🎙️ How can we better monitor and protect marine biodiversity? As discussions around marine biodiversity monitoring continue to grow, EMBRC launched two podcast episodes exploring the technologies, collaborations and skills needed to advance ocean observation and support healthier marine ecosystems.

👏Thanks to @guardias.bsky.social @marco-bolo.bsky.social @ednaquaplan.bsky.social & #OBAMA-NEXT projects for joining yesterday's #MatchmakingEvent 📅 Join us for the next #MME on 16 Sep 2026 to discover #DemonstratorUseCases and their contribution to the #EDITO 📣Register now: tinyurl.com/58ajkyy3

#WCMB2026 #back2backmeetings 📅 16 Nov 2026 The "MARCO-BOLO Community of Practice: Final Stakeholder Event & Legacy" will take place at BMCC The workshop is invitation only. More info: wcmb2026.org/back-back-me... @unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be @marco-bolo.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

On #WorldOrcaDay we're celebrating one of the ocean's iconic indicator species & highlighting the importance of protecting their underwater world from human pressures. Orcas rely on sound to communicate, navigate & find food, making them extra vulnerable to increasing levels of underwater noise 🔊🌊

📢 Join us on next #MatchmakingEvent! 📅 24 June | 10:30–12:00 CEST 🪸Discover how @guardias.bsky.social #OBAMA-NEXT @marco-bolo.bsky.social @ednaquaplan.bsky.social & #DTOBioFloware are advancing #Biodiversity data for the European #DigitalTwinOcean. 🔗Learn more: tinyurl.com/4ch3w7vu

#AnnualReport: We’re pleased to unveil EMBRC’s 2025 Report with information about our key successes and milestones last year https://swll.to/ioNMCxQ

Happy EU Green Week! This year’s focus on investing in a nature-positive economy is more relevant than ever. At MARCO-BOLO, we’re contributing to this conversation with our latest KT asset: “Advancing Integrated Marine & Coastal Biodiversity Observations for the European Ocean Pact.”

Happy International Biodiversity Day! As we celebrate #BiodiversityDay, it’s important to remember that addressing global biodiversity challenges begins with local action, strong research, and meaningful partnerships. Everyone has a role to play! Read more: aquaplan-project.eu/aquaplan-sho...

AquaPLAN showcased in Pisa ahead of Biodiversity Week 2026 - AquaPLAN

Funded by the EU Horizon Europe Programme (along with UKRI), AquaPLAN is a €2.6 million, 4-year project that aims to quantify the combined impacts of Light and Noise Pollution (LNP) on aquatic biodive...

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Calling all freshwater science fans! Have you registered for our Annual Scientific Meeting? The ASM is in Edinburgh on Thursday 11 June. We would love you to join us! The ASM has an inspiring line-up including a keynote from Bernd Hänfling. Find out more & register! www.fba.org.uk/annual-scien...

📑🌊 New policy brief out from #MARCO-BOLO! It brings together 5️⃣ key recommendations from discussions at the #BlueTechEurope conference on how to scale ocean observation technologies across Europe. Well worth a read: marcobolo-project.eu/policy-briefs/ #OceanObservation #PolicyRecommendations #EU

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Policy Briefs 2026 Document date: May 2026 Download the “Policy Recommendations for Scaling Blue Technologies for Ocean Observation in Europe” here! The brief presents key recommendations from the Blu...

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Christos Arvanitidis is attending a contributed session at #BioMonWeek2026, organised in Montpellier by @biodiversa.eu, @gbif.org, @marco-bolo.bsky.social, @bioagora.eu and Alliance for Nature. 👉 Read more: bit.ly/4n67pgg

🦋 At #BioMonWeek 2026 @arnela10.bsky.social and Margarita Hartlieb held key notes on "Building a Community: Human Dynamics in #Biodiversity Monitoring" - sharing best practices on #communitybuilding in our projects @marco-bolo.bsky.social and Biodiversity Austria International #sciencecommunication

🌊 Check out @marco-bolo.bsky.social's new infographic on the link between Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) here: marcobolo-project.eu/eovs-ebvs-in...

MARCO-BOLO project@marco-bolo.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🌊❔ What is the link between Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs)? A new infographic explains how EOVs and EBVs connect. 👉 Full series: marcobolo-project.eu/eovs-ebvs-in... Feel free to share! #GOOS #GOOSBioEco #GEOBON #MBON @erinninnovation.bsky.social

👇Check out this new infographic, developed by the MARCO-BOLO project (@marco-bolo.bsky.social), explaining the connection between Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs). 🐳

MARCO-BOLO project@marco-bolo.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🌊❔ What is the link between Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs)? A new infographic explains how EOVs and EBVs connect. 👉 Full series: marcobolo-project.eu/eovs-ebvs-in... Feel free to share! #GOOS #GOOSBioEco #GEOBON #MBON @erinninnovation.bsky.social

MARCO-BOLO, through carefully curated infographics, shows the interconnection and similarities between #EOVs and #EBVs. Take a look ⬇️👀

MARCO-BOLO project@marco-bolo.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🌊❔ What is the link between Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs)? A new infographic explains how EOVs and EBVs connect. 👉 Full series: marcobolo-project.eu/eovs-ebvs-in... Feel free to share! #GOOS #GOOSBioEco #GEOBON #MBON @erinninnovation.bsky.social

Launch announcement | MARCO-BOLO Knowledge Transfer Series We’re pleased to share the release of the first MARCO-BOLO Knowledge Transfer asset: Advancing Integrated Marine & Coastal Biodiversity Observations for the European Ocean Pact. 🔗 marcobolo-project.eu/knowledge-tr...

