Marine Data News is published! 🔹 BODC publish AI-ready data 🔹 Offshore renewable energy impacts #MCCIP 🔹 Data sovereignty with OceanWise 🔹 Cefas support collaborative seabed survey 🔹 Citizen science with DASSH and so much more! Read and subscribe for ✨️ FREE ✨️ 👇️ mailchi.mp/f3478af167fa...

What is data citation? 🤔 What is a Digital Object Identifier (DOI)? Check out our webpage with examples and information from our Data Archive Centres explaining data citation best practices 👇️ medin.org.uk/data-citation

Subscribe to the new NERC Environmental Data Service mailing list! 👇

As part of the Digital Research infrastructure (DRI) webinar series, the Environmental Data Service (EDS) is presenting an introduction to the NERC EDS on July 8th 14:00-15:00. Sign up here 👇 dcc.ac.uk/events/digit... #EIDC #PDC #CEDA #NGDC @bas.ac.uk @ukceh.bsky.social @bgs.ac.uk

Our MEDIN Marine Data Newsletter is published quarterly and is bursting with news and events from our partners and the network. It's free to subscribe 👇️ medin.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... Check out previous editions 👇️ medin.org.uk/marine-data-... Next publication - July! 👀

Book your place now for our marine data management course! 7th – 11th September 2026 classroom.oceanteacher.org/course/view.... enrolment key: MEDIN@@Sept2026 This training course is ideal for new starters to be introduced to MEDIN to give wider context for their role within the MEDIN network.

🌊 🌡️ Sea surface temperature (SST) measurements collected by surfers around the southern UK and western Ireland coastline between 2014 and 2017 🏄️ Download the data 👇️ portal.medin.org.uk?details=&tpc...

MEDIN is a partnership of UK organisations committed to improving access to and stewardship of UK marine data. MEDIN is open to anyone with an interest in UK marine data and information. For more information on becoming part of the network, email [email protected] medin.org.uk

Register now for our next free marine data management courses! 🔹 7th-11th September 2026 Register: classroom.oceanteacher.org/course/view.... Enrolment key: MEDIN@@Sept2026 Find out more: medin.org.uk/data-standar...

We're all set at the @noc.ac.uk Open Day for schools today! 🩵🌊🌍 Come and visit the BODC stand to explore how ocean data powers discoveries beneath the waves. 🌊 Make sure you stop by and check it out this Sunday when it opens up to the public! 🩵 @medin.bsky.social #NERC #BODC

Join the North West Marine Ecosystems 2026! 📆 June 24th 2026 📍 University of Liverpool Secure your place: site.corsizio.com/event/69fd9b... FInd out more: mcusercontent.com/a477eb8cd0fd...

Come and see us at NOC Open Day today! 🌊 We have jigsaws + colouring in 🗺️ You can register now for our next FREE marine data management workshops 📊 🔹 7th-11th September 2026 🔹 19th-23rd October 2026 🔹 22nd-26th February 2027 Register👇️ medin.org.uk/data-standar... #NOCOpenDay2026

Happy World Ocean Day, 2026! 🌍💙🌊 From long-term environmental monitoring to supporting global research, BODC helps turn data into knowledge that drives ocean sustainability. Take a look for yourself: www.bodc.ac.uk/data/publish...

This World Ocean Day we're pleased to share the launch of The Third World Ocean Assessment, with several chapters co-authored by NOC researchers! 📣💙📝 🌊 #sharetheknowledge #WOAIII #WorldOceanDay

Do you have an online #workshop proposal to support career development for #ECS in the Earth, planetary, and space sciences? We would love to hear from you to help us provide the best possible training for #ECS! 📆 22 June 2026 📝Read more: egu.eu/5NQR6Y 📸Abhishek Ajit Sabnis on imaggeo.egu.eu

100 years of ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea! Take a look at the highlight written by MEDIN colleagues 👇 academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti... @icesmarine.bsky.social

🌍️ 🌊 Happy World Ocean Day 🌍️ 🌊 Check out this 1000 year simulation of annual mean global surface warming response dataset in the MEDIN portal 👇️ portal.medin.org.uk?details=&tpc... Data are held at the @Britsh Oceanographic Data Centre

✨️ ReMeMaRe Conference 2026✨️ Restoring estuarine, marine and coastal habitats 📍Scarborough Spa, Scarborough & Online 🗓️ 8-9 July 2026 
 Find out more: coastal-futures.net/rememare

