📣 How can countries work together to address recurring sargassum influxes? Our next #SargassumAcrossTheAtlantic session explores governance, coordination and international frameworks, bringing together experts from the Caribbean & West Africa 📅 30 Oct 🔗 bit.ly/3UGxbhr

From monitoring and public health to governance: the fourth #SargassumAcrossTheAtlantic webinar examines how regional cooperation and international frameworks can strengthen responses to sargassum influxes. 📅 30 Oct, 1:00-2:30 PM UTC Register now! 👉 bit.ly/3UGxbhr

🌊 What are the public health impacts of sargassum across the Atlantic? Don't miss our next Networking Fridays session on 16 Oct to explore the evidence on H₂S exposure, chronic health risks, and research priorities with leading experts. 🔗 Register: aircent.re/46St5W9

🌋 What lives on an underwater volcano? Join our next Marine Biodiversity Networking Friday on SEAMOUNTS, where researchers from 3 continents will come together to explore deep-sea discovery & high-seas conservation. 📅 9 Oct, 1–2 PM UTC 👉 aircent.re/4ArERUN

🌊 Following our Networking Fridays: Sargassum Across the Atlantic series? Our Ep 2 will discuss "Communities & ecosystems under pressure: livelihoods & marine biodiversity"! 🗓2 Oct, 1:00–2:30 PM UTC 👉 Register: aircent.re/4cR5lF9 More details here: aircent.re/4hdOg9G

This week, @AIRCentre_org joined the II Ibero-American Space Agencies Meeting #RIAE, organised by @aee_gob in Madrid on 15–16 Sept. The event advanced cooperation on space weather, sustainability, EO and satellite connectivity, with a visit to @esa. 🔗 aircent.re/4rpceni

🛰️🌊 Next week, we will launch the Networking Fridays: Sargassum Across the Atlantic webinar series! Join us for the first session on how satellites, ocean models & drones track and forecast sargassum blooms basin-wide. 🗓18 Sep 👉 aircent.re/3UIvT5e Register now!

New study in Frontiers in Marine Science shows the High Seas Treaty’s Clearing‑House Mechanism must connect to existing global data systems,not duplicate them. Interoperability and data literacy are key to tracking marine genetic resources. Full article🔗 bit.ly/4gHVId8

Marine Biodiversity Networking Fridays is back! Join this session on "Modelling the Living Ocean" 👉11 Sept How can ecosystem modelling help predict a changing ocean? From plankton & the carbon pump to sea turtles, don't miss this discussion! Register now: aircent.re/4guHR9S

🌊 Save the date! This autumn, @AIRCentre_org's Networking Fridays will bring the Atlantic together for “Sargassum across the Atlantic”. 🔎5 eps from Sep–Nov connecting science, communities, policy & practice. More details will be revealed soon! 🌎 #Sargassum #Atlantic #AIRCentre

Should Atlantic aquaculture stick with established species or invest in new ones that take 15–20 years to develop? A new @AIRCentre_org white paper looks at aquaculture in the Azores, Cape Verde & Senegal, and shows why no region can do it alone. 📄 aircent.re/4fQNfoK

We're hiring a Policy Officer for our Ocean Policy Group in Lisbon🌊 Support EU-funded projects on ocean governance & blue economy. 📩CV + cover letter to [email protected] by 4 Sept 2026, quoting "Policy Officer" in the subject line. 🔗 + details: aircent.re/4pS8EkE

Last week, @AIRCentre_org had the pleasure to join the V Ocean Decade Conference in 🇨🇻. Executive Director, Miguel Miranda, attended the high-level forum, Ana Faria mentored the Blue Youth Hackathon, and #IMAR contributed key scientific expertise. + info: aircent.re/3TLwHFX

The ROKAMURAE-AZ project wrapped up in Faial, Azores, on 23 July, with our researcher Mariana Ávila co-presenting on R. okamurae stranding patterns using satellite imagery and citizen science. 🌿🌊 🔗Read full article: aircent.re/4pCoEHf #AIRCentre #Azores #InvasiveSpecies

🐋"Whaling in the Atlantic": 22 July at the Sesimbra Maritime Museum. A scientific meeting on whaling across the Lusophone Atlantic, from medieval origins to industry, museums & conservation. 📍Sesimbra | Register: forms.gle/H3MFDHpPYG7kAbfx8

Last week, @eo4sure met with @apambiente and DHI to review first results and co-develop EO tools for water stress and ecosystem monitoring in Portugal, supporting SDG 6.4.2 and SDG 6.6.1. Science built with those who use it.💧🛰️ 🔗 bit.ly/4eT2k8Q #EO4SURE #SDG6 #Portugal

On 2 July, the AIR Centre welcomed Comendador Anthony Bailey, Honourable Consul-General of His Majesty The King of Tonga to the Portugal, to discuss ocean science, climate action & cooperation between two ancient maritime nations 🌊 🔗Read full story: aircent.re/4wBJkSc

The @eo4sure project met with #IMAR #CaboVerde to present first results and co-develop #EarthObservation tools for sustainable fisheries monitoring and #SDG14 reporting. This co-creation shows a science shaped by those who need it most.🐟🛰️ 🔗 Full story: bit.ly/4eR6RIO

The @BlueEconomyEU Regional Portfolio Calls for Interest are now open across 5 European sea basins. 🔵Wave 1 (Atlantic & Black Sea): 29 Jul 🔵Wave 2 (Mediterranean, Baltic & North Sea): 9 Sep General information webinar to be held on 7 Oct! 🔗More info: bit.ly/4v7mlgw

📢Join us on 10 July for Marine Biodiversity Networking Friday with Jaume Piera of ICM CSIC. He will discuss how participatory methodologies and new dimensions like completeness & timeliness can strengthen biodiversity monitoring at scale. 🔗Register now: aircent.re/44EVOMO