Countries within the region known to be engaged in OA research and/or with data submitted to the GOA-ON data portal: Belgium, Denmark, Faroe Islands, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK.
Goals
The key role of the hub is to ensure a common methodology for recording measurements, encourage submission of ocean acidification measurements to the UN through National Data Centres and cataloguing of this data on a central global portal to map effort and identify gaps. The main goals and scope of the hub are to:
- Share information on OA monitoring (and experimental and modelling) activities
- Facilitate data submission to the GOA-ON data portal
- Promote community “best practices” consistent with GOA-ON
- Facilitate capacity building & training activities
- Provide integration across the region
Previous Events
5th International Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World
7th-10th September 2020 in Lima, Peru
Executive Group meeting
The first Executive Group video conference was held on the 11th September 2019
NE Hub Workshop
The first workshop was held 12th - 13th March 2019 at the De Vere Hotel Devonport, Greenwich, London UK, organised by Plymouth Marine Laboratory.
4th Global GOA-ON Workshop
The 4th Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON) International Workshop was held in Hangzhou, China from 14 to 17 April 2019.
Topics that were covered included:
- Ocean and coastal acidification in a multi-stressors environment
- Observing ocean and coastal acidification and the impacts on organisms and ecosystems
- Regional and global modelling on physical-biogeochemical coupling processes related to ocean acidification and the associated ecosystem responses
- Shaping GOA-ON to better meet the information needs of global to local decision makers
View the workshop summary
Read the Eos article about the workshop
News
POGO-funded working group: Action for Sustainable Ocean Acidification Research (ASOAR)
The ASOAR working group aims to build on the draft implementation plans produced by the UN Ocean Decade programme “Ocean Acidification Research for Sustainability (OARS)” outcome working groups by identifying the activities and engagements that can be delivered for the Atlantic region and more broadly across the globe. ASOAR held a workshop at Plymouth Marine Laboratory in March 2023, to bring together participants from across the globe to enable the discussion on the OARS implementation plans. There were 28 participants in our hybrid workshop, representing Argentina, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Lebanon, Spain, Sweden, the UK and USA. We spent two productive days going through all seven OARS outcome documents, assessing known ocean acidification activities. Potential actions needed to fulfil the outcomes were suggested and finally we associated specific tasks and assigned “names” to these tasks. Over the past few months we have been working on aligning those actions and tasks, and these will form the basis of a white paper which provides examples of actions as well as recommendations for the wider ocean acidification community.
Membership
Key contacts
Dr Helen Findlay, Plymouth Marine Laboratory: hefiNOSPAM@pml.ac.uk
Prof Steve Widdicombe, Plymouth Marine Laboratory: swiNOSPAM@pml.ac.uk
Katherina Schoo (GOA-ON Secretary), IOC-UNESCO
GOAON.Atlantic@pml.ac.uk
Executive Group
Prof Steve Widdicombe (Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK) [Co-Chair]
Dr Helen Findlay (Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK) [Co-Chair]
Dr Marta Alvarez (Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Spain)
Dr Yuri Artioli (Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK)
Dr Sinead Collins (Edinburgh University, UK)
Bradley Smith (Defra, UK)
Dr Sam Dupont (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Dr Siv Lauvset (University of Bergen, Norway)
Dr Evin McGovern (Marine Institute, Ireland)
Prof Colin Moffat (Marine Scotland, UK)
Dr Clare Ostle (Marine Biological Association, UK)
Prof Murray Roberts (Edinburgh University, UK)
Dr Ian Salter (Faroese Marine Research Institute, Faroe Islands)
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Denmark
Christian Lønborg - Aarhus University, Denmark
Jakob Rønning - University Southern Denmark
Faroe Islands
Dr Ian Salter - Faroese Marine Research Institute, Faroe Islands
Finland
Anna Jansson - Novia University of Applied Sciences
France
Dr Frédéric Gazeau - Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche
Dr Nicolas Metzl - LOCEAN/IPSL Laboratory
Sébastien Petton - IFREMER
Germany
Prof Eric Achterberg - GEOMAR
Dr Mario Hoppema - Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Iceland
Dr Hrönn Egilsdóttir - Marine and Freshwater Research Institute
Dr Sólveig Rósa Ólafsdóttir – Marine and Freshwater Research Institute
Ireland
Brian Kelleher - DCU / https://www.dcu.ie/predict
Daniel Kerr
Dr Evin McGovern - Marine Institute (and OSPAR)
Dr Nessa O'Connor - Trinity College Dublin
Netherlands
Dr Matthew Humphreys- University of East Anglia
Dr Jos Schilder - Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat), Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
Norway
Siv Kari Lauvset - NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS
Dr Are Olsen - University of Bergen and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Dr Ingunn Skjelvan - NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS
Dr Martina Stiasny - Pelagic Fish Research Group, Institute of Marine Research
Poland
Marcin Stokowski - The Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN)
Portugal
Marcos Fontela - CCMAR, Portugal
Dr Tiago Repolho – MARE, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, University of Lisbon
Rui Rosa - Universidade de Lisboa, Portugla
Laura Sordo de las Nieves - Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA)
Spain
Dr Marta Alvarez - Instituto Español de Oceanografia
Júlia Puig Fàbregas - University of Vigo
Prof Dr. Melchor González-Dávila - Instituto de Oceanografía y Cambio Global (IOCAG), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Luis Paulo Alcaraz Rocha - University of Vigo
Prof Dr. J. Magdalena Santana-Casiano - Instituto de Oceanografía y Cambio Global (IOCAG), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Cristina Sobrino - University of Vigo
Maribel García-Ibáñez - Intitut de Ciències del Mar
Sweden
Dr Sam Dupont - Kristineberg Marine Research Station, University of Gothenburg
Dr Jon Havenhand - Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, University of Gothenburg
Dr Peter Thor - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
Dr Nick Kamenos - Director, Umeå Marine Sciences Centre, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Umeå University, Sweden
United Kingdom
Dr Silvana Birchenough - Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Dr Jerry Blackford - Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Dhruv Boruah
Dr Sinead Collins - University of Edinburgh
Pablo Diaz - Marine Scotland Science
Howard Dryden
Maribel García-Ibáñez - University of East Anglia, UK
Dr Helen Findlay – Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Prof Gavin Foster - School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton
Dr Jasmin Godbold - University of Southampton
Dr Naomi Greenwood - Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Prof Jason Hall-Spencer – University of Plymouth
Dr Sebastian Hennige – University of Edinburgh
Lewis Kramer
Dr Socratis Loucaides - National Oceanography Centre
Kelly McIntosh
Dr Nova Mieszkowska – University of Liverpool and Marine Biological Association of the UK
Christian Murray
Alice Wilson McNeal
Dr Irene Olivé - School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow
Dr Clare Ostle – Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey, Marine Biological Association of the UK
Dr Dave Pearce - Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Prof J Murray Roberts – University of Edinburgh
Dr Allison Schaap - National Oceanography Centre
Dr Jamie Shutler – University of Exeter
Dr Gavin Tilstone - Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Pamela Walsham - Marine Scotland Science
Prof Steve Widdicombe – Plymouth Marine Laboratory
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