BIOcean5D
A European, multidisciplinary project exploring marine life and how it changes with space, time and human impact
Image credit: Karim Iliya / Kogia
There’s still much we don’t know about marine biodiversity, despite its fundamental importance in planetary and human health.
BIOcean5D seeks to explore marine life and how it changes across 5 dimensions: 3-dimensional space, time, and human impact.
Central to achieving our goals is a one-of-a-kind set of samples and data, collected from across Europe’s coastline and land-sea interface.
Over 4 years, we will use this data to explore marine biodiversity holistically and to develop novel tools and methods to monitor and understand its functions and its economic and legal value.
Ultimately, we hope that by measuring, monitoring and understanding marine biodiversity, and involving citizens in our research, we’ll be able to inform the sustainable management and long-term preservation of our marine ecosystems.
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From DNA to action: improving climate change predictions and ocean conservation with advanced modelling
A recent publication co-funded by BIOcean5D improves advanced modelling, sharpening predictions of climate change impacts and guiding stronger ocean conservation efforts.
BIOcean5D data hub: making a holistic vision of marine biodiversity possible
BIOcean5D is dedicated to the collaborative and multidisciplinary exploration of marine life, to advance understanding about how it changes with space, time and human impact. Achieving that objective requires the collection, integration and harmonisation of a vast amount of complex, heterogeneous and scattered information – made possible by the BIOcean5D data hub.
Lamprey + citizen power to reveal plankton diversity
The Lamprey and Curiosity microscope are two invaluable tools used by BIOcean5D to harness the immense potential of citizen science, improve ocean literacy, engage and empower the general public and increase awareness of the immense challenges facing our Ocean. Following on from the Curiosity microscope last week, discover the Lamprey here!
Bringing plankton discovery inland with the Curiosity microscope
The Curiosity microscope and Lamprey are two invaluable tools used by BIOcean5D to harness the immense potential of citizen science, improve ocean literacy, engage and empower the general public and increase awareness of the immense challenges facing our Ocean. Discover the Curiosity microscope here, followed by the Lamprey next week!
A decisive moment for the future of our Ocean
World leaders, political decision-makers and marine science experts gathered in Nice, France this month for the largest Ocean summit ever organised.
BBNJ: protecting biodiversity in the Wild West of the high seas
Recently published policy briefs provide recommendations to support the rapid and effective implementation of the BBNJ Treaty and activate unprecedented protection of our Ocean and its biodiversity.
Our funding
BIOcean5D has received more than €17m in total from the European Commission under grant agreement 101059915, from the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation under contract #22.00255 for Swiss partners, and from the UK government Horizon Europe Guarantee, UKRI Grant Reference Number 10039266 for UK partners.