EMSO - European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory

Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Year from the EMSO ERIC team! ✨

#𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 | 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐈𝐃𝐎𝐍! 📢 Free access to POSEIDON in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea is now available through the AQUARIUS project! 💡 The POSEIDON system, which includes the EMSO Cretan Sea Regional Facility, operates a network of fixed floats moored at various locations in the Aegean and Ionian Seas. It provides near-real-time observations of key ocean and atmospheric parameters. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐈𝐃𝐎𝐍? 🌊 Temperature & Currents (Buoys) 🌊 Physical & Biogeochemical Parameters (Gliders & FerryBox) Bonus! The FerryBox collects water samples & can integrate with additional sensors for your specific needs. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐈𝐃𝐎𝐍? 🎯 Wide range of observing system 🎯 Advanced technology 🎯 Scientific, technical, and logistics support in every link of the chain from the individual measurement to the final product Ready to dive in? 🔍 Learn more here and apply now: https://lnkd.in/dK8ac8Jr ℹ️ The AQUARIUS Regional Lighthouse Access Call focuses on four key regions with specific goals. For the Mediterranean Sea, the primary objectives are: 📌𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 📌𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 📌𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 #Oceanography #MarineScience #ResearchAccess

📣 Mark your calendar and join us to shape the future of marine research and innovation with the 𝐄𝐌𝐒𝐎 𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩! 📅 11-13 March 2025 📍 Occidental Aran Park, Via Riccardo Forster 24, Rome, Italy This workshop will gather leading researchers and key players from the entire EMSO ERIC community to discuss and implement the long-term strategic direction of EMSO ERIC. 𝐖𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠: 🎯 EMSO scientific and technological strategy 🔬 New opportunities and challenges in marine research 🌍 International collaborations and partnerships 📈 Scaling up data provision and AI integration 👩💼 Capacity building and EMSO Academy 🚀 Future EMSO Services: Design for a joint operation 🤝 Partnership with the private sector More details soon!

✨ We are excited to announce a new project within the 𝐄𝐌𝐒𝐎 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬, led by 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 and hosted at the 𝐎𝐁𝐒𝐄𝐀 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. This project focuses on an innovative approach to seagrass ocean restoration, aiming to protect our marine ecosystems. 💡 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡. 📊 By utilizing 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐬, the restoration process can minimize human disturbance and facilitate the restoration of larger areas. These robots are also capable of monitoring the health and growth of seagrass, as well as their effectiveness in 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥. This provides valuable data to optimize the restoration process and presents a sustainable option for industrial and corporate participants to offset their carbon emissions. 🔍 Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/dryyjCGg 📷 Photo: Autonomous underwater robot while monitoring seagrass growth. Credits: Seagrass Blue

🌊 During the 𝐄𝐆𝐈 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 “Empowering Research Infrastructures for Global Impact: Digital Tools and Collaborative Solutions”, which took place in Australia this month within ICRI 2024, 𝐄𝐌𝐒𝐎 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 Ingrid Puillat was invited to explore the 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 (AI) in revolutionizing 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡. 💡The event showcased a range of Research infrastructures and projects representing different activities and solutions for digital RI transformation. Puillat emphasized the significant strides made by EMSO in AI-powered ocean imaging within the Horizon Europe-funded 𝐢𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭, coordinated by the EGI foundation, in which the ERIC is a key participant. 👉 Read the full story and learn more on the multifaceted 𝐄𝐌𝐒𝐎 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in this project! https://lnkd.in/dK_8rw6J #imaging #AISolutions #EUprojects #oceanography #research

✨ A key advancement in EMSO was the development of the 𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐌, 𝐄𝐌𝐒𝐎 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞, a versatile multi-sensor instrumentation system designed for standardized and continuous measurements of physical, biogeochemical, biological and ecosystem variables. 💡Emerged from the 𝐄𝐌𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐕 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 around ten years ago, the EGIM has played a crucial role in strengthening the #EMSO community. 🌊 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐌 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 🗣 In this article, together with 𝐍𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞́𝐫𝐢, who coordinated the development team for the EMSODEV project and now leads the EMSO French national branch, we will embark on an 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐌, exploring its 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 and further 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 within the 𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭, centred on #carbon measurement, which is quite rarely implemented in the #deepsea. https://lnkd.in/dcQqevkG

#𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 | 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬! 📢 Apply for the first AQUARIUS Funding Call and access to the EMSO Regional Facility Black Sea - EUXINUS! 💡 The facility, consisting in three offshore moored observatories, monitors characteristics and dynamics of the coastal and offshore water bodies, including a number of meteorological parameters. 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐨𝐧: 🌊 Water temperature and salinity 🌊 Oxygen levels 🌊 Currents 🌊 Meteorological parameters 🌊 Chlorophyll 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐄𝐌𝐒𝐎 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐞𝐚-𝐄𝐔𝐗𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐒? 🎯 Strategic location: In the heart of the Black Sea 🎯 Cutting-edge technology: Advanced monitoring systems 🎯 Expert support: Benefit from team guidance who already did many national and international users from scientific and industry communities Ready to catch this unique opportunity? 🔍 Learn more here and apply now! https://lnkd.in/dDZ7RS8G ℹ️ The AQUARIUS Regional Lighthouse Access Call focuses on four key regions, each with specific goals. For Danube and Black Sea, the primary lines of action are: 📌 Improvement of water quality 📌 Prevention of floods and droughts #Oceanography #MarineScience #Research #BlackSea

#𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 | 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞! 📢 Apply for the first AQUARIUS Funding Call and access to the EMSO Regional Facility SmartBay! 💡 The SmartBay Observatory is a fixed point, cabled underwater observatory located in Galway Bay, Ireland. It offers access to several types of real-time oceanographic data through its core sensors, from physical to biogeochemical parameters as well as underwater acoustics data. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐁𝐚𝐲? 🌊 Phytoplankton abundance 🌊 Water currents 🌊 Ocean acidification through pH and pCO2 sensors 🌊 Underwater sounds 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐁𝐚𝐲? 🎯 You can conduct your research throughout the year 🎯 SmartBay offers the potential to integrate your own sensors with various communication (optical fiber, ethernet, serial) and power options (12 V, 24 V, 48 V), allowing for a wider range of data collection possibilities 🎯 You will have support by the SmartBay team from the concept to the implementation of your project Ready to catch this unique opportunity? 🔍 Learn more and apply now: https://lnkd.in/drQbH5_R ℹ️ The AQUARIUS Regional Lighthouse Access Call focuses on four key regions, each with specific goals. For the Atlantic - Arctic, the primary lines of action are: 📌 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📌 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 📌 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 #Oceanography #Data #Research #Access

#𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 | 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐚! 📢 Apply now for the AQUARIUS Funding Call and access to the EMSO Regional Facility Western Ionian Sea! 𝐁𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞: 🌊 Natural geohazards 🌊 Seismic activity 🌊 Ocean currents 🌊 Marine ecosystems The WIS facility is in fact located in an area prone to numerous natural hazard issues due to high seismicity and the presence of Etna Volcano. It built on an underwater electro-optical cable offshore Catania, Southern Italy, in the central Mediterranean basin, hosting seismic, geophysical and oceanographic sensors at 2100 m depth. The area is strategically relevant also for the oceanographic circulation between the Eastern and Western Mediterranean Sea through the Messina Strait and the Sicily Channel. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐖𝐈𝐒? 🎯 Advanced technology: Cutting-edge fiber optic cable infrastructure 🎯 Flexible platform: The land station may host devices (e.g. iDAS) which can be connected to the underwater optical fibers for measurements along the cable 🎯 Strategic location: In the heart of the Mediterranean Ready to embark on your next scientific adventure? 🔍 Learn more on WIS and apply now! https://lnkd.in/dA_Ni_-P The #AQUARIUS Regional Lighthouse Access Call focuses on four key regions, each with specific goals. For the Mediterranean Sea, the primary lines of action are: 📌 Enhancement of marine biodiversity 📌 Mitigation of marine litter 📌 Development of blue tourism and aquaculture #Oceanography #MarineScience #Research #WIS #NaturalHazard #DeepSea

Simó Cusí, EMSO ERIC Engineering and Logistics Officer, recently shared the latest updates on the #GEORGE groundbreaking technological advances during the project’s annual meeting. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞: 🎯 The successful and first deployment of the upgraded 𝐄𝐌𝐒𝐎 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 (𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐌) with a pCO2 sensor in the Norwegian Sea, at the EMSO Nordic Seas Regional Facility, station M site, at a depth of 2000 m, to evaluate its performance in the deep-sea environment. 💡 Progress of the working group for engineering validation and deployment plans: more than 25 new technologies identified by the project partners for further development and 8 experiments planned to test the new technologies in various locations, from the North Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, as detailed in the 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝟓.𝟏 - 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐎𝐏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧. 🔍 Check out below the full story and stay tuned for the next goals on this exciting project! https://lnkd.in/dh8SAAzF #GEORGEproject #OceanTech #EMSO #EGIM