Looking for UK marine data? 🌊 The MEDIN portal contains information about 19572 marine datasets from over 600 UK organisations. Explore the MEDIN portal 👇️ portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start... #metadatamonday

✨️ Help address the shortage of skilled UK hydrographic surveyors ✨️ The UK Centre for Seabed Mapping (UK CSM) Bursary Scheme will be administered by the Hydrographic Society UK & Ireland (THS:UKI). Find out more - ths-uki.org/uk-centre-fo... Email [email protected] to discuss your contribution

The April 2026 edition of our Marine Data Newsletter is now published! Read all about the latest MEDIN updates, how we're keeping track of new marine species, Scottish maritime records, UK Argo's 25th birthday and so much more! Don't forget to subscribe for free 👇️ mailchi.mp/a6f9b24e2729...

Looking for controlled vocabularies? 🌊 For several metadata fields, MEDIN insists that terms come from a controlled vocabulary to ensure consistency between records. 👇️ medin.org.uk/data-standar...

✨Our May careers highlight is here! 🔔 We have 3 fantastic positions currently live at our our #Southampton and #Liverpool offices! 👥 Project Manager ⚡️ Multi-skilled Engineer 💸 Senior Funding Assurance Officer 🔗 careers.noc.ac.uk #careers #hiring #oceanscience #UKjobs #oceanjobs #we'rehiring #job

📃 ✨️ New paper published on the MEDIN website ✨️ 📃 "Global data initiatives relevant to the UK marine sector" Read a summary of global data and information initiatives in the marine domain and the relationship the initiative has with the MEDIN partnership. 👇️ medin.org.uk/sites/medin/...

Looking for controlled vocabularies for your marine data? 📊 🌊 🪼 Check out our easy-to-follow tutorial detailing how to use the NERC Vocabulary Server 👇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dD2... Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more marine data management tips!

✨️ MEDIN impacts ✨️ Marine natural capital represents the immense economic and societal value we derive from the ocean’s natural resources. These vital benefits include: 🔹 Supplying food and raw materials 🔹 Regulating our climate And much more Read more: medin.org.uk/sites/medin/...

Happy #EarthDay🌍🌊 With over 70% of Earth covered by ocean, trusted marine data are essential to understanding and protecting our planet. We continue to curate and deliver long‑term ocean data to support science, policy, and sustainable decision‑making — from climate research to ocean conservation.

✨️ MEDIN impacts ✨️ Beneath the waves lies a hidden yet essential lifeline: the UK’s network of submarine telecommunications and power cables. These cables form part of the nation’s critical infrastructure. Read more: medin.org.uk/sites/medin/... Find the data: portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start...

✨️MEDIN impacts ✨️ Partnering with MEDIN has given new visibility and momentum to the vital work of the UK’s biodiversity monitoring community, represented by the Healthy and Biologically Diverse Seas Evidence Group (HBDSEG). Read more: medin.org.uk/sites/medin/...

iMarDIS - Integrated Marine Data and Information System The iMarDIS Data Repository, curated by Bangor University’s School of Ocean Sciences, contained datasets collected through various European Union and UK government-funded research projects, primarily focusing on the Irish and Celtic Seas.

🎓 Applications are open for The Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Training Program! Apply now for the 23rd course, which leads to a Graduate Certificate in #Ocean Mapping at the University of New Hampshire’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping / NOAA-UNH Joint Hydrographic Center.

(1/4) Looking for virtual work experience? The National Oceanography Centre are running a virtual work experience program for 14-19 year olds this August. 📚️ Program details: 📆 August 5th - August 12th 2026 (work experience does not take place over the weekend). 📍 Online ⏲️ ~10am-4pm

New in IA72: The Maritime Record in Scotland from Recording to Presentation by @peter-mckeague.bsky.social doi.org/10.11141/ia.... @medin.bsky.social @axe99.bsky.social 🏺🌊

The next edition of Marine Data News will be published soon! 🐣 Subscribe for free to get the latest updates from MEDIN Sponsors and Partners around the UK! 👇️ oceannet.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Register for the Blue Cloud Training Academy webinar on how industrial data can bridge critical ocean knowledge gaps - 📆 17 March 2026 14:30–16:00 📍 Online Find out more and register 👇️ blue-cloud.org/events/ocean...

