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Macaronight 2023 at the European Researchers’ Night
The “European Researchers’ Night” hosted the celebration of Macaronight 2023, whose main objective is to bring science and technology closer to citizens, especially the younger public, in order to raise awareness of the work of researchers in the Macaronesia region and its impact on everyday life. The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) participated
EMSO-ESTOC seasonal glider program for ocean observation in the Canary Islands
PLOCAN, the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC) and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) continue to collaboratively promote and reinforce the ocean observation strategy in the Canary Islands through the seasonal program of glider missions at the ESTOC Time Series (deep node of the PLOCAN Integrated Observatory as member of the European
OCEANS 2023 Gulfport MTS-IEEE-OES Conference
The Oceanic Platform of the Islands Ocean Platform (PLOCAN) has joined in the OCEANS 2023 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
PLOCAN at the conference “The SDGs in the professionalization of the blue economy” and at the final meeting of the Bluefishing Training project
PLOCAN participated in the conference “The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the professionalization of the Blue Economy” at the headquarters of the Port Authority of Vigo in the framework of the BlueFishing Training project highlighting the relevance of the SDGs in the context of the blue economy, which focuses on the sustainability of activities related
PLOCAN at the annual meeting of the National Network of Knowledge Spaces of the General Secretariat of Fisheries
PLOCAN participated in the annual meeting of the National Network of Knowledge Spaces of the General Secretary of Fisheries in representation of the regional space of the Canary Islands with two outstanding projects: Bluefishing Training and Platicas. The Spanish Network of Knowledge Spaces (REEC) has become an essential instrument to promote learning and interaction between
EuroSea project final meeting and symposium to Improve and Integrate European Ocean Observation and Forecasting System
The Canary Islands Ocean Platform (PLOCAN) has participated in the final meeting of the European Eurosea consortium “Improving and integrating the European Ocean Observing and Forecasting System”, to improve and integrate the European ocean observation systems in a global context, as well as the prediction models, convened at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Eurosea has worked
The IES Garoe’s educational miniboat “El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava” reaches the mid-Atlantic ridge
The educational sailing miniboat “El Hierro-Mar Salitre y Lava” of the IES Garoé and the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has reached the mid-Atlantic ridge after 107 days of journey, heading so far towards the Northeast coast of South America in the development zone of hurricanes that affect the Caribbean and Central America.
Scientific mission with uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) to assess and catalog ocean ecosystems of the Atlantic basin
The Mission Atlantic USV-WaveGlider uncrewed vehicle has been put into operation in waters of Faial Island, Azores (Portugal), to collect 3D information on essential ocean variables (physical, chemical and biological), as well as to map biodiversity, food supply and pressures on the Atlantic Ocean basin. The activity runs within the framework of the European Mission
Selection of students for the XIII edition of the PLOCAN Glider School
The XIII edition of the PLOCAN School of Autonomous Marine Glider School (“Glider School”) will bring together students from Norway, Italy, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, USA, United Kingdom, Brazil and Spain, together with the main manufacturers of commercial ocean gliders technologies, keeping its commitment as international benchmark for highly specialized training in this type of autonomous
PLOCAN leads the H2Heat project on hydrogen production and use of hydrogen for heating from marine renewable energies
The H2Heat consortium, led and coordinated by Dr. Gordon Dalton of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN), has been awarded the Horizon Europe HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02-03 call entitled “Innovative production of renewable energy vectors for heating from renewable energy (H2Heat). With a budget of 13 million euros, of which 10 million are provided by the