AQUARIUS-RI’s Post

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Ping to #AllAtlantic #AAORIA Partners & Projects keen on access to sea-going infrastructure, to address priorities below: 🗺️ Mapping of #marinebiodiversity & #EBV variables to understand species distribution/abundance; 🗺️ Mapping of #marinemicrobiomes to explore microbial diversity & ecological roles; 🔭 Improving understanding of ecological processes to predict changes; 🌍 Integrating basin-scale observations (physics, chemistry, biology), remote sensing and modelling to understand #connectivity and #OceanHealth; 🌐 Studying historical trajectories of ecological change and exploring restoration possibilities to enhance resilience; 🌐 Filling the gaps in the detailed seabed map of the #NorthAtlantic from a Geological and habitat perspective. All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance, AtlantECO Project, iAtlantic , B-USEFUL, MARCO-BOLO, #AMT, BIOcean5D, BioEcoOcean, triatlas project, OBAMA-NEXT Project

📢 AQUARIUS-RI has a total of €8.1Million to support transnational access, including travel costs. And the applications are now open! They are encouraging large super-integrated ambitious projects. All proposals received will be evaluated based on scientific excellence and then logistically evaluated to ensure ‘value for money’ for the project. The budget per project could be in the order of one million euros, or more for larger projects that integrate multiple infrastructures. Here's what we can offer you to enhance your research: Services/equipment: 1.Marine model organisms 2.Organisms collected in the wild 3.Rearing of aquaculture animals 4.Coastal research vessels 5.Sampling equipment 6.Scientific diving 7.Aquaria and tanks 8.Climate controlled rooms 9.Dry laboratories 10.Wet laboratories 11.Bioassays 12.Imaging 13.Molecular biology and omics 14.Structural and chemical analysis 15.Remote sensing and telemetry EMBRC - European Marine Biological Resource Centre #ApplyToday #FundingOpportunity #OpenCall #EUFunding #Funding #Research #CCMARservices #fundingopportunities #workinCCMAR

🌊🤝 AQUARIUS is all about collaboration and connection. 👨🏻🔬👩🏽🔬 Are you a scientist working in the marine or freshwater domain? Irrespective of where you are based, or whether you are an academic research scientist, an SME or industry researcher, or if you belong to a citizen science organization, you can apply to have free access to use state-of-the-art research infrastructure from another country to advance your marine and freshwater research and innovation projects. 👉 Sound interesting? All you have to do is apply to the transnational calls for access when the first call opens on November 11, 2024, and explain how your R&I project can combine some of these diverse research infrastructures to address the defined challenges and contribute to healthier and more sustainable marine and aquatic ecosystems. ✅ 🛫 Costs to travel and use this research infrastructure will be covered and all necessary training and logistical support will be provided. AQUARIUS combines 45 partners from 18 countries, & last week they all met online to kick-off this collaboration, share ideas, work plans, and our infographic! You can download it here: https://lnkd.in/ekzmPxzi #EuGreenDeal #MissionOcean Horizon Europe European Research Executive Agency (REA) Marine Institute Seascape Belgium Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) - Suomen ympäristökeskus (Syke) CSIC Hellenic Centre for Marine Research Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway Grønlands Naturinstitut Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research University of Limerick CNRS National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa" MARIS B.V. ) CzechGlobe @NIVA - Algal Future Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique VLIZ - Flanders Marine Institute EMBRC - European Marine Biological Resource Centre-ERIC Sorbonne Université CCMAR - Centro de Ciências do Mar) DO ALGARVE Mercator Ocean International EMBL European Molecular Biology Laboratory SMHI INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT University of Liège Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia Instituto Hidrográfico - Marinha Portuguesa Türkiye Harita Bilimsel ve Teknik Kurultayı NORCE Norwegian Research Centre Socib Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L'EXPLOITATION DE LA MER - IFREMER @HAVSTOVAN Frank Armstrong Aodhán F. Pieter Torrez Nathalie Tonné Ils Reusen

