Introducing BIOcean5D

Understanding marine biodiversity across space, time, and human impacts

Researchers from 12 European countries will meet in Heidelberg next month to kickstart BIOcean5D: a major interdisciplinary project designed to better understand marine biodiversity and its fate in the Anthropocene.

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Static Protection for a Dynamic Ocean? Rethinking Marine Conservation

Multidisciplinary research conducted within BIOcean5D aims to strengthen marine conservation by advancing ecosystem-based approaches that reflect the ocean’s dynamic nature.

BIOcean5D General Assembly 2026

The BIOcean5D consortium recently convened for its third General Assembly (GA), hosted at the Ifremer station in Sète, France, from 2 to 4 February 2026.

Strengthening Plankton Taxonomy: Highlights from the BIOcean5D Course

The recent BIOcean5D Taxonomy Course brought together an international, multidisciplinary group to strengthen plankton taxonomy skills through hands-on training, fostering lasting expertise and collaboration.

In remembrance of Peer Bork

The recent passing of our Project Coordinator, Peer Bork, leaves a deep void within BIOcean5D and in the many lives and fields of research he influenced.

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Introducing BIOcean5D

This website is co-funded by the European Union (GA#101059915). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

This work is supported by the UK government Horizon Europe Guarantee, UKRI Grant Reference Number 10039266.

This work has received funding from the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERl) under contract #22.00255.

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