Call for PhD fellowships topics on Preservation and Restoration of Polar Marine and Coastal Ecosystems and Biodiversity
The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR), the European Polar Board (EPB) and the Atlantic International Research Centre (AIR Centre) opened a call for PhD fellowships topics on “Preservation and Restoration of Polar Marine and Coastal Ecosystems and Biodiversity”
All-Atlantic Marine Ecosystems: science to policy debate
AtlantECO, Mission Atlantic and AANChOR are co-organising a science to policy debate in the framework of the TARA Microbiomes flagship mission, which will dock in Portugal on October 3rd, 2022.
The AIR Centre at UNOC 2022
The 2022 UN Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, took place on 27 June – 1 July 2022, in Lisbon, Portugal. The AIR Centre was present in several activities, both as organizers and participants of UNOC official side-events.
AIR Centre joins the UNEP as GRID Azores
The AIR Centre EO Lab meets in Stockholm to sign a MoU with UNEP to create GRID Azores.
First images of the newly installed DRS Antenna at the AIR Centre EO Lab
Th AIR Centre is now receiving data every few hours from several satellites, through a Direct Receiving Station (DRS).
ESAPlastics
ESAPlastics - De-Risk Action: Spectrometer for Marine Litter. This action will evaluate and develop at a low TRL, prospective technology that in the future can lead to the development of a spectrometer for marine litter detection from space. Clearly there is an opportunity to develop innovative technology that can take advantage of Earth Observation satellite constellation to provide a continuous monitoring of earth oceans and coastal areas.
Image of the Day | March 31, 2021 | Sahara Dust
Image taken by NASA's Terra using the MODIS instrument on March 30, 2021 showing a plume of dust heading from North Africa to the Iberian Peninsula.
