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13
Dec
2024

First year of experiments at sea completed!

As part of project activities we are conducting experiments at sea. These experiemnts involve measurement of chlorophyll concentration and carbon assimilation in photosnythsis.

29
Nov
2024

We are hiring!

A postdoctoral position has been opened on our project! 

20
Nov
2024

Frontiers in Ocean Optics and Ocean Colour Science

The 6th edition of the advanced IOCCG Summer Lecture Series: Frontiers in Ocean Optics and Ocean Colour Science was held during 4-16 November 2024 in Hyderabad, India. Our team member Shubha Sathyendranath was part of the organization committee and our team member Leon Ćatipović was one of the attendees. 

15
Nov
2024

Our first educational material is now available for download!

Apart from scientific work, in our project we try to bring the work we do closer to our oceanography students as well as to oceanographers and colleques from other scientific communities. Therefore, we have decided to publish the first text, out of three planned parts, which will together comprise a textbook on marine primary production, titled Modelling primary production.

23
Oct
2024

Ocean Optics conference

Leon Ćatipović and Žarko Kovač attended the Ocean Optics conference in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. The six day conference started on the 6 October and was held at the Palacio de Congresos located along Playa de Las Canteras. It is considered the leading conference in the filed of ocean optics. In total there were over 350 attendees from around the globe.

30
Aug
2024

Literature procured

We have just procured a series of books on the topics from data analysis, earth science and ecology to environmental economics and fluid mechanics.

4
Jul
2024

Panel on climate action in Rijeka

Our team members Diana Mance and Davor Mance gave talks as part of a panel on local and regional problems and innovative solutions for better adaptation to climate change.

3
Jul
2024

Meeting at the Simons Foundation in New York

During 25th till 27th June Shubha Sathyendranath and Žarko Kovač attended the Annual meeting of the CBIOMES project at the Simons Foundation in New York.

19
Apr
2024

Workshop for students at the University of Rijeka

On the 19th April 2024 the project principal investigator Žarko Kovač held a hands on workshop for the students of Environmental Physics at Faculty of Physics in Rijeka. The title of the workshop was Light and photosyntehsis in the sea.

2
Apr
2024

Workshop in New York

On April 2nd to 4th 2024 the project principal investigator Žarko Kovač attended the Workshop on Numerical Circulation and Ecosystem Modeling at the Flatiron insitute in New York.

23
Feb
2024

Kickoff meeting

On the 23rd February 2024 we had our Kickoff meeting at the Faculty of Science in Split, with the following agenda.

31
Dec
2023

PHOTOCLIM project started!

On 31st December 2023 the PHOTOCLIM project has officially started and will end on 30th December 2027. The project is funded by the Croatian Science Foundation.