🔊 Application opening on 29 September! Mark the date, apply and learn how to carry out reliable cost/benefits estimations in wetlands restoration. Read more! 👉 bit.ly/3TSCgiP @univmalaga.bsky.social @uaveiro.bsky.social @wetlandsint.bsky.social @rewet-he.bsky.social @wethorizons.eu @ramsar.org

Yesterday, Cristina Di Muri and Andrea Tarallo (LifeWatch Italia, CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) attended the EcoDL Workshop in Tampere, Finland, with a poster and an oral presentation on FAIR research products. 👏 Read more: bit.ly/4mAmk0x @itineris-ri.bsky.social

Enjoy a few snapshot from the #ENERGYTRAN High-Level Meeting in Costa Rica, where LifeWatch ERIC presented some preliminary results from the project, reinforcing its long-term collaboration with LAC areas. Read more: bit.ly/3IA9Don @espaciooei.bsky.social

Marine SABRES partners are in Klaipėda this week for ICES Annual Conference! Emma Verling of MaREI, Mike Elliott of IECS, Julie Bremner of Cefas & Cristina Huertas Olivares of LifeWatch ERIC co-convene the 'Marine biodiversity & ecosystem services for a sustainable future' session today. #ICES2025

Biodiversity can no longer be treated as a siloed issue. It is foundational to climate resilience, public health, food security, and economic stability. Facing the three planetary crises demands collective action, and this is our first step in collaboration. 💪💪 Read more: bit.ly/474GPOK

🇪🇺 A strategic boost to European collaboration: LifeWatch ERIC warmly welcomes Austria’s integration into DiSSCo via OSCA, a model of how local strengths can be federated into a European knowledge system for biodiversity and ecosystem research. 👉 Read more: bit.ly/3K59eL2

🌊 26 Sept | LifeWatch ERIC at the European Researchers’ Night in Lecce with Marine SABRES in Fairs! 👉 Protection and restoration of biodiversity 👉 Sustainable blue economy and ecotourism 🎮 Educational game, videos & interactive sessions for students & families! 🙌 Join us: bit.ly/marine-sabre...

ProteusWatch vLab research from the LifeWatch Slovenia Consor on Nautilus Magazine! Tular Cave Lab & Karst Research Institute, in partnership with LifeWatch ERIC vLab Innovation Center, are pioneering real-time, non-invasive monitoring of the olm and karst groundwater. 👉 bit.ly/olm-lifewatc...

🇨🇷 LifeWatch ERIC in Costa Rica with EULAC-ENERGYTRAN 📌 18 Sept | High-Level Meeting on Energy Transition & Climate Sustainability 📌 22–26 Sept | Hybrid E-learning Course on Environmental Challenges & Open Science Fostering transatlantic cooperation for sustainability 🌱 🔗 More: bit.ly/3IgduXv

The XXII Italian Conference on Ornithology opened today in Lecce 🦅 For the first time in Puglia, a Mediterranean crossroads, it gathers researchers from across Italy and abroad to discuss how new tools advance research on bird behaviour, migration & conservation.

Why FAIR data matters for Digital Twins in biodiversity. 🔎 In BioDT Talks, Joana Castro Paupério (ENA/@ebi.embl.org) shows how FAIR - Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable- improves discovery and reuse, enabling robust models and better conservation. Watch the full video ➡️ bit.ly/4nawt4O

What's new in the #BoardOfOpportunities this week: 🍇 @restore4cs.bsky.social Autumn trainings for scientists and policy makers 🍇 AQUARIUS-RI Transnational Funding Call Open Learn about them, and share your opportunities & events through our moderated self-service platform 👉 bit.ly/3Z81xZD

🙌 For the session, we're proud to be partnering w/ @lifewatcheric.bsky.social & @naturalis.bsky.social as co-organisers. 👏 The #LivingData2025 / #DatosVivos2025 is organised jointly by the @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, Ocean Biodiversity Information System & @geobon.org. 🤩 See you next month in Bogota!

