1 July, 2025
5th edition of the Mário Ruivo Award – Ocean Generations
The Mário Ruivo Award aims to raise awareness among younger generations about the Ocean’s multiple dimensions and societal role, honoring Professor Mário Ruivo’s legacy. This year’s theme “Ocean: a heritage that unites generations” highlights the profound connection between the Ocean and the preservation of human rights. Covering over 70% of Earth’s …
1 July, 2025
Blue4All Photography Contest
Blue4All invites you to take part in a photography contest to celebrate and raise awareness about the importance of protecting our seas and ocean. One exceptional photo will be chosen from each of the five European sea basins and up to 30 entries will be …
1 July, 2025
Polar Scientists Call to Action
Antarctic sea ice has declined since 2016 at a rate not observed since the beginning of satellite records in the 1970s – a phenomenon that is concerning the scientific community but is not well understood. Polar scientists are now calling for coordinated, multi-national research to …
1 July, 2025
A Photo Journey into the Dreamy World of Whales
Lena C. Emery’s photography traces the fragile threads that bind humans to the environments they so often forget they’re part of. Her latest series offers a tender and immersive portrait of a resident sperm whale family off the coast of Dominica. In 2023, Dominica established …
27 June, 2025
The EU has unveiled the Ocean Pact!
Launched by the European Commission on June 5, just ahead of the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) held in Nice, France from June 9-13, this comprehensive strategy aims to address the severe pressures facing the world’s seas and oceans from pollution, climate change, and …
27 June, 2025
Watch the recording: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025
The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) will hold an information session dedicated to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships Call , which is open until September 10, 2025. Given the highly international nature of this funding instrument, the session will be held in English. …
23 June, 2025
Survey on social acceptance of Multi-use
ULTRAFARMS is a project that investigates the combination of offshore wind farms and low-trophic aquaculture in a multi-use setting in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. They have created a short survey that aims to estimate the social acceptance of the ULTFARMS European Project activities. …
23 June, 2025
UNOC Achievements
Marine protection took centre stage at last week’s UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice, with key breakthroughs across several fronts. Nineteen more countries ratified the UN High Seas Treaty, bringing the total to 50. New or expanded Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) were announced, and support …
23 June, 2025
French Polynesia Creates World’s Largest Marine Protected Area
At the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice last week, French Polynesia made waves with the largest marine protection plan ever announced, spanning over 5 million square kilometres. Of that, 1.1 million square kilometres are now designated as highly or fully protected areas, where only …
20 June, 2025
Rewatch 49th EMB science webinar
On Thursday 19 June 2025, EMB hosted its 49th Third Thursday Science Webinar featuring EMBracing the Ocean artist-in-residence Elise Guillaume who presented her project on “Waves of Resonance: The psychological impact of marine sounds”. She was joined by her scientific collaborators Clea Parcerisas and Marine Severin. This …