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Introducing the BIOcean5D data hub
We’ve launched the first iteration of our data hub, the sharing platform to facilitate our collaborative science.

The BIOcean5D Handbook of Protocols
A BIOcean5D project deliverable: the suite of technologies and protocols we use to measure and understand life in, above and beneath the waves, down to the seafloor.

The BIOcean5D policy strategy plan
New deliverable: our strategy to create and distribute three policy briefs that will result from BIOcean5D and other EU-funded research projects is out now

The BIOcean5D initial data management plan
Project deliverable: our initial data management plan, describing the types of data that will be available from BIOcean5D, as well as the data flow between the local hub and international archives

A big step forward for the High Seas Treaty
The National Assembly has approved France’s ratification of the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) treaty, or High Seas Treaty.

Sparking curiosity: the Curiosity microscope
In March, we ran our first workshop for teachers, helping to bring inland communities closer to marine science and ocean literacy.

Exploring life beneath the waves: BIOcean5D general assembly 2024
Marking one year of BIOcean5D, the full team convened for our full general assembly at Nantes University, France, from 30 Jan to 1 Feb 2024.

Building a community of seatizens
In December, we began a series of workshops to equip citizen scientists with the PlanktoScope – and with it, an efficient way to monitor the ocean’s microscopic inhabitants across exceptional ecological scales.