Diatoms are efficient transporters of carbon to the deep oceans

The oceans play a major role in climate regulation, especially because they are able to exchange carbon dioxide (CO2) with the atmosphere. Biological processes are helpful for picking up CO2 in the surface waters. Indeed, thank to photosynthesis microalgae elaborate organic carbon by picking up CO2 in the surface waters. Because organic matter is denser…

One Planet Summit: Let’s invest in Ocean sustainability !

On 12 December 2017, two years to the day since the historic Paris Agreement, Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group and Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, will gather international leaders and committed citizens, in Paris. The objective is to exchange on how public and…

International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change

The 4th International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans (ECCWO) under PICES, ICES-CIEM, FAO & IOC UNESCO will take place in Washington June 4-8, 2018. The Deep -Ocean Stewardship Inititiative (DOSI) and the Deep-Ocean Observing strategy (DOOS), member initiative of the Ocean and Climate Initiatives Alliance (OCIA), will lead during…

Which next steps for OurOcean ? At European Parliament on January 10

10 January 2018, 1.30 to 3.30 pm European Parliament, Brussels   The Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas Intergroup of the European Parliament, in collaboration with the Ocean and Climate Platform, are organising a conference on “Which next steps for OurOcean?” to present the results of the Our Ocean Conference 2017 while reflecting upon the potential…