Tomorrow at #BioMonWeek 2026 | 7 May, 09:30 CEST Join us for the following MARCO-BOLO session: 🔹 Session 1: Biodiversity mapping with advanced technologies 🔹Session 2: Advancing integrated marine biodiversity monitoring through knowledge transfer

Tackling invasions from source to spread - #GuardIAS & #OneSTOP unite science, AI, and society to detect, prevent, and manage #InvasiveSpecies across Europe’s ecosystems. A joined-up response to a growing global threat. Don't miss our joint webinar! #bioinvasions #Biodiversity 🌍🌐

INVASIVESNET@invasivesnet.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We are having our third GuardIAS-INVASIVESNET webinar on May 18th! Registration is free! 👇 buff.ly/zBwkXgq @guardias.bsky.social

We are having our third GuardIAS-INVASIVESNET webinar on May 18th! Registration is free! 👇 buff.ly/zBwkXgq @guardias.bsky.social

🌊❔ What is the link between Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs)? A new infographic explains how EOVs and EBVs connect. 👉 Full series: marcobolo-project.eu/eovs-ebvs-in... Feel free to share! #GOOS #GOOSBioEco #GEOBON #MBON @erinninnovation.bsky.social

📢 New paper published! Scalable, cost-effective seabed landers could be the missing link for long-term, integrated monitoring of dynamic shallow seas 🔗 zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @dtobioflow.bsky.social @marco-bolo.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social

Scalable low‐cost seabed landers: the missing link for sustained, integrated, long‐term observations in dynamic shallow seas

Seabed landers, when equipped with a range of biotic and abiotic sensors, offer a non-invasive and cost-effective solution for ecosystem-scale monitoring of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) an...

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📢 #BioMonWeek2026 is right around the corner! 👀 At the start of May, look out for our extended coverage as we join forces with @biodiversa.eu, #AllianceforNature, @gbif.org and @marco-bolo.bsky.social to deliver a pan-European conference on biodiversity monitoring!

Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership)@biodiversa.eu · 5mo ago

Why #BioMonWeek26? As #biodiversity monitoring in Europe remains fragmented, it connects the #monitoring community to collaborate and drive impact, offering a space to exchange and align on key challenges, when conservation and restoration efforts are more important than ever. ℹ️ www.biomonweek.eu

TRICUSO is pleased to have co-sponsored and co-organised two exciting days in Paris for the #BlueTechEurope2026 conference 🌊⚙️ Special thanks to our colleague Toste Tanhua @geomarkiel.bsky.social for his contributions on behalf of TRICUSO @embrc.eu @marco-bolo.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social #REA

Almost half of European freshwater fishes 🐟 at risk of extinction, new IUCN Red List reveals 🧪 iucn.org/press-releas...

Almost half of European freshwater fishes at risk of extinction, new IUCN Red List reveals

The updated European Red List of Freshwater Fishes – the most comprehensive assessment in 15 years – reveals little evidence of species recovery and calls for urgent action to protect Europe’s aquatic...

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Why #BioMonWeek26? As biodiversity monitoring in Europe remains fragmented, it connects the monitoring community to collaborate and drive impact, offering a space to exchange and align on key challenges, when conservation and restoration efforts are more important than ever. ℹ️ www.biomonweek.eu

Why #BioMonWeek26? As #biodiversity monitoring in Europe remains fragmented, it connects the #monitoring community to collaborate and drive impact, offering a space to exchange and align on key challenges, when conservation and restoration efforts are more important than ever. ℹ️ www.biomonweek.eu

TRICUSO is pleased to be part of #BlueTech26 via our partner @embrc.eu and our work to innovate, deploy and test new sensors to enable high quality ocean carbon observations on various platforms @marco-bolo.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social #REA #OceanObservation #MarineTech #MarineInnovation

Don't forget to register for the Blue Tech Europe event happening soon in Paris on 21-22 April! The event will showcase technological developments from the academic sector. Registration is required, but participation is free of charge. 🔗 www.embrc.eu/blue-tech-eu... #BlueTechnologies

EMBRC (European Marine Biological Resource Centre)@embrc.eu · 7mo ago

🌊 Blue Tech Europe 26: Marine Observing Technologies 📅 21–22 Apr 📍 Paris 🔗 https://swll.to/BT26 2 days of sessions on: 👉 Science & industry collaboration 👉 #MarineTech including sensors 👉 Industry driving #OceanObservation @marco-bolo.bsky.social @tricuso.bsky.social #AcademinSky 🧪

🌊 Blue Tech Europe 26: Marine Observing Technologies 📅 21–22 Apr 📍 Paris 🔗 https://swll.to/BT26 2 days of sessions on: 👉 Science & industry collaboration 👉 #MarineTech including sensors 👉 Industry driving #OceanObservation @marco-bolo.bsky.social @tricuso.bsky.social #AcademinSky 🧪

🔦 Spotlight on the #Freshwater and #Marine Biodiversity Monitoring themes at #BioMonWeek26! Submit an abstract by 18 March and bring your work to the European stage! Explore the full programme: www.biomonweek.eu @biodiversa.eu, #AllianceforNature, @bioagora.eu, @gbif.org, @marco-bolo.bsky.social