The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has joined the EMODnet Chemistry Partnership as the National Data Centre of the Federal Republic of Germany. The BSH is the public institution for maritime tasks of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany. Together with the German Oceanographic Data Centre (DOD), the Agency organises the national and international exchange of oceanographic data. Welcome aboard the EMODnet community!
A spatial analysis of all marine habitat maps collated by EMODnet Seabed Habitats in European sea basins shows that the majority of maps display broad habitat types and lack detailed data on marine communities. This information was used by the European Marine Board (EMB) Habitat Mapping Working Group, in the recently published Future Science Brief on marine habitat mapping, to highlight the need for policy makers to propose funding for programmes that will produce more biologically-themed…
Three new products were republished by EMODnet Biology in the EMODnet Central Portal Viewer. The products focus provide the probability of occurrence for various fish species.
On Monday, June 17, 2024, the European Marine Board (EMB) hosted a Brown Bag Lunch focused on marine habitat mapping to meet biodiversity, conservation, and restoration objectives. This event also marked the launch of EMB's Future Science Brief No. 11 on 'Marine Habitat Mapping.' The Future Science Brief was developed by the EMB Working Group on Marine Habitat Mapping, which includes several EMODnet Seabed Habitats experts.
On June 19, 2024, EMODnet, Copernicus Marine Service, EUMETSAT and ECOPS delivered a joint webinar on Marine Data for the UN Ocean Decade: A European focus. Attracting > 300 registrations from ocean professionals spanning early to later career, and from many nations in Europe and beyond, the webinar showcased EU earth observation capacity, and EC marine data services that offer in situ and satellite marine data, open for all.
In early June 2024, the prototype European Digital Twin Ocean (DTO) EDITO-Infra platform was presented to the marine ecosystem modelling community by the EMODnet Technical Coordinator, Conor Delaney. The session “Data Lakes for Ecosystem Modelling” took place in the context of a wider Conference "Ecopath 40 Years – The Ecosystem Continuum: From Knowledge to Decisions", organized by the European Marine Board, held in Ostend, Belgium, from 3-8 June 2024.
