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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · 1d

They are architects building houses while floating through oceans. They are engineers capturing atmospheric carbon, atom by atom.

While you breathe, they work. While you sleep, they build. While you read this, they're protecting our climate system.

Who are they?

#OceanGuardians

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · 5d

In a world visible only under a microscope, a story unfolds that's changing our planet.

Like grains of sand that build beaches, these microscopic organisms are constructing something far greater.

Illustrations by Rosie Sheward.

#InvisibleHeroes #OceanGuardians #ClimateWarriors

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · 8d

🔍Understanding Carbon in the Ocean: Is It Enough?🧪

🔗 Read the latest OceanICU blog by Emma Dolmaire: ocean-icu.eu/blogs/unders...

#HorizonEU #EUMissionOcean #EUOceanPact #BiologicalCarbonPump #MarineScience #ClimateAction #OceanCarbon #OceanChemistry #RedfieldRatio #ClimateScience

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · 15d

🐠OceanICU at the European Marine Science Educators Association (EMSEA) Conference.
🌍OceanICU partners from @Seascape Belgium met with ocean science educators from across Europe to share the OceanICU investigation into the biological carbon pump.

#HorizonEU #EUMissionOcean #EMSEA #OceanLiteracy

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · 28d

We’ll be presenting a poster at #EMSEA:
New Knowledge & Tools for Blue Economy & Policy Stakeholders to Better Manage our Ocean
Stop by to learn about:
🌀The ocean carbon cycle
🌍 The ocean biological carbon pump
💻 The OceanICU decision support tool

#OceanCarbon #HorizonEU #EUMissionOcean

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 New Paper: Unexpected decline in the ocean carbon sink under record-high sea surface temperatures in 2023.
Read it here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciencePaper #OceanCarbon #HorizonEU #EUGreenDeal #ClimateChange

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · Aug 19

📢 New Paper! Sequestration by the Biological Carbon Pump: Do We Really Know What We’re Talking About?

OceanICU colleague Andre Visser (DTU) proposes a distinction to help clarify how this fundamental BCP metric is reported. aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#SciencePaper #HorizonEU

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · Aug 19

🌊 #VacancyAlert | Marine Institute is #Hiring!
Join the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management Team as a Post-Doctoral Researcher and contribute to important research within the OceanICU project (Horizon Europe).
#HorizonEU #EUMissionOcean #Ocean #Carbon

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · Aug 19

Are you a researcher investigating the Ocean Biological Carbon Pump?

You may want to apply to attend an important international workshop: The roles of marine biology in helping the ocean store carbon.
2 - 4 March 2026
Glasgow, UK
Deadline 24th August
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
#Ocean #Carbon

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · Jul 15

Call for #Abstracts #OSM26: Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Interactions with Fish, Fisheries & Aquaculture’.
More INFO: agu.confex.com/agu/osm26/pr...
#ClimateChange #Ocean #Carbon #Research #HorizonEU #EUMissionOcean

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · Jun 25

🪸 🦠 🦐 What tiny creatures play an ENORMOUS role in regulating aquatic life? Why Plankton of course!
OceanICU colleague @Alex J. Poulton, who alongside 45 other experts has contributed to a new article that highlights the importance of plankton. Read it here academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · Jun 2

🔬Benjamin Gustafson presented his research on Pelagic calcifier diversity and their relative contributions to production and export of CaCO3 at the Lyell Centre for Earth and Marine Sciences PhD Symposium
👏 Thank you Ben for representing OceanICU
#HorizonEU #EUGreenDeal #Ocean #Carbon #Research

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · May 28

🌊 New guest post from OceanICU partners on @carbonbrief.org → How marine life provides climate benefits worth billions of dollars: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...
✍️ By Damien Couespel (NORCE), Fabio Berzaghi (WMU) , Jerry Tjiputra (NORCE), Richard Sanders (NORCE), and Dagmara Rusiecka (NORCE)

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · May 23

This past week in Sopot ended on an optimistic note felt across the large OceanICU consortium. An Ocean of Thanks to our partners at the Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences - Maciej Telszewski and Dominik Krzymiński - for hosting us and for the incredible hospitality! #OceanICUAM25

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · May 20

The #OceanICUAM25 started today hosted by IO PAN. After a welcome by Jan Marcin Węsławski & Richard Sanders we got into what OceanICU is investigating: are industrial processes like fishing affecting the oceans ability to absorb carbon? Stay tuned as we get into the details! #HorizonEU #Ocean

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · May 15

The OceanICU Janus moment! Janus: Roman legend symbolising transitions.

OceanICU partners will meet next week in Sopot, Poland, for a key milestone: the halfway point of the project. We will be posting updates during the meeting next week. Follow #OceanICUAM25 to keep up with the latest #HorizonEU

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · May 6

🗺️ To observe the seasonal increase in phytoplankton activity see the Atlas of the Seas’ Map of the Week on global ocean chlorophyll, which includes a reference to OceanICU and its work to gain a new understanding of the biological carbon pump: maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu/map-week-spr... #HorizonEU

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · May 1

🐠Quantifying the fish contribution to on-shelf carbon sink🐟
Paula Silvar presented findings from an OceanICU study at EGU25 advancing our understanding of the contribution of continental shelf species on carbon sequestration
➡️ Find the abstract here: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · Apr 29

OceanICU at Sea: An Unexpected Journey
On the third station of the expedition, a CTD rosette was lost to the deep ocean, losing connection around 1500m.
The talented Jana Piñel gave us a depiction of how the events may have unfolded. Take a look… www.gob-iocag.ulpgc.es/post/an-unfo...
#HorizonEU

CTD 2.0

Unfortunately, at station 3 a CTD rosette was lost to the great Southern Atlantic Ocean. To minimise the disruption to research, we decided to transit to the next sampling station while the expert cre...

www.gob-iocag.ulpgc.es

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · Apr 22

Today is Earth Day, & this year's theme is OUR POWER, OUR PLANET, calling for everyone to unite around renewable energy.

#EarthDay2025 #EarthActionDay #Ocean #Carbon

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · Apr 17

🌊OceanICU at Sea🚢 The adventure continues as our colleagues sail up the western coast of Africa. 🦈 It’s been an eventful journey. Read the official expedition blog for all the exciting details: www.gob-iocag.ulpgc.es/s-projects-b...
#HorizonEU #EUMissionOcean #Ocean #Carbon @ulpgc.es @csic.es

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · Apr 9

OceanICU colleagues Aja Trebec & Javier Arístegui are among a team of scientists currently onboard the CSIC Research Vessel Sarmiento de Gamboa, on an expedition from Namibia & is headed to Gran Canaria. Blog www.gob-iocag.ulpgc.es/s-projects-b...
#Science #Ocean #Carbon #HorizonEU #EUGreenDeal

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · Mar 28

There is a hidden Climate Hero in our Ocean!

It’s the Biological Carbon Pump and it plays a trillion-dollar role, according to Fabio Berzaghi, referencing a new paper he is lead author on. Read the paper: rdcu.be/efknr

#EUMissionOcean #HorizonEU #EUGreenDeal #ClimateMitigation #OceanCarbon

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · Mar 21

On #WorldWaterDay, let’s remember the importance of glacier preservation! Melting glaciers release fresh water into the ocean, which can alter ocean circulation patterns. These changes can potentially affect the biological carbon pump.
Learn more about the biological carbon pump
ocean-icu.eu

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OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · Mar 19

OceanICU aims to provide tools to help decision makers examine #carbon and thus #climate impacts of a variety of #ocean resource extraction activities, which will support the ambitions outlined in the @wmo-global.bsky.social #StateOfClimate report.

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