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Sea Level Rise in Europe: 1st Assessment Report of the Knowledge Hub on Sea Level Rise
The European Knowledge Hub on Sea Level Rise's Assessment Report strives to synthesize the current scientific knowledge on sea level rise and its impacts across local, national, and European basin scales, to support evidence-based policy and decision making primarily targeting coastal areas. Employing an integrated and interdisciplinary approach in assessing state of the art information, the report aims to not only consolidate existing knowledge but also to identify gaps in (available) knowledge. It takes the current policy landscape and adaptation planning in Europe as reference and seeks to equip decision makers with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions about protective and adaptive measures against the impacts of rising sea levels. The European Knowledge Hub on Sea Level Rise, a joint effort between JPI Climate and JPI Oceans with participation of 9 countries, is composed of approximately 60 scientific and non-scientific European experts with varying backgrounds.
8th edition of the Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR8)
As part of the Copernicus Marine Service, the annual Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR) launched in 2015 is the key tool of its ocean reporting framework. The OSR reports on the state, variability, and ongoing changes in the marine environment of the global ocean and the European regional seas over the past decades up to close to real time. Using observation-based (remote sensing, in situ) and ocean reanalysis data, the OSR provides a comprehensive 4-dimensional (latitude, longitude, depth, and time) analysis of the Blue, Green, and White Ocean. The OSR is intended to act as a reference, providing a unique ocean monitoring dashboard for the scientific community and for policy makers and others with decision making responsibilities.
Guide to Best Practices in Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Research
Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) is a marine carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approach. Publicly funded research projects have begun, and philanthropic funding and start-ups are collectively pushing the field forward. This rapid progress in research activities has created an urgent need to learn if and how OAE can work at scale. The Best Practices Guide to OAE research contains 7 topics broken down into 13 chapters that compare and synthesise previously published methods and offer guidance for future research.
Current reports
9th edition of the Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR9)
As part of the Copernicus Marine Service, the annual Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR) launched in 2015 is the key tool of its ocean reporting framework. The OSR reports on the state, variability, and ongoing changes in the marine environment of the global ocean and the European regional seas over the past decades up to close to real time. Using observation-based (remote sensing, in situ) and ocean reanalysis data, the OSR provides a comprehensive 4-dimensional (latitude, longitude, depth, and time) analysis of the Blue, Green, and White Ocean. The OSR is intended to act as a reference, providing a unique ocean monitoring dashboard for the scientific community and for policy makers and others with decision making responsibilities.
- Preprint posting: September/October 2024
- Accessibility of peer review: reviewers and authors only
- Final report publication: September 2025
Ocean prediction: present status and state of the art
Ocean prediction services have been improving and evolving during the last decades, and today are a crucial tool for decision-making in multiple socio-economic sectors, being the backbone of applications to improve marine safety, disaster risk reduction, coastal zone management, and many others. The objective of this report is to describe the actual status of ocean forecasting, detailing its degree of development in the different regions of the world and the most recent advances in all the relevant specific aspects associated with the technology, such as artificial intelligence, and cloud computing. This publication is the result of a coordinated work of a group of experts integrated in the so-called "Ocean Forecasting Co-Design", integrated in the OceanPrediction Decade Collaborative Center, a cross-cutting collaborative centre of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. It has been prepared in close collaboration with several Decade Programmes that are closely linked to OceanPrediction DCC, such as Foresea, OceanPractices, DITTO, GEMS-ocean, and Coastpredict. The result is a complete picture of the situation of ocean prediction that demonstrates its relevance and will foster future developments to overcome the present-day limitations.
- Preprint posting: August/September 2024
- Accessibility of peer review: public, community comments welcome
- Final report publication: Spring 2025
