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Covid-19 effects on Earth’s environment

EarthzineOctober 2, 2021Covid-19, Plastics, Uncategorized

The coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on humanity and had a mixed bag of effects for the environment as well.

The pandemic’s effect was not only limited to human life and activities. Earth’s environment was positively as well as negatively impacted by the sudden halt that the world was put on because of the virus.

UN Decade Tropical Americas Transparent and Accessible Ocean Co-Design Workshop

EarthzineSeptember 19, 2021Earth Observation, Ocean Decade, Oceans

Figure 2: Fleets of autonomous oceanographic vehicles and sensors together with crewed ships and satellites track and sample ocean features in a coordinated way, as part of MBARI’s CANON project.

There is a strong regional need to improve marine ocean observation and prediction systems to progress management, decision-making, and governance in the Tropical American region. The workshop explored this theme.

Bridging Ocean Engineering and Science at Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022

Hari VishnuSeptember 4, 2021Earth Observation, Ocean Decade

OSM 22 will be held in hybrid format with the in-person component at Hawaii. (Feel free to distribute this flyer for publicity)

This is OES’s first year as technical co-sponsors to this event, and we are very excited to be a part of this. In line with the theme, we hope to strengthen the engineering dimension at this conference.

Antarctic and Southern Ocean Forum 2021 concludes successfully

EarthzineAugust 9, 2021Antarctic, Arctic, Oceans conferences

Jamie Jacobson from the University of Cape Town presenting his work on the development of SHARC-BUOY for in-situ sensing from the marginal ice zone.

The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Forum conference 2021 was held successfully as a virtual online event in Aug 2021.

New Website Brings Deep Ocean Exploration Imagery and Lessons to Educators and Public

Hari VishnuJuly 10, 2021Education, Oceans

Kilometers beneath the surface, can the deep sea give us clues regarding medicine and human immunity? Turns out, it can.

Indian Ocean Blue Economy Summit (2/2)

Hari VishnuJune 29, 2021Economy, Fishing, Ocean Decade

What is the value and direction for the Blue Economy in the Indian Ocean region, in the context of the Ocean Decade ? A webinar involving numerous stakeholders explored this question.

Indian Ocean Blue Economy Summit – Part 1/2

EarthzineJune 9, 2021Ocean Decade

"Boats and people on the Turag River, Dhaka, Bangladesh"

What is the value and direction for the Blue Economy in the Indian Ocean region, in the context of the Ocean Decade ? A webinar held by multiple stakeholders explores this question.

UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable development – Science communication and outreach (Part 2/2)

Hari VishnuMay 24, 2021Ocean Decade

Is there a way to reverse ocean health decline and continue to rely on it ? The Ocean Decade is an opportunity to seek a positive answer to this question.