£8.4M has been awarded to the British Antarctic Survey and the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling to deliver the next 5 years of their long-term polar science activities. The UK Polar Research Expertise for Science and Society (PRESCIENT) programme provides UK national capability (science, such as ongoing datasets and models, which underpins wider scientific research) to understand the impacts of environmental stressors, such as rising global temperatures on polar marine ecosystems. PRESCIENT will also measure and predict polar ice sheet contributions to global sea level rise and extend and improve measurements of changes to polar sea ice. The funding is part of £101 million investment by the NERC: Natural Environment Research Council, part of UK Research and Innovation, in the UK’s network of leading environmental science research centres to support large-scale environmental observations, modelling and analysis, and research capabilities through innovations in platforms, sensors and data science. Read more by visiting our website: https://lnkd.in/enu8RaSV

🆕 Invitation to Tender: “ESA POLAR SCIENCE CLUSTER – RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES: ANTARCTICA, THE SOUTHERN OCEAN, AND THE ARCTIC – FIXED CALL FOR PROPOSAL” European Space Agency - ESA is pleased to announce a new Call for Proposals to address major challenges in Polar Science: Theme 1: Dynamic 4DAntarctica (5DAntarctica) Theme 2: Sea Ice Southern Ocean Mass Balance Theme 3: Innovative Arctic Integrated Studies This activity is a contribution to the EC-ESA Earth System Science Initiative and in particular to the Flagship Action on Polar Changes and Global Impact. Through this initiative, ESA and EC (DG-RTD) are joining forces to establish a strong European coordinated effort to better observe, understand and predict the rapid changes being observed at high latitudes with the ultimate goal to assist citizens, communities and regions in the definition of sustainable and innovative approaches to tackle the resulting risks for society and ecosystems. ➡️ More details at: https://lnkd.in/e8spzBSw ➡️ Official press release: https://lnkd.in/eyP8MCYf

Protecting the Ocean so that it continues to protect us - Europe’s leading Ocean scientists launch advice for governments Today we launch Navigating the Future VI (NFVI), a publication which provides governments, policymakers and funders with robust, independent scientific advice, focusing on the critical role the Ocean plays in the wider Earth system. Navigating the Future VI proposes the marine (natural and social) science research we need to help us address the challenges facing the planet, and with whom we need to collaborate to find solutions. It focuses on four main themes: #Ocean and #People, Ocean and #Climate, Ocean and #Freshwater and Ocean and #Biodiversity. NFVI provides research and policy recommendations and closes for each theme and closes by presenting cross-cutting requirements. NFVI was written by leading European Ocean scientists representing all EMB Member organisations (at kick off in 2022), spanning a wide range of backgrounds, disciplines and career levels. 🗣️ Join the conversation using #NFVIOcean #NFVIOcean #NavigatingTheFutureVI #OceanScience #MarinePolicy #Sustainability #ClimateAction #EuropeanMarineBoard Ifremer Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR) Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) Kiel University DTU - Technical University of Denmark National Oceanography Centre Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University Marine Institute GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel CNRS Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Ruđer Bošković Institute Deltares NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Atlantic Technological University Institut za oceanografiju i ribarstvo University of Agder (UiA) Hellenic Centre for Marine Research University of Gothenburg Aix-Marseille University University of Liège Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway OGS

How can EuroGO-SHIP increase the quality, traceability, and availability of hydrographic data? By addressing gaps in facilities, testing best practices and shaping new services! Measurements of parameters like ocean salinity and velocity, dissolved oxygen and inorganic carbon, inorganic nutrients and transient tracers throughout the water column are essential for understanding the ocean’s role in local and global climate and ecosystems. Society’s need for hydrographic data is growing! Currently many observations are made on a nation-by-nation or even institution-by institution basis, producing data of variable quality in a fragmented way. The aim of EuroGO-SHIP demonstrate the principles and operations of a European RI for hydrography through pilot activities, including demonstrations of sharing knowledge and equipment, organising and comparing data, and contributing to updated best practices among the project partners. Salinity was one of the parameters used to demonstrate several of these aspects because it is both one of the key variables for characterising both physical and chemical properties of seawater, and a variable where equipment, training, and methodology used in its measurement vary widely. There is a need to update best practices for salinity sampling and analysis including uncertainty, and to apply them to ensure the quality and comparability of salinity data across different regions and time periods. For a comprehensive view of EuroGO-SHIP’s work to test salinity best practices, read our recently published report (link in the comments) Malcolm Woodward Johannes Karstensen Katrin Schroeder GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel NORCE Norwegian Research Centre Ryan Weber CSIC Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) Horizon Europe Marine Institute GeoEcoMar Met Office World Meteorological Organization @Ifremer Seascape Belgium Instituto Español de Oceanografía Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche National Oceanography Centre University of Bergen (UiB) #missionocean #eugreendeal #hydrography #climate #oceanography #euresearch

