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One Ocean Science Congress
ISMAR (Giuseppe Suaria) participated in the meeting “One Ocean Science Congress” (OOSC) that was held in Nice, France during 4-6th June 2025 by presenting a poster. This was a UN Special Event and the scientific foundation for the Third United Nations Ocean Conference...
NAUTILOS at the MARTECH conference
CNR-ISMAR (Silvia Merlino) participated as a speaker in the “MARTECH” conference, held in Pasaia, Basque Country, Spain, on 28-29/5/2025. The activities for the design and use of Marine Litter Trackers carried out within the NAUTILOS project were demonstrated. Also,...
Nautilos Sensors demonstration at 1500m Depth in a Successful CEiiA Lander Mission
Exciting news from the Nautilos project! Our partner CEiiA recently embarked on a mission aboard the Portuguese Navy research vessel NRP D. Carlos I to test the CEiiA Lander, equipped with sensors developed under the project. The test was a resounding success, with...
Flying Robots Teach Floating Robots: Advancing Marine Habitat Mapping with Machine Learning
The Nautilos project continues to push the boundaries of ocean observation technology! A new research publication, Flying Robots Teach Floating Robots: A Machine Learning Approach for Marine Habitat Mapping Based on Combined Datasets, presents an innovative...
NAUTILOS Final Conference: Advancing the Democratisation of Ocean Science
The NAUTILOS Final Conference will take place on May 19, 2025, bringing together experts, policymakers, and ocean stakeholders to reflect on the project's achievements and discuss the future of accessible and inclusive ocean science. Under the theme "Advancing...
NAUTILOS in the international workshop ”Approaches for Measuring and Identifying Microplastics”
Giuseppe Suaria from CNR-ISMAR participated on the 12th February 2025 in the international workshop: ”Approaches for Measuring and Identifying Microplastics”, where he presented some of the results obtained during the NAUTILOS project. This international workshop was...
NAUTILOS is collaborating with OsloMet University
Dr Bert van Bavel from NIVA started off an open-source initiative on the 27th of January 2025 to produce a low-cost version of the smartphone NIR scanner that was used during NAUTILOS activities in collaboration with 20 mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering...
NAUTILOS in the 1st Integrated Marine Debris Observing System initiative
Dr Giuseppe Suaria from CNR-ISMAR participated in the 1st Integrated Marine Debris Observing System (IMDOS) initiative which was held in Paris on January 8th 2025. IMDOS aims to support the development of a comprehensive global system to monitor marine debris,...
Nautilos Citizen Science in the CommOCEAN2024
The online citizen science project Marine Creatures developed within Task 10.4 of the NAUTILOS project in the platform Zooniverse was presented during Session 2 “How to ensure engagement in your Citizen Science project” of the 6th International Marine Science...
NAUTILOS smartphone NIR scanner in India
Ms Vilde Kloster Snekkevik from NIVA demonstrated the NAUTILOS smartphone NIR scanner on the 22nd of November 2024 in Mumbai, India. The smartphone NIR scanner was used for identifying plastic polymers in debris floating through the Mithi River, with volunteers of...