Enhancing Biogeochemical Essential Ocean Variables for European and Global Assessments

BioGeoSea

Enhancing Biogeochemical Essential Ocean Variables for European and Global Assessments

Tracking ocean change to protect the planet The ocean’s chemistry is shifting. Acidification, oxygen loss, and carbon cycling changes are threatening marine ecosystems and climate balance. However, key biogeochemical changes often go under-observed, leaving critical knowledge gaps. With this in mind, the EU-funded BioGeoSea project tackles this by improving the observation, validation, and modelling of biogeochemical Essential Ocean Variables (BGC EOVs). It will deliver advanced indicators focused on ocean acidification, deoxygenation, the biological carbon pump, and greenhouse gas fluxes. These will shed light on ocean health across time and space. BioGeoSea also updates EOV standards, strengthens data quality, and works closely with stakeholders to ensure real-world impact. Better data means better decisions, for the ocean and for us.

September, 2025

February, 2029

1489000

1489000

EU / Horizon Europe

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel (GEOMAR), Germany

Toste Tanhua

National Oceanographic Centre (NOC), UK
Atrineo AG, Germany
ATRINEO IBERIA, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA, Spain
European Global Ocean Observing System (EUROGOOS), Belgium
Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences (IOPAN), Poland
MERCATOR OCEAN, France
Univerte of Liege (ULIEGE), Belgium
University of Exeter, United Kingdom
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, Italy
Fundazion AZTI, Spain
University of Bergen, Norway
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain
IEEE, France
Aarhus University (AU), Denmark
LOBELIA Earth SL, Spain
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zürich), Switzerland