Listening for Change in Europe’s Kelp Forests
Marine kelp forests are biodiversity hotspots that are highly vulnerable to climate change. Marine ecoacoustics is helping establish the baseline of natural variability needed to detect long-term ecological shifts.
Curiosity in Catalonia
Following our previous article on the Plankton Planet Curiosity-Scopy workshop in Paris, we dive into how the Curiosity microscopes distributed by BIOcean5D are being used in Catalonia to support education, citizen science, ocean literacy and awareness of aquatic biodiversity.
Curiosity in Action: Exploring the Invisible in Education and Outreach
Curiosity microscopes were distributed by BIOcean5D to schools and outreach partners across Europe to promote citizen science, ocean literacy and public awareness of aquatic biodiversity. At a recent workshop in Paris, recipients came together to share their experiences and explore new ways of using this remarkable tool to help safeguard the biodiversity of our oceans, rivers and lakes.
Imaging Marine Life at the Subcellular Scale
Thousands of openly accessible fluorescence microscopy images of plankton sampled along the European coastline are supporting current research into marine biodiversity, while also creating opportunities for future discoveries.
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.
TREC Symposium 2025
Presentations by BIOcean5D colleagues at the EMBL TREC Symposium 2025 showcased how the expedition’s one-of-a-kind dataset is helping to advance our understanding of marine biodiversity across space, time and human impact.
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!
Multidisciplinary collaboration to explore a keystone ocean microalga
The TREC expedition enabled a unique set of samples to be collected of the poorly understood marine microalga Phaeocystis. Researchers are now working within BIOcean5D to reveal more about its life cycle through multidisciplinary collaboration and the combination of multiple complementary approaches.
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.