The SWOT mission is designed to provide a spatially distributed and high frequency measurement of water elevation data for the hydrology and oceanography communities for the first time
Plastics in the Ocean – The take at OCEANS Seattle
Summary of Plastic-pollution related talks delivered at the OCEANS conference held in Seattle.
Ocean Decade – Regional Planning Workshop for Northern/Central Indian Ocean countries and ROPME sea area
A Regional Planning Workshop for Northern/Central Indian Ocean countries and ROPME sea area was conducted at the National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai.
Sailing towards a plastic-free Ocean: Microplastic survey and Ocean literacy during the Japan-Palau Goodwill Yacht Race 2019/2020
Scientists and the sailing community teamed up for collecting ocean data and samples including microplastics as part of the Japan Goodwill Yacht race
UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable development – Objectives and Planning (Part 1/2)
Is there a way to reverse ocean health decline and continue to rely on it ? The coming Ocean Decade is an opportunity to seek a positive answer to this question.
Climate indicators in the COVID-19 season
We’re living through the biggest carbon crash ever recorded. Despite the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, the world mustn’t forget the “deeper environmental emergency” facing the planet.
Marine Debris Indicators: What’s next?
What is the way forward in tackling this huge problem ? A workshop was held in Brest to brainstorm ideas in Dec 2019
Microplastics as carriers of Endocrine Disruptors
The “impostors of the hormones”, endocrine disruptors can travel in the environment also using microplastics as media.
Merging of scientific minds at the Little Red Dot, Singapore
The next OCEANS conference will be held in Singapore, and promises to take further the discussion on Ocean science and technology.
