Developing the next generation of scientific instrumentation tools and methods for sensing marine life represents the goals of the ANERIS (operAtional seNsing lifE technologies for maRIne ecosystemS) EU-funded project.
This project, in which EMSO ERIC is actively involved, was showcased to the visitors of the Consortium booth during the second edition event of the “Giornata Mondiale degli Oceani – Conoscere, Comprendere, Convivere” (World Oceans Day: Know, Comprehend, Coexist), from 6 to 8 June, organised by INGV in Palermo (Molo Trapezoidale), to celebrate World Oceans Day.
During the event, which boasted one prestigious award conferred in Italy, the Medal of the President of the Republic, and the endorsement of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development as a Decade Activity, the EMSO team highlighted the goal of the project to develop the next generation of scientific instrumentation tools and methods for sensing marine life, focusing the attention on the active involvement of two EMSO nodes, OBSEA (Spain) and SmartBay (Ireland), in one of the case studies of the project – High-temporal resolution marine life monitoring in RI observatories – aimed at testing and validating some of the marine life-sensing technologies (such as imaging flow cytometers) to obtain in situ images of the marine underwater environment in both sites.
Slides available for more information on EMSO nodes contribution to the project here.
For more on the last deployment in OBSEA within the project, read the news on the CytoSub deployment here (https://emso.eu/2024/04/24/analyzing-microorganisms-cytosub-deployment-at-emsos-obsea-for-aneris-project/).
To learn more about the ANERIS project, visit the project website.