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From river basins to estuaries and large marine ecosystems: a research centre that deciphers societal challenges.
🌊🎄 MARE wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a New Year full of achievements! 🎄🌊
December 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
How can we transform society through the Circular Economy? On 22 January 2026, CENSE, NOVA FCT, brings leading international experts from the European CRESTING project to the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

Register here: forms.gle/gi3TfncJvh6A...
#CircularEconomy #Sustainability
December 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New publication in Proceding of The Royal Society B!

"Developmental and transcriptomic responses of Hawaiian bobtail squid early stages to ocean warming and acidification"

royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

@cienciasulisboa.bsky.social @arnetla.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Nes publication in Scientific Reports from @Nature group!

"Identification of tuna species used by the Portuguese canning industry through a DNA-based approach"

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@cienciasulisboa.bsky.social @arnetla.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
☀️The new volume 3 of the
@MSPglobal
International Guide on Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) shares key recommendations on how to develop #ClimateSmart MSP processes.

➡️Download publication: tinyurl.com/2tvthx6b

➡️Download flyer: tinyurl.com/3nrtnh6r
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🔵 WEBINAR | GOOS BioEco Essential Ocean Variables: Ocean Sound | Fish Abundance & Distribution
📅 12 December 2025 | 🕘 09:00 (CET)

For more information and registration, visit the webinar website 👇
goosocean.org/webinars/web...
December 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
MARE is pleased to announce the launch of the LIFE REVIVE project, an innovative initiative with a significant environmental impact, aimed at improving the ecological status of the Lima and Vouga river basins

Find out all about it on the MARE website 👇
www.mare-centre.pt/en/project_l...
December 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Day 5
Today, we conclude our Themed Week with an innovative discovery by Catarina Frazão Santos' team: despite decades of research, Antarctica has never had a formal marine spatial plan.

Find out everything!
www.mare-centre.pt/en/Day5_anta...
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Day 4
Today we highlight the work of Paulo Catry who has been returning annually to the Falkland Islands for over 20 years to study the world's largest population of black-browed albatrosses.

www.mare-centre.pt/en/day4_mari...

📸 Photos: Paulo Catry
December 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Day 3
"Unexpected contaminants in Antarctica: the island with two years of memory"

Research led by Bernardo Duarte has revealed the presence of unexpected contaminants on Deception Island — one of the most remote and fragile ecosystems on the planet.

www.mare-centre.pt/en/day3_anta...
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Day 2
🌊Where the ocean breathes: what is changing in Antarctic phytoplankton? ❄️

MARE's Phytoplankton and Remote Sensing group has been monitoring profound changes at the base of the Antarctic food chain.

www.mare-centre.pt/en/antartica...
December 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Today marks the date on which the Antarctic Treaty dedicated the continent to peace and science. To mark the occasion, we will be sharing stories, challenges and discoveries of our researchers, throughout the week.

Stay tuned!

www.mare-centre.pt/en/antarctic...
December 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
New publication in @springernature.com

"Unveiling the adequacy of existing legislation in protecting urban river ecosystems in the context of One Health"

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@arnetla.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
New publication in BioInvasions Records!

Occurrence of the eastern mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859
(Poeciliidae, Cyprinodontiformes) in the Madeira Archipelago (NE Atlantic)

www.reabic.net/journals/bir...

@maremadeira.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The XXII Congress of the Portuguese Society of Ethology once again brought two days dedicated to debate and knowledge sharing on animal behavior.

MARE was present, reflecting the diversity, quality, and impact of the research we carry out in this field

www.mare-centre.pt/en/ethologyc...
November 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
MARE participated in the recent meeting with the Secretary of State for the Environment João Manuel Esteves, focused on seagrass beds

We are commited to work to promote solid science and solutions that support the sustainability of marine ecosystems

📸: Ministério do Ambiente e Energia
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
MARE researcher Manuel Vieira took the audience at the conference ‘Ambient Noise: the forgotten pollutant’ on a journey into the hidden world of ocean sounds — where fish communicate, defend their territory and even ‘sing’ to reproduce.

Find out more 👇
www.mare-centre.pt/en/acusticco...
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The 2025 edition of the Terra & Mar | NOVA Ideias com Impacto challenged NOVA FCT students to develop innovative solutions for the circular economy, coastal regeneration, and the strengthening of local communities.

Learn all about the winning projects👇
www.mare-centre.pt/en/contest_m...
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
MARE has officially endorsed the #COP30BelémOceanDeclaration, a global call to action that recognises the ocean and forests as twin pillars of planetary stability and a truly sustainable future.

Find out more on the MARE portal 👇
www.mare-centre.pt/en/cop30belem
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Today we celebrate National Sea Day, highlighting the importance of the sea.

MARE is proud to see several of its researchers contributing as speakers in the more than three dozen webinars that make up this new ebook!

Download for free!
estudoautonomo.dge.mec.pt/glossarioseb...
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
New publication in @royalsocietypublishing.org !

"Auditory representation of conspecific calls improves throughout ontogeny in a singing fish"

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

@cienciasulisboa.bsky.social @arnetla.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
CoastNet- Portuguese Coastal Monitoring Network, is now a founding member of the new Coordinating Council for the National Research Infrastructure Roadmap (CC-RNIE)!

Find out more 👇
www.mare-centre.pt/en/coastnet_...

@arnetla.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Catarina Santos is the lead author of a chapter in the new book ‘Navigating Our Way to Solutions in Marine Conservation’

The book edited by Larry Crowder promotes dialogue between the natural sciences, social sciences and local knowledge.

Download now 👇
www.mare-centre.pt/en/bookchapt...
November 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
MARE participated in the annual meeting of the ICES Working Group on EUROBUS (23–24 October, University of Coimbra)

Sónia Cotrim Marques (MARE-IPLeiria) co-chaired the meeting with Ylenia Carotenuto (SZN Naples).
The group discussed the ecology, genetics and behaviour of Pseudodiaptomus marinus!
November 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
MARE was present at CIÊNCIAS Research & Innovation Day 2025, celebrating research and innovation at @CienciasULisboa!

We presented 10 posters and celebrated the award won by Catarina Frazão Santos

Find out more on the MARE portal
www.mare-centre.pt/en/ridayy_fcul
November 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM