This report captures the major foresight initiatives and documents relevant for European ocean observation and forecasting.
Recent Publications
Report on initiatives, strategies and roadmaps that contribute to foresight in ocean observation
Policy Needs for Oceans and Human Health
This Policy Brief highlights the inextricable links between oceans health and human health. It presents the main challenges in moving towards a European policy framework that supports and enables Oceans and Human Health to be addressed in a holistic manner. It highlights the research, training, data, monitoring and funding needs to enable such a policy framework to be developed. This publication was produced together with the EU-funded SOPHIE project.
Big Data in Marine Science
This Future Science Brief outlines recent advances, challenges and opportunities for big data to support marine science. To develop solutions to key societal challenges, there is an increasing need for more complex, transdisciplinary analyses across traditionally siloed disciplines and sectors. To achieve these goals, we need to move towards increased digitalization and the adoption of big data in marine science. The publication identifies overarching challenges and recommendations within the categories of data acquisition, data handling and management, service interoperability, computing infrastructures and data accessibility, data sharing, big data analytics, and training networks and collaboration. These are explored through topics and case studies on climate science and marine biogeochemistry, habitat mapping for marine conservation, marine biological observations, and pest control in the aquaculture sector.
A Strategic Research Agenda for Oceans and Human Health
Strategic Reseach Agenda for Oceans and Human Health Research in Europe, arising from the H2020 SOPHIE project
EMB Annual Report 2019
The year 2019 was one of great achievements for the European Marine Board with several important events and publications such as the launch of our Flagship publication “Navigating the Future V” (NFV), and the organization of the EurOCEAN 2019 Conference. EMB also focused on the preparation of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) and the forthcoming Horizon Europe, which will both be of great influence to steer marine science further in the EU and beyond. Find out all about our activities in the EMB Annual Report 2019.
Next Generation European Research Vessels
This Policy Brief outlines why we need research vessels, noting the multiple roles they play in supporting marine science and ocean observing. It presents an overview of the current European fleet and its capabilities, and highlights the importance of transnational access within this context. It also briefly outlines the concerns around training for vessel crew, marine technicians and shore-based staff. It then presents the main recommendations of EMB Position Paper 25. This publication summarises the main messages and recommendations of the recent EMB Position Paper 25 on “Next Generation European Research Vessels: Current Status and Foreseeable Evolution”, which was produced in collaboration with the European Research Vessel Operators (ERVO) community.
News
7th EMB Forum - Big Data in Marine Science: Supporting the European Green Deal, the EU Biodiversity Strategy, and the Digital Twin Ocean
Wednesday, 02 September 2020
The 7thEMB Forum brings together diverse stakeholders from government, academia, NGOs and industry to discuss the role of big data, digitalization and artificial intelligence in marine science to support of the EU Green Deal, the EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy and the development of a Digital Twin Ocean. Big data is rapidly transforming our society and is leading to a paradigm shift in the way we face major challenges including climate change and the sustainable management of our marine resources. With the expansion of the scale and scope of ocean observing systems and other data sources, an increasing flood of highly complex ocean data is being generated, often in near real-time. Data need to be integrated and readily available to support decision-making, which can be assisted by artificial intelligence as a tool for more complex analyses and a deeper understanding of the functioning, human impacts, and future state of the ocean. These topics are explored in more detail in the EMB Future Science Brief No. 6 ‘Big Data in Marine Science'.
COVID-19 and Marine Science
Wednesday, 26 August 2020
In Summer 2020, EMB conducted an initial survey of it's member organizations to find out how they had been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
New EMB science webinar series
Thursday, 06 August 2020
EMB launches a new #ThirdThursdayScience webinar series, which will dive into the science behind our publications.
New EcoMagazine article on 'Food from the Ocean in the Digital Age'
Monday, 03 August 2020
The EMB secretariat have published an article in the July/August issue of EcoMagazine on 'Food from the Ocean in the Digital Age'. The article looks at the role of modelling and big data in the fishery and aquaculture sectors, drawing on the EMB's Future Science Briefs 'Enhancing Europe's Capability in Marine Ecosystem Modelling for Societal Benefit' and 'Big Data in Marine Science', as well as the SOPHIE 'Strategic Research Agenda for Oceans and Human Health'.
Joining forces at the first “EU4Ocean workshop" – Designing Ocean Literacy action in Europe
Monday, 27 July 2020
On 24 – 25 September 2020, the first EU4Ocean workshop– Designing Ocean Literacy action in Europe will be organised by the EU4Ocean Coalition – a new initiative on ocean literacy of the European Commission.
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Upcoming Events
The Ocean Decade Virtual Series: Ocean and Human Health
05 October 2020
This session will explore how our health and well-being are connected to the ocean, and what this means in the scope of the Ocean Decade.
The future of observations from seabed to space: Training to support marine science
12 October 2020
EMB will be hosting a 2-hour workshop on "The future of observations from seabed to space: Training to support marine science" during Sea Tech Week 2020.