OBAMA-NEXT

🌐 Dive into the tech behind marine monitoring! Check out the latest animated infographic on how OBAMA-NEXT uses innovative tools like #RemoteSensing and #eDNA for biodiversity monitoring. 🛰️🧬 Explore here 👉obama-next.eu/technologies/

❗New Information Product alert: OBAMA-NEXT models eelgrass (Zostera marina) presence & depth limits using #MachineLearning to generate confidence-based maps that support EU restoration targets and #MarineSpatialPlanning goals. View more here t.ly/-xBBc

⏳ Last chance to register! 🔵🟢🟠#MODalliance Webinar 📅 5 March | 🕚 11:00 CET 🎙 Josean Fernandes & Mihailo Azhar AI + marine biodiversity + policy → don’t miss it. 🔗 t.ly/yxwzS #MarineMonitoring

❗ New Information Product alert: OBAMA-NEXT applies #MachineLearning and imaging to plankton size & abundance in a novel ecological indicator supporting trophic structure inference and #MarinePolicy goals. View more here t.ly/-xBBc

❗ New Information Product alert: OBAMA-NEXT combines #eDNA and #acoustics to enhance fish biomass estimates, all essential for marine biodiversity monitoring, sustainable #FisheriesManagement, and delivering on marine policy goals. View more here t.ly/-xBBc

Hello from Bilbao! Our annual meeting is underway and it's been fantastic to hear about the progress of all the work packages. Thank you to all our partners for their presence and hard work!

New article by OBAMA-NEXT researcher José Fernandes offers a framework for trustworthy AI in marine science 🌊🤖 3 pillars: 1⃣ Legal & social viability 2⃣ Ethical data use 3⃣ Scientific validation 📄 Read t.ly/gKKXj #MarineAI

Tomorrow, OBAMA-NEXT's cooordinator @JacobCarstense1 opens the Danish Marine Science Meeting 2026 with a keynote on the "Future of #MarineMonitoring: Promises and Pitfalls” Join us to explore the future of eDNA, remote sensing & AI in ocean observation. 🔗t.ly/vl8ji

❗ New Information Product alert: OBAMA-NEXT combines #geospatialdata, #remotesensing, and advanced modelling to improve #habitatmapping for key marine areas supporting marine biodiversity monitoring and EU policy goals. View more here t.ly/-xBBc

Submit your abstract to #ECSA61: Bridging the gap between science and policy in estuarine and coastal marine biodiversity: the way forward, which will take place in Brussels, Belgium from 24-27 August 2026. #MarineEcology

🔵🟢🟠 #MODalliance Webinar 📅 5 March 2026 | 🕚 11:00 CET 🎙 Josean Fernandes & Mihailo Azhar 📌 Trustworthy AI for Biodiversity Monitoring Explore how AI meets EU policy goals in marine ecosystems. 🔗 Register: t.ly/ylpDO #MarineAI #Biodiversity

T-10 days to submit your proposal! Looking forward to seeing all of them.

Europe’s waters are under pressure - from rivers to coasts to the deep sea💧 Join our campaign and help protect life in #TheWatersWeShare! 💙 See what you can do: marcobolo-project.eu/the-waters-we-… #AquaticBiodiversity #KnowOurWatersBetter #AquaticPersonalityQuiz

🚨 New Information Product alert: OBAMA-NEXT shows how high‑freq fluorescence in situ observations detect harmful #phytoplankton #blooms and support EU monitoring frameworks 🌊🔬 View more here 👉 t.ly/-xBBc

Congratulations to the collaborative efforts of all the authors! 👏👏

🔵🟢🟠 The 4th #MODalliance webinar "Exploring Coastal Habitats Through Marine Robotics" is now on YouTube! Discover how marine robots are used to map biodiversity & support EU monitoring goals. Watch now 👉 t.ly/Uv0tV #MarineMonitoring

🔵🟢🟠New #MODAlliance webinar hosted by @DiverSeaEU 🔍 Marine Robotics for Coastal Habitat Mapping 🗓 25 Sept | 🕚 11:00 CET 🎙 Lucrezia Bernacchi & Miguel Carvalho 🔗Register today: t.ly/Ou--7 Explore how robotics can support marine biodiversity monitoring.

At #MPAinMSP conference, our partners from @ISPRA_Press shared work on seagrass & saltmarsh in MPA networks and their role in carbon storage. A strong link to #OBAMANEXT goals on marine monitoring & blue carbon. Full article 👀 obama-next.eu/seagrass-and-s…

📢 Call for abstracts at #OSM2026! OBAMA-NEXT partner Sophie Pitois @CefasGovUK co-leads a session on plankton & particle imaging to advance ecosystem understanding 🌊🔬 📅 Submit your abstract by 20 Aug! Submissions and more info here 👉 t.ly/tU1J_

👏 Our partner Dr @AngelBorjaYerro wins the CERF Odum Lifetime Achievement Award — the first non‑US recipient! A proud moment for European #marinescience and the OBAMA-NEXT community. 📅 Award ceremony: 9 Nov, #CERF2025 🔗Read more: t.ly/lT5LH

@AngelBorjaYerro @CERFScience @azti_brta @EMarineBoard @LilitaTeixeira @SKatsanevakis @ges4seas_mooc @MarineSABRES @Ifremer_fr @NOAA @CollMonton Congratulations Ángel! 👏👏

yesterday, @CERFScience announced they have awarded me with the 2025 Odum Lifetime Achievement award, for my marine ecology career. It's amazing and a honour. On 9th November at Richmond I will receive it. I'm sharing this with my team at @azti_brta #Odumd" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">cerf.science/2025-achieveme…