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2023-03-19WoRMS press release: Ten remarkable new marine species from 2022

As for previous years, the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) has again released its annual list of the top-ten marine species described by researchers during the past year to coincide with World...

2023-03-03Call for Abstracts: The LifeWatch ERIC BEeS Biodiversity & Ecosystem eScience Conference

Roll up, roll up! Abstracts are now open for the LifeWatch ERIC "BEeS” Biodiversity & Ecosystem eScience Conference “Threats and challenges to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation from an eScience...

2023-02-283.5 million project aims to solve mysteries about fish migration through main European swimways

A new EU-funded project, STRAITS, will equip all four corners of Europe to track aquatic life in an effort to better understand their biology and ecology, and aid in conservation and management.

2023-02-16LifeWatch collaborates with all-women expedition studying orcas and whales above the Arctic circle

This winter, LifeWatch provided a key contribution to a citizen science initiative studying marine ecosystem change, orca and whale behaviour in northern Norway, 350 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle,...

2023-02-07Our bird tracking data are now archived on GBIF and OBIS!

New open source workflow enables the publication of tracking data from Movebank to GBIF and OBIS.

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2023-03-23LifeWatchVLIZ RT @EMODnet

At #IODC2 #EMODnet was identified as a good example of an integrated & interdisciplinary #OceanDataSystem to address marine pollution thanks to its aggregated, harmonised & standardised #MarineChemistry thematic activities and data services @OGS_IT @EU_MARE @EU_ENV @IODEocean https://t.co/Mms1evheDX

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