News from the Seine Estuary and Bay LandSeaLot Integration Lab: First Tests of Cost-Effective Sensors Complete!
From April 25-30, 2025, researchers at the Seine Estuary and Bay LandSeaLot Integration Lab performed their first tests of cost-effective technology aboard the RV Côtes de la Manche. The experiment took place as part of the PHRESQUES field campaign, a 10-year series of research cruises dedicated to maintaining coastal observatory stations around the Seine Estuary...
Read MoreCitizen Science and LandSeaLot: Harnessing the Potential of Public Participation in Research
Let’s talk about citizen science! What is citizen science? Citizen science is public participation in scientific research. All over the world, people are contributing to science by observing their surroundings, gathering information, collecting samples and more. With advancements like smartphone apps and affordable technology, contributing to science is easier than ever before. What’s the role...
Read MoreLandSeaLot Integration Labs: Spotlight on the Seine Estuary and Bay
What is an Integration Lab? LandSeaLot Integration Labs are testing sites for developing a common strategy for observing land-sea interface areas across Europe. They are piloting new methods, technologies and community-based approaches to improve observations and understandings of essential areas like river mouths, estuaries and deltas. These observations provide key knowledge to scientific and stakeholder...
Read MoreMeet the game changers in observation
Plus: get the SCOOP on the open platform bringing cost-effective technology to new users The role of cost-effective technology in LandSeaLot As part of its mission to enhance observation of the land-sea interface area, LandSeaLot is deploying cost-effective technology, an exciting addition to the future of ocean observation Cost-effective technology describes affordable, accessible sensors and...
Read MoreLandSeaLot Integration Week 2025 Recap: Towards a Common Observation Strategy in Lisbon
LandSeaLot’s first Integration Week encapsulated the project’s motto, “Let’s Observe Together.” The event brought together diverse stakeholders involved in the observation of land-sea interface areas – including scientific experts from the LandSeaLot Science Community Forum and representatives of the LandSeaLot Co-Designer forum, involving Research Infrastructures and long-term European initiatives like Copernicus and EMODnet. These stakeholders...
Read MoreThe first LandSeaLot Integration Week continues with special field visits
The groundbreaking work of the Horizon Europe project LandSeaLot is being spotlighted in a series of special events in and around Lisbon this week, with a special focus on the Tagus and Sado Estuaries as testing sites for new methods and collaborations. Key stakeholders in the LandSeaLot project are in Lisbon this week (January 20-24)...
Read MoreThe first LandSeaLot Integration Week begins
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Key players in the Horizon Europe project LandSeaLot are coming together in Lisbon, Portugal for the first LandSeaLot Integration Week, taking place from 20-24 January 2025. LandSeaLot is a Horizon Europe project that aims to integrate, scale-up and enhance existing observation efforts – including in-situ, satellite, numerical modelling and citizen science efforts...
Read MoreLandSeaLot Integration Labs: Spotlight on the Tagus and Sado Estuaries System Lab
What is an Integration Lab? LandSeaLot Integration Labs (LILs) are testing sites for developing a common strategy for observing the land-sea interface areas across Europe. They are piloting new methods, technologies and community-based approaches to the observation of these areas, including river mouths, estuaries and deltas. Exploring the Tagus and Sado Estuaries ● The Tagus...
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