Biodiversity Monitoring in Aquatic Ecosystems to Support a Whole Society Approach to Transformative Change
On October 12th, 2023, a joint session on "Biodiversity Monitoring in Aquatic Ecosystems to Support a Whole Society Approach to Transformative Change", organised by the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) and the Fresh Water Biodiversity Observation Network (FWBON), took place during the GEO BON Global Conference in Montreal.
New Partnership to Advance Ocean Exploration
A new partnership has been announced with the goal of advancing ocean exploration, focused on the observation of marine life and ocean mapping to improve conservation and sustainable practices.
West Antarctic Ice Sheet Melting
Through recent simulations, British Antarctic Survey scientists predict that the melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet will be nearer irreversible, contributing to a rise in global sea levels by up to five meters.
EEA Grants at the Azores
On the 11th October, EEA Grants, Portuguese and Norwegian government representatives visited TERINOV - Science and Technology Park, where the AIR Centre is based, for a presentation on regional projects financed by the programme.
Double Awards at Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Conference
Today, 19th October, at the Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Conference, in Oporto, Portugal, the ASTRAL Project and BlueMissionAA both had the pleasure of receiving the Atlantic Project Award, in the categories of International Cooperation, and Healthy Oceans and Resilient Coasts, respectively.
LabPlas High Level Panel on Plastic Governance
On the 9th of October, the “High-Level Panel on Plastic Governance: A roadmap for the upcoming decade” took place in Vigo to discuss policies related to plastic materials, organised by the H2020 LabPlas project as a parallel session for the EurOCEAN 2023 conference, which took place in the following couple of days.
World Space Week 2023 launch in Ponta Delgada
Last Wednesday, in Ponta Delgada, the office of the Regional Undersecretary of the Presidency, through the Azores Mission Structure for Space (EMA-Space), promoted a public launch session of World Space Week 2023, attended by the national coordinator of World Space Week, Cláudio Gomes, and AIR Centre’s Project Developer, Mariana Ávila.
A Tool to Increase the Utility of Ocean Observations
BioEcoOcean to create a system for supporting the development and coordination of ocean biological observations and measurements, making them comparable between different countries, research groups and management agencies.
Safeguarding Whales and the Ocean Ecosystem
Collisions between whales and ships, a pressing issue in the Atlantic Ocean, is the focus of a new initiative led by The Centre for Marine and Environmental Sciences/Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology and Innovation (Mare-Madeira/ARDITI), which aims to deploy cutting-edge technologies that promise to significantly reduce these incidents.