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PLOCAN joins the Oceans IEE-MTS 2024 conference

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has joined the OCEANS 2024 IEEE/MTS conference, a biannual international forum that seeks to advance and promote ocean sciences and technologies in interdisciplinary fields from a public-private perspective through the participation of leading institutions and companies of the sector. Promoted by the international organisations Ocean Engineering Society

24/04/2024 READ ARTICLE

PLOCAN presents its contribution to the 10 challenges of the Decade of the Oceans at the Barcelona Conference

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has participated in the United Nations Conference on the Oceans, held in Barcelona to discuss the health of the planet’s seas and oceans, presenting a poster poster summarising the contribution of its last 100 projects to the 10 challenges set by the Conference for the Decade of

17/04/2024 READ ARTICLE

PLOCAN announces the XIV Glider School edition

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) announces the 14th Glider School edition, a leading hands-on training forum on ocean-glider technologies, scheduled for October 21st to 25th 2024 in Telde, Gran Canaria (Spain). The period for submitting applications to attend will remain open until June 30th. More details at http://www.gliderschool.eu Didactical contents will cover

16/04/2024 READ ARTICLE

The AMOC at the Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Santa Cruz de La Palma

The Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Santa Cruz de La Palma organised a lively colloquium at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de La Palma, bringing together experts and the public to address one of the most pressing challenges of our time: climate change and its impact on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

12/04/2024 READ ARTICLE

The educational boat “El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava” goes into the Caribbean Sea after 325 days of navigation

The iFADO-IV El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava educational miniboat sails through the Caribbean Sea and approaches the Eastern coasts of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama after almost eleven months journey, in which it has faced hurricanes and the turbulent Intertropical Convergence Zone. The miniboat was launched on May 19th, 2023 by IES Garoé.It crossed

10/04/2024 READ ARTICLE

Transnational access to PLOCAN’s VIMAS fleet within the framework of the European project JERICO-S3

The Setubal Submarine Canyon waters (Sesimbra, Portugal) have been the scene where technicians from the Instituto Hidrográfico da Marinha (IH) and PLOCAN have put into operation an underwater glider from the NRP Andrómeda in order to undertake a four-weeks scientific mission within the framework of the JERICO-S3 project. The activity, called CBONDEX-TNA, is a transnational

05/04/2024 READ ARTICLE

Coordination meeting of the SMART COAST 4.0 project for Logistics Efficiency, Security and Protection of Port Infrastructures

The headquarters of the Canary Islands Ocean Platform (PLOCAN) has hosted the coordination meeting of the SMART COAST 4.0 project, led by the company QAISC (Qualitas Artificial Intelligence & Science), which has the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) and PLOCAN itself as main partners, and with the support and collaboration of the

05/04/2024 READ ARTICLE

Opportunities and capabilities of the ICTS-PLOCAN’s VIMAS facility presented at the CIDIHUB technology webinar.

Within the framework of the CIDIHUB initiative (Center for Digital Innovation of the Canary Islands), and under the coordination of the Canary Islands Technological Institute (ITC), PLOCAN has given a webinar on the “Opportunities, capabilities and services associated with the VIMAS installation (Vehicles, Submarine Instruments and Machines)” which has had extensive assistance, mostly professionals from

04/04/2024 READ ARTICLE

Kick off the seasonal ocean-observing glider program 2024 in the Canary Islands

PLOCAN, the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) continue to promote and strengthen their collaboration in the ocean-observing strategy in the Canary Islands through the seasonal program based on glider missions at the Time-Series station ESTOC (deep node of the PLOCAN Integrated Observatory) and Deep Radial

03/04/2024 READ ARTICLE

PLOCAN showcases its educational initiatives at the 2nd STEAM Conference

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands took part in the 2nd STEAM Conference held at the Teachers’ Centre in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria under the title “With the Future Present”. During the event, PLOCAN presented the educational initiatives it is developing at different educational levels to the island’s teaching staff. At its interactive

20/03/2024 READ ARTICLE

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PLOCAN announces the XIV Glider School edition

NEWS

PLOCAN joins the Oceans IEE-MTS 2024 conference

PLOCAN presents its contribution to the 10 challenges of the Decade of the Oceans at the Barcelona Conference

PLOCAN announces the XIV Glider School edition

The AMOC at the Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Santa Cruz de La Palma

The educational boat “El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava” goes into the Caribbean Sea after 325 days of navigation

Transnational access to PLOCAN’s VIMAS fleet within the framework of the European project JERICO-S3

Coordination meeting of the SMART COAST 4.0 project for Logistics Efficiency, Security and Protection of Port Infrastructures

Opportunities and capabilities of the ICTS-PLOCAN’s VIMAS facility presented at the CIDIHUB technology webinar.

Kick off the seasonal ocean-observing glider program 2024 in the Canary Islands

PLOCAN showcases its educational initiatives at the 2nd STEAM Conference

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