A gigantic observation platform deployed 32 meters deep on the sea floor! Equipped with state-of-the-art gadgets this huge benthic lander autonomously records physical, chemical or biological activity at the sea floor. The platform was deployed in August with the help of R/V Augusta and measurements will continue for a total of six weeks outside Tvärminne Zoological Station. The ocean plays a fundamental role in Earth's carbon cycle, helping to regulate atmospheric CO2 concentration. Photosynthesizing organisms in the surface layer of the sea take up carbon; when they finally decompose in the deep sea the carbon is returned to the water. - The aim of this project is to better understand the effect of plankton communities on coastal carbon fluxes, says project leader Kristian Spilling from Finnish Environment Institute (Syke). The steel legs of the benthic lander are equipped with batteries and a whole lot of instrumentation for measuring a variety of variables. - We are measuring gases such as methane, oxygen, CO2 but also temperature, salinity, chlorophyll fluorescence, l and organic matter while GTK is measuring particles both optically and acoustically, Kristian explains. This is a joint research project with Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) and the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), and it is also a part of the Finnish marine research infrastructure FINMARI where Tvärminne, University of Helsinki is also included. The project is titled “The impacts of phytoplankton community composition and particle transport pathways on the biological carbon pump in coastal seas under the changing climate (PHYTOTRANS)”, and is funded by the Research Council of Finland. These in situ field measurements provide valuable scientific field data. The benthic lander was earlier deployed outside Utö with the help of R/V Aranda in from April to June this year. - At Utö we deployed the lander at a depth of 64 meter. This will give us a good basis to see differences between the two sites, Kristian Spilling says. The platform will be retrieved from the sea floor in Tvärminne next week with data for the scientist to analyze. The research project PHYTOTRANS is ongoing until 2027. #tvärminnezoologicalstation #marineresearch #phytotrans #syke #FINMARI #GTK

If you're planning on being at ICARP IV - #ASSW 2025, in Boulder, Colorado in-person or virtually, consider submitting or coming to our session Brooks Kaiser (Deadline: extended until 9 October 2024 at 23:59 MDT!): https://lnkd.in/e5qw33gD 3. Understanding the dynamics and resilience of Arctic social-ecological systems to foster sustainable futures  # 3.1. Arctic Marine Research Agendas: Who writes the Saga? Arctic Scenario analysis frequently categorizes outcomes into four quadrants – along two axes: governance, and resources and trade. Of the four categories, Arctic Saga, Arctic Race, Polar Preserve, and Polar Lows, the first three reflect outcomes that favor different Arctic scales of interests, while Polar Lows is considered undesirable by most if not all stakeholders and rightsholders as providing neither local stability and quality of life nor global extractive benefits. Who’s “in” and who’s “out” in Arctic planning is a longstanding issue affecting within the marine realm, for example, Svalbard’s identity, the Arctic Council structure and its Working Groups (ie CAFF, PAME), the Polar Silk Road, and the Central Arctic Ocean fisheries policy. The challenge also impacts research agendas. In this multidisciplinary session, we discuss how agenda-setting in Arctic research priorities and funding strategies can affect these outcomes, with a particular focus on the role of academic research driven by actors not directly living or working in Arctic states. We anticipate differences in impact from the natural sciences and social sciences that stem from (1) scale of engagement in Arctic communities and environmental changes from local to global; (2) experience and expectations for transdisciplinary research and/or Indigenous engagement and inclusion needs, including longer research timelines and more diverse research outlets and forms; and (3) funding structures that limit such diversity as well as cross-scale research, amongst other distinctions along disciplinary lines. We illustrate with some background analysis of research communities in non-Arctic states, e.g. France, S. Korea, Japan and the UK.