EMODnet Biology latest technical developments
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Map of the Week – Nature Restoration and Marine Protected Areas
This map shows the ratio of Marine Protected Area (MPA) and terrestrial area for each European country.
Atlantic & Arctic Lighthouse Weekly Hour with EDITO
On 3 July 2024 from 2:00-3:00 PM CEST, BLUEMISSIONAA will host the Atlantic & Arctic Weekly Hour featuring the European Digital Twin Ocean (EDITO).
EMODnet at the Marine Habitat Mapping Brown Bag Lunch
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.
EMODnet, Copernicus Marine Service, EUMETSAT and ECOPS deliver joint webinar on Marine Data for the UN Ocean Decade: A European focus
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.
EDITO is presented at Ecopath 40 Years
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.
BLOG #2 (June 2024): The EMODnet Map Viewer, your tool to data discovery
A core service of EMODnet is the creation and publication of integrated European-scale marine data layers and data products spanning the marine environment and human activities. The launch of the EMODnet unified portal (January 2023) was a huge technical achievement, not least because it included a new common EMODnet MapViewer (also known as the GeoViewer) that unified the geodata viewer services of all the previous 7 EMODnet thematic portals into one.
EMODnet: An indispensable service for the EU Digital Twin Ocean: Highlights from the Digital Ocean Forum 2024
EMODnet had a key role at the Digital Ocean Forum (DOF) 2024, held on 12-13 June 2024, at the Palace of the Academies in Brussels, marked a pivotal moment for ocean sustainability and data integration in Europe. Supported by the Belgian presidency of the Council of the EU, this hybrid event unveiled the prototype of the European Digital Twin Ocean (EU DTO), namely the EDITO-Infra backbone infrastructure and data lake powered by EMODnet and the Copernicus Marine Service. The event was co-organised by Mercator Ocean International, Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Seascape Belgium and the European Commission, with coordination from DG MARE and DG RTD.
EMODnet at EMD 2024
EMODnet teamed up with a number of European services and key stakeholders at EMD2024 held on 30-31 May 2024 in Svendborg, Denmark. EMODnet co-organised a workshop on diverse data for the Blue Economy and EU Policy with the European Blue Economy Observatory and the European Environment Agency (EEA). This included presentations by EMODnet Human Activities and the Secretariat.
EMODnet, EU Blue Economy Observatory and European Environment Agency at EMD 2024 Workshop: Diverse data serving EU policies and the Blue Economy for a sustainable future
On 31 May 2024, EMODnet, the EU Blue Economy Observatory (EU-BEO) and the European Environmental Agency (EEA), co-hosted an engaging workshop titled "Diverse Data Serving EU Policies and the Blue Economy for a Sustainable Future" as part of European Maritime Day (30-31 May 2024) in Svendborg, Denmark.