The 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...
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The LandSeaLot Observer – Issue 2 – December 2024
ISSUE 2 – DECEMBER 2024 – Happy Holidays! ⚓⛵❄️ LandSeaLot is a Horizon Europe project that seeks to integrate and enhance existing coastal observation efforts – including in-situ, satellite, modelling and citizen science – to better study the land-sea interface area, where terrestrial and marine habitats meet. In this edition: • Welcome Note: Dominique Durand•...
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LandSeaLot 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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Reliable sensors and robust testing: understanding technical needs at the LandSeaLot Integration Labs
One of LandSeaLot’s objectives is to expand our capacity to observe the land-sea interface area (LSI) using cost-effective technology: affordable, reliable sensors and other devices. From small coin-shaped sensors measuring temperature, to autonomous sensors affixed to moored buoys and boats, this technology can be used by both researchers and citizen scientist groups. The technology is...
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Plastic Pollution: Addressing Societal Challenges at the Land-Sea Interface Area
Interview blog “Plastic pollution is one of the major problems of river-sea systems worldwide. However, the Danube is unique in its complexity. It flows through 11 countries and its drainage basin covers 19 states, requiring international collaboration for effective solutions.” Dr. Irina Stanciu and Dr. Adrian Stanica of the Romanian National Institute for Research and...
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The LandSeaLot Observer – Issue 1 – September 2024
ISSUE 1 – SEPTEMBER 2024 The Horizon Europe “LandSeaLot” project seeks to integrate, scale-up and enhance existing observation efforts, conducted by satellites or in-situ, including by citizen scientists, together with numerical simulations, to better study the land-sea interface area, where terrestrial and marine habitats meet. In this edition: • A Welcome Note from our Coordinator...
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Deltares PhD Position: Phytoplankton, nutrients and carbon fluxes in the Wadden Sea lagoon
Do you have a background in environmental science? Would you like to study the dynamics of phytoplankton and its interaction with nutrient and carbon cycles? Do you like to combine numerical modelling and data analysis methods to enhance ecosystem understanding? Apply for this vacancy and start your PhD research. Deadline for application: 08/09/2024 APPLY HERE
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Inaugural Workshops at the LandSeaLot Integration Labs
Summary of Recent LandSeaLot Activity The LandSeaLot Integration Labs are testing centres designed to pilot actions that address specific challenges relevant to their region, such as pollution, carbon fluxes and stocks, or prediction and adaptation to climate change threats. They are dynamic testing grounds that provide insights into the feasibility and challenges encountered in each...
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LandSeaLot is buying cost-effective marine technology
LandSeaLot is investing €250,000 in cost-effective marine technologies to enhance ocean observation, management, and decision-making solutions. Apply by the 15th of July 2024! Monitoring our oceans by moving beyond technical specifications and prioritising the practicalities of data collection, analysis and dissemination is a timely necessity. This initiative is focused on demonstrating the capabilities of devices...
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Call for Applications: Doctoral Research Project (fully funded) Spatio-temporal dynamics of suspended particulate matter in the estuary/coastal sea continuum
This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Ifremer, for any queries please contact the co-supervisors listed below. The Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale is seeking a highly motivated PhD student, with a background in remote sensing and/or physical oceanography and/or sediment dynamics in estuarine and coastal systems for a fully funded doctoral research position,...
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