Stephen Hall, spoke about Seabed 2030's role in laying the groundwork for the BBNJ Agreement within the global ocean decade.

Well-said Challenger 150 “we cannot do our job without them first doing theirs”
Seabed 2030 UN Ocean Decade #hydrospatial

Been a good, full, day at UN Ocean Decade Barcelona conference - learned a lot, met colleagues from all over the world. One more day to go.
#hydrospatial

With Dawn Wright Dr. Dawn Wright + @deepseadawn.bsky.social 🇺🇦 & Kilaparti Ramakrishna Kilaparti Ramakrishna at UN Ocean Decade #decadebarcelona24
Seabed 2030
#hydrospatial