The EMB Board decides to establish Working Groups (WGs) on topics which are felt by its Members of strategically importance for marine sciences, to consider and investigate targeted issues or that are lacking visibility. EMB WGs are composed of leading experts nominated by EMB Members, and generally associated with EMB Member organisations, and the outcome is a publication (Position Paper, Future Science Brief or Policy Brief).
Current EMB Working Groups
- Marine carbon dioxide removal
- Biomolecular approaches to the observation and management of marine life
Past EMB Working Groups
- Monitoring, Reporting and Verification for marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (Aug 2024 - Nov 2025)
- Deep Sea and Ocean Health (Feb 2023 - Apr 2025)
- Blue Carbon (Jan 2023 - Oct 2023)
- Marine Habitat Mapping (Apr 2022 - Jun 2024)
- Navigating the Future VI (Oct 2022 - Oct 2024)
- Ocean Oxygen (Jun 2022 - Jun 2023)
- Marine Renewable Energy (Jun 2021 - Apr 2023)
- Sustainable Funding for Ocean Observations (Jan 2021 - Jun 2021)
- Marine Science Communication (2020 - 2022)
- Underwater Noise (Jun 2020 - Oct 2021)
- Marine Geohazards and the Blue Economy (Feb 2020 - Dec 2021)
- Big Data and Digitalisation (May 2019 - Apr 2020)
- Navigating the Future V (Nov 2017 - Jun 2019)
- Marine Ecosystem Modelling (Jul 2017 - Oct 2018)
- Biological Ocean Observations (Jun 2017 - Jul 2018)
- Marine Graduate Training (Jan 2015 - Apr 2018)
- Valuing Marine Ecosystems (Feb 2014 - Apr 2019)
- Coastal Resilience (Jan 2021 - Oct 2024)
- European Research Vessels (May 2018 - Mar 2020)
- Advancing Citizen Science for Sea and Ocean research (Jun 2016 - May 2017)
- Deep Sea Research (Jan 2014 - Sep 2015)
- Continental Shelf Pre-Historic Research (Sep 2013 - Oct 2014)
- Linking Oceans and Human Health (2011 - 2013)
- Navigating the Future IV (2010 - 2013)
- Marine Protected Areas (2010 - 2013)
- Marine Biodiversity (2010 - 2012)
- Marine Microbial Diversity (2010 - 2012)
- Monitoring Chemical Pollution (2008 - 2011)
- EMODnet (2008 - 2010)
- Marine Renewable Energy (2008 - 2010)
- Marine Biotechnology (2008 - 2010)
- Management of Biotic Ocean Resources (2008 - 2010)
- Remote Sensing of Shelf Sea Ecosystems (2005 - 2008)
- Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammals (2004 - 2008)
- Impacts of Climate Change (2005 - 2007)
- European Ocean Research Fleets (2004 - 2007)
- Navigating the Future III (2004 - 2006)
- Modelling in Coastal and Shelf Seas (2003 - 2005)
- Navigating the Future II (2002- 2003)
- Integrating Marine Science in Europe (2002)
- Marine Biotechnology (2001)
- Navigating the Future I (2001)
- Framework for Implementation of Marine Biodiversity Research (1998)
- European Science Plan on Marine Biodiversity (1997 - 1998)
- Deep-Sea Coring and Drilling (1996 - 1997)