📢 Shoutout to ALL packing up for #LivingData2025! 📌 In our session, you'll find how multiple @horizoneu.bsky.social projects are carrying on the legacy of their predecessors in an excellent example of knowledge transfer done right✅! 👌We'll also talk about #science #communication! #DatosVivos2025

From 8-12 September we'll join EUROSOIL 2025 with SUS-SOIL and ‪@agroserv.bsky.social: Xavier Rotllan-Puig will demonstrate LifeWatch ERIC services for soil research, education, and policy across Europe. 🌿 @csic.es ‪@secs-spain.bsky.social @irnase.bsky.social @unisevilla.bsky.social bit.ly/45INfC7

Are you interested in testing new tools, sharing feedback, and contributing your expertise to improve digital research infrastructure for environmental science? Join the ENVRI-Hub User Group! @envri.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/4bljQ29

How is biodiversity organised and maintained? 🌿 🎙️ In this podcast episode, Prof. Alberto Basset explains how energy flows, disturbance cycles & species interactions build ecosystem stability, and how overconsumption and pollution break it. 🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/4lTUqw9

Stay tuned for updates on the upcoming @restore4cs.bsky.social training opportunities! ‎ 🍁 3-6 November: Autumn School for the Scientific Community 🍁 5-6 November: Training for Policy Makers ‎ Read more! 👉 bit.ly/3TSCgiP

🆕 Coordinated by @lifewatcheric.bsky.social, with our partners from across Europe, we put together this white paper to present a collective commitment to leveraging #scientific #knowledge & #digital #innovation in support of the #SDGs and the UN Pact for the Future. 🔓Read: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

🔓 Check out the full Policy Brief openly accessible from our #openscience journal @riojournal.com at: doi.org/10.3897/rio..... 📚 It's part of the @lifewatcheric.bsky.social Strategic Working Plan Outcomes collection you can explore at: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....

🐡 The deadline is approaching! 🐡 You have time until tomorrow 22 August to register to the pilot e-learning course on "Environmental Challenges and Open Science", from 22 to 26 September in San José - Costa Rica. 👉 bit.ly/3IOlBuv @espaciooei.bsky.social

"From Knowledge to Solutions: Science, Technology and Innovation in Support of the United Nations SDGs" The white paper published on @pensoft.net @riojournal.com comes from a collaboration between European partners that started a while back, and will last long! 🤝 🥂 Read more: bit.ly/474GPOK

Get ready to apply for two training opportunities in Malaga with RESTORE4Cs! The applications open in August👇

What is a Digital Twin and why is it worth learning about data pipelines? @benteliljabye.bsky.social, CEO and founder of BLB, talks about this in one of the BioDTTalks, a BioDT series in collaboration with our science channel LifeWatching TV. Find out more here: 🌱 bit.ly/3UTYcKE

👀 Today is the last day to submit your application for the Junior Project Manager role in Seville, Spain! Apply here 👉 bit.ly/3ILiNhM

Latest addition to the #EOSCFuture collection examines and illustrates how #eutrophication & #ClimateChange contribute to #biodiversity loss & associated implications in the Archipelago Sea. 📌Check out the publication: doi.org/10.3897/arph.... 📌Explore the #EOSC collection: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....

Check out the ATMO-ACCESS serious game: you'll virtually land on the roof of the Physics Department in the heart of the Lille University campus, where the ATmospheric Observatory of LiLLe (ATOLL), has been involved in long-term automated observations since the early 1990s. 👇

🏝️ Don’t miss our upcoming newsletter: a special summer edition for both July and August! Latest updates from BEeS2025, new collaborations, training opportunities from @restore4cs.bsky.social, #MARBEFES, and #ENERGYTRAN, BioDT talks, and much more! 📩 Stay tuned: bit.ly/45acNVk

Great news! The Call for Applications is now open: hurry up, there are only 20 seats! 👉 bit.ly/3U6oLMt The Marbefes project Autumn School 2025 takes place in Seville from 8 to 10 October 2025.

🦀 We are looking for a Junior Project Manager to provide advice and support in planning, implementation, reporting and monitoring, and to support LifeWatch ERIC's participation in international projects. Apply by 5/08 👉 bit.ly/3ILiNhM 🍀 @lifewatchbelgium.bsky.social @lifewatch.si

The EULAC-ENERGYTRAN project is launching a pilot e-learning course on "Environmental Challenges and Open Science", from 22 to 26 September in San José - Costa Rica. There are only 25 seats available in person (+ 15 virtual). Apply by 15 August! 👉 bit.ly/3IOlBuv @espaciooei.bsky.social

Exciting series of @restore4cs.bsky.social training opportunities in Malaga next autumn for scientists (3-6/11) and policy makers (5-6/11). Focus on the Decision Support System for reliable cost/benefit estimation of wetlands restoration actions. Read more! 👉 bit.ly/3TSCgiP @univmalaga.bsky.social

🔥 New vacancy! 🔥 We're looking for a Junior Project Manager in Seville, Spain to support the compliance of LifeWatch ERIC’s participation in all international initiatives and projects. Find the vacancy here -> www.lifewatch.eu/work-with-us

Meet the stinging weever fish! 🐡 In just one year its count in the Belgian North Sea has increased by seven times, according to the SeaWatch-B observatory. Click if you're curious to know more 👉 bit.ly/4m2Yw5E @vliz.be @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @lifewatchbelgium.bsky.social

📽️ Watch the ANERIS video interview to Christos Arvanitidis! ‎ The research products developed within ANERIS support multidisciplinary & cross-domain research, combining data from different resources, and integrating services so that they can be used in combination. 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4yY...