Register now for "Roadmap for Harmonisation of Data Management " webinar 📆 18 Mar 2026 📍 Online Find out more: emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/events/we... Register: forms.office.com/pages/respon... @EMODnet @TheCrownEstate

Reminder: the older MEDIN Online Metadata Editor (v2.3.8) will be permanently retired on 31 March. Ensure any records created in the old tool since last year’s migration are exported & imported before the deadline. New editor: medin-metadata-editor.dassh.ac.uk Need help? [email protected]

POSEIDON - Planning Offshore Wind Strategic Environmental Impact Decisions The model outputs from POSEIDON will join datasets on the Marine Data Exchange when the project comes to an end. Explore the Marine Data Exchange 👇️ www.marinedataexchange.co.uk

It's been an inspiring week at #OSM26! On Thursday, Charlotte Miskin-Hymas presented a poster titled "Maintaining Momentum to Increase FAIRness of UK Marine Data" Thank you to everyone who stopped by. It was great to see so many people already engaged with MEDIN and aware of the network! #FAIR

Today is your last chance to register for our free conference 'Sensing the Environment: Emerging Technologies for Monitoring and Decision-Making'. 24 February, online. Programme, etc. here: ukeof.org.uk/conference/c... #ukeof2026 #environment #monitoring #data #sensors #technology #innovation

Who's going to AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting next week? 🌊 Pop over to Hall 4 on Thursday and say "Hi!" to Charlotte who will be presenting a poster about MEDIN and how we continue to make impact and provides benefits to the global marine community. #OSM26 #AGU #FAIRdata

📢MEDIN Online Metadata Editor announcement 📢 MEDIN Online Metadata Editor (v2.3.8) will be permanently retired on 31 Mar & will no longer be accessible after this date. Please use the new MEDIN Online Metadata Editor (v3.1.2)👇 hubs.la/Q043YMbF0 Questions? email [email protected] 📧

There is still time to submit your abstract to present at the MEDIN Open Meeting! 🔹Session 1: Marine data types without a MEDIN Data Archive Centre 🔹 🔹Session 2: Solutions for marine data management challenges🔹 Deadline 19th September 👇 forms.cloud.microsoft/e/pkWfTKKpq9

Register now to attend the MEDIN Open Meeting 2025: "Unlocking the oceans: managing emerging and established marine data" 📅Thursday 4th December 2025 📍Hybrid - Met Office, Exeter and online using Microsoft Teams Secure your place now: hubs.la/Q03D5RZ90

Thank you to our wonderful speakers Monica Hanley from @bodc.bsky.social and Harry Richardson from The Crown Estate for kicking off the MEDIN webinar series 2025. Watch the webinar again - www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EJ1... Register now for webinar number 2 👇 medin.org.uk/news/medin-w...

📢Call for speakers: MEDIN Open Meeting 2025 📢 "Unlocking the oceans: managing emerging and established marine data" 📅Thursday 4th December 2025 📍Hybrid - Met Office, Exeter and online using Microsoft Teams Deadline September 19th 2025 hubs.la/Q03D5PN_0

🎉 Congratulations to Chloe, DASSH Data Manager, on being appointed Co-chair of the @medin.bsky.social Communications Working Group! 👏 Chloe brings experience from OBIS, UK/EU data initiatives & years of MEDIN work. Please join us in congratulating Chloe on this well-deserved appointment! 🎊

🚨 Time to Upgrade Your MEDIN Metadata Maestro 🚨 From 1 Oct, MEDIN Metadata Maestro for v2.3.8 is retiring Upgrade to v3.1 for: ✨ Easier navigation & tips ✅ Colour-coded compliance checks 🌍 Multi-standard metadata support 📋 Templates & vocabularies Download now ➡️ medin.org.uk/data-standar...

Registration is now open for a series of free to attend scientific computing courses for Environmental Scientists. 🔵An introductory course 🔵An intermediate course 🔵An advanced course Secure your spot! forms.office.com/e/7xssC7FgXa @epcc.bsky.social

Register now for the first MEDIN webinar: 📅 20th August 2025 14:00 – 15:00 🗺️Navigating Marine Data: Planning, Stewardship and the value of MEDIN Read more about the webinar series and sign up noc-events.co.uk/medin-2025-w... #MEDINwebinars2025