LandSeaLot 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 MoreReliable 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...
Read MoreCitizen Science and LandSeaLot
Harnessing the Potential of Public Participation in Research Let’s talk about citizen science! This innovative approach involves public participation in scientific research, and it’s gaining worldwide recognition for its potential to expand the scope of scientific inquiry. In recent years, it has gained momentum with the advancement in information technology. Tools like mobile phones, apps,...
Read MoreInaugural 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...
Read MoreLandSeaLot 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...
Read MoreScience is Wonderful
Robo-Iguana by Mrudul Chellapurath, the Oceanografi Na Otoku stand with oceanographers Natalija Dunić and Maja Karlovic. Let’s Observe Together… The Science is Wonderful event in Brussels last week was an inspiring opportunity to witness the enthusiasm of young visitors treated to demonstrations of a variety of observation techniques, as well as many other experiments spanning...
Read MoreLandSeaLot kick-off meeting: 26-28th March 2024 in Delft
Representatives from 20 partner organisations making up the LandSeaLot consortium met at the Deltares Headquarters in Delft from the 26 to the 28 of March, the event was hosted by the research institution Deltares in Delft, NL. Seeking to connect fragmented communities in the land-sea interface area, the primary aim of LandSeaLot is to unify...
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