Great video recap of the EGI conference: our CEO Christos Arvanitidis joined ‪the session "Delivering Value for Compute/Data-Intensive Workflows and Collaborations: Challenges and Opportunities", with a panel of speakers from @upv.es , EUCAIM, @ilmatieteenlaitos.fi CSTCloud and the LNEC. 👇👏

A great honour to host Prof. Carole Goble!

We had an amazing time at @lifewatcheric.bsky.social's #BEeS2025! We met many old friends and new partners, discussed some exciting ideas, and got a chance to present some of the Horizon Europe projects we participate in. blog.pensoft.net/2025/07/11/a...

Be one of 20 participants that will be hosted in Seville by the MARBEFES project: learn about tools for biodiversity and ecosystem assessment and measurement. The open call opens in mid-July! 👁️ 👁️ Read more 👉 bit.ly/4eFDJT2 and stay tuned for the updated programme! 🙌

"Restoring Europe’s wetlands is not only achievable, it is essential!" 👇

‎We hope the frenzy of the BEeS Conference didn't make you lose track of time: the deadlines for two vacancies at the LifeWatch ERIC Service Centre in #lecce are approaching! ⏳ ‎ ✍ Communication Specialist: 14 July ‎📊 EU-Projects Assistant: 10 July ‎ 👉 bit.ly/4egk9fY

Spain’s Mar Menor is the continent’s largest saltwater lagoon. Thanks to citizen action and government leadership, it is being restored. This is now a @un.org World Restoration Flagship: 🔗 www.decadeonrestoration.org/ecosystems-r... #GenerationRestoration

Had a great time at the @lifewatcheric.bsky.social #BEeS2025 conference! It was a pleasure to present the L.A.N.A. framework and receive such positive feedback. Looking forward to sharing more details officially soon. Thanks to everyone involved in making it happen!

‎🐠 T H A N K Y O U ! 🪸 To all the #BEeS2025 participants for joining this year's eScience Conference on Biodiversity and Ecosystem. An intense week of inspiring presentations! 🔥 Stay tuned for upcoming post-event activities! 🔥 Special thanks to HCMR-IMBBC for hosting us so warmly in Heraklion!

🚨 LIVE FROM CRETE! Biodiversity researchers are diving into the EOSC EU Node right now at @lifewatcheric.bsky.social #BEeS2025! 🌿 Hands-on with compute, storage and notebook tools for ecosystem science. 📸 Sneak peek at the live training! ➡️ Access the Node now: open-science-cloud.ec.europa.eu

RIs, e-Infrastructures, EU-relevant projects and scientific publishers signed a Declaration of Intent at the BEeS2025 Conference, focused on strategic collaboration under the One Health approach: Read more: bit.ly/4eslbWi And stay tuned for the highlights of today's programme!

Presenting @biogeneurope.bsky.social at the @lifewatcheric.bsky.social meeting in Crete 🇬🇷 #Biodiversity #Genomics

#BGE news from Greece! 🧬 Today, our BGE colleagues Alexandros Triantafyllidis and @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social gave presentations on #Biodiversity #Genomics during the @lifewatcheric.bsky.social Biodiversity & Ecosystem eScience Conference 2025. 🔗 www.lifewatch.eu/bees-2025/ horizoneu.bsky.social

#EOSCEUNode LIVE TRAINING for the biodiversity research community at @lifewatcheric.bsky.social #BEeS2025! 🗓️ 3 JULY | 10:00-11:00 UTC+3 📍 Meeting Room, 1st Floor ✨ Hands-on with: → Compute/storage services → User Space & credit systems → Notebook workflows 🔗 go.egi.eu/r7ShY

We are at @lifewatcheric.bsky.social #BEeS2025 in Crete! Meet us at the @egieinfra.bsky.social booth and learn more about the EOSC Core Innovation Sandbox and our Pilot Nodes. EOSC Core Innovation Sandbox: www.eosc-beyond.eu/service/eosc... Pilot Nodes: www.eosc-beyond.eu/pilots #EOSC #OpenScience