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On 15-16 June 2023, the EMB Young Ambassadors attended a training workshop in Ostend, Belgium. 

On 8 June 2023, World Ocean Day, EMB launched its Future Science Brief No. 10 “Ocean oxygen: The role of the Ocean in the oxygen we breathe and the threat of deoxygenation”. Ocean deoxygenation is increasing, with significant consequences for marine life and ultimately humans. This new EMB Future Science Brief highlights causes, impacts and mitigation strategies to tackle Ocean deoxygenation, and discusses whether “every second breath we take comes from the Ocean”. It ends with recommendations for policy, management, research and monitoring.  

Today EMB launches its Future Science Brief No. 9 “European offshore renewable energy: Towards a sustainable future”. To achieve the EU Green Deal vision, the amount of installed offshore renewable energy generating capability in European must increase 30-fold compared to current installed capacity. However, in the rush to develop and install new offshore renewable energy devices across the European sea basins, we cannot ignore the potential environmental and societal impacts that they could have. This document highlights which steps need to be taken to ensure that the expansion of this sector is managed sustainably, responsibly and equitably. 

We are delighted to introduce our two new EMB Young Ambassadors! We can now announce that Alexandra Hahn, a PhD at EMB Member GEOMAR, Germany and Riwan Leroux, a PostDoc at EMB Member IFREMER, France have been selected! You can find out more about them here. We look forward to working with them.

The European project FLORES kicks off to boost skills in the offshore renewable energy sector.