Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development"" including its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets was adopted on 25 September 2015 by Heads of State and Government at a special UN summit. The Agenda is a...
The W1-M3A observing system is one of the most important infrastructures of CNR and it is part of the network of deep ocean European observatories. The open sea laboratory is moored in the middle of the Ligurian Sea, inside the area known as the...
The RV Istros of GeoEcoMar, designed for fluvial and coastal research is equiped with laboratories (chemistry and biology), and multibeam system for shallow waters. Although it is designated mainly for research activities in the Danube River and...
The Global Ocean Science Report (GOSR) assesses for the first time the status and trends in ocean science capacity around the world.
In 2016, after a severe upgrading, the former IMR Research Vessel "Dr. Fridtjof Nansen" changed name till ”Kristine Bonnevie” – named after the first female marine biologist in Norway, professor Kristine Bonnevie (born in 1872).
The Commission's ""Marine Knowledge 2020"" initiative, in line with Europe's 2020 strategy, aims to unlock and assemble marine data from different sources and facilitate their use for purposes other than those for which they were originally...
The Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) is a pan-European research infrastructure which provides harmonised and high-precision scientific data on carbon cycle and greenhouse gas budget and perturbations. The ICOS Ocean Thematic Centre (OTC...
Established in 1964 within the framework of the System of National Oceanographic Data Centers (NODCs), created by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), the Spanish Oceanographic Data Center is integrated into different...
The Navigating the Future V report, developed by the European Marine Board, gives a birds-eye view of marine science. It looks into the future (2030 and beyond) to identify key topics/themes that are set to significantly advance our understanding...
FCT is the Portuguese national public agency that supports science, technology and innovation, in all scientific domains, under responsibility of the Ministry for Science, Technology and Higher Education. FCT’s mission is to continuously promote...