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Explore, learn, and connect - Join the OBIS Lunch Talks at Living Data 2025!
Explore, learn, and connect - Join the OBIS Lunch Talks at Living Data 2025!

11 October 2025

Living Data 2025
OBIS is seeking a Communication and Community Engagement Officer
OBIS is seeking a Communication and Community Engagement Officer

30 September 2025

recruitment
All the OBIS sessions at Living Data 2025 at a glance!
All the OBIS sessions at Living Data 2025 at a glance!

29 September 2025

Living Data 2025 community capacity development Darwin Core Policy
7th session of the OBIS Executive Committee
7th session of the OBIS Executive Committee

2 September 2025

OBIS Community Governance OBIS Executive Committee
OBIS-LAC awarded a POGO Working Group Grant
OBIS-LAC awarded a POGO Working Group Grant

2 September 2025

OBIS Community Latin America and the Caribbean POGO
IOC is seeking for a consultant to design a learning course on the BBNJ Agreement
IOC is seeking for a consultant to design a learning course on the BBNJ Agreement

1 September 2025

Training BBNJ Agreement High Seas Treaty
Connecting Oceans, Connecting Data - Panama Joins OBIS
Connecting Oceans, Connecting Data - Panama Joins OBIS

25 August 2025

OBIS Community Regional Node Central America Latin Amreica
How OBIS Data and Model-Based Tools Can Support Marine Protected Areas
How OBIS Data and Model-Based Tools Can Support Marine Protected Areas

1 August 2025

World MPA Day Marine Protected Areas MPA Europe
Deadline extended! OBIS and IODE are seeking a consultant for a feasibility study on UNESCO biosphere observatories
Deadline extended! OBIS and IODE are seeking a consultant for a feasibility study on UNESCO biosphere observatories

12 July 2025

job opening consultancy biosphere observatories
OBIS is seeking an eDNA Data Officer to join the team!
OBIS is seeking an eDNA Data Officer to join the team!

3 July 2025

eDNA job opening
From Collaboration to Coordination - Building the OBIS Network For Latin America and the Caribbean
From Collaboration to Coordination - Building the OBIS Network For Latin America and the Caribbean

30 June 2025

actionable data community Latin America and the Carribean Policy
eDNA Expeditions Phase II Launches at UNOC3 - A Global Community Effort to Map Marine Life with DNA
eDNA Expeditions Phase II Launches at UNOC3 - A Global Community Effort to Map Marine Life with DNA

12 June 2025

United Nations Ocean Conference UNOC3 eDNA Expeditions Phase II eDNA
OBIS takeaway messages for UNOC3
OBIS takeaway messages for UNOC3

11 June 2025

United Nations Ocean Conference UNOC3
OBIS at the third United Nations Ocean Conference
OBIS at the third United Nations Ocean Conference

4 June 2025

United Nations Ocean Conference UNOC3 eDNA Expeditions
OBIS at the One Ocean Science Congress 2025 - All the sessions at a glance
OBIS at the One Ocean Science Congress 2025 - All the sessions at a glance

3 June 2025

One Ocean Science Congress 2025 community
OBIS is turning 25!
OBIS is turning 25!

21 May 2025

25th anniversary community
OBIS is seeking an eDNA consultant to join the team!
OBIS is seeking an eDNA consultant to join the team!

14 May 2025

MARCO-BOLO eDNA AquaPlan eDNA
Stephen Formel joins the OBIS secretariat
Stephen Formel joins the OBIS secretariat

30 April 2025

MARCO-BOLO data officer secretariat
All the OBIS-related sessions at Living Data 2025 at a glance!
All the OBIS-related sessions at Living Data 2025 at a glance!

24 April 2025

Living Data 2025 community capacity development Darwin Core Policy
OBIS Brazil - Unleashing the data potential of a marine megadiverse country
OBIS Brazil - Unleashing the data potential of a marine megadiverse country

23 April 2025

OBIS Nodes OBIS Community Brazil
OBIS is recruiting a data officer for the Marco-Bolo project!
OBIS is recruiting a data officer for the Marco-Bolo project!

18 March 2025

Marco Bolo jobs
DEADLINE EXTENDED / This is your chance to become Co-Chair of the OBIS Data Coordination Group!
DEADLINE EXTENDED / This is your chance to become Co-Chair of the OBIS Data Coordination Group!

9 March 2025

actionable data community Data Coordination Group
Breaking barriers in ocean science - A conversation with Martha Patricia Vides Casado
Breaking barriers in ocean science - A conversation with Martha Patricia Vides Casado

8 March 2025

International Women's Day community capacity development Gender balance
Engaging with local researchers to improve data sharing - How IndOBIS enhances regional capacity
Engaging with local researchers to improve data sharing - How IndOBIS enhances regional capacity

7 March 2025

actionable data community capacity development IODC-III Policy
Norway joins OBIS - Integrated data for a sustainable future
Norway joins OBIS - Integrated data for a sustainable future

5 March 2025

community Norway GBIF
PacMAN by OBIS - A transposable sea-to-screen framework to fight marine biorisk
PacMAN by OBIS - A transposable sea-to-screen framework to fight marine biorisk

14 February 2025

actionable data community capacity development IODC-III Policy
Exploring ocean DNA with Saara Suominen - A conversation on eDNA, science, and inspiration
Exploring ocean DNA with Saara Suominen - A conversation on eDNA, science, and inspiration

11 February 2025

eDNA community capacity development Women in science
Mapping marine biodiversity - How the OBIS Species Distribution Maps support Ocean conservation
Mapping marine biodiversity - How the OBIS Species Distribution Maps support Ocean conservation

23 January 2025

actionable data mapping biodiversity monitoring MPA Europe Policy
Second open call for marine biodiversity data - Contribute to the Digital Twin of the Ocean
Second open call for marine biodiversity data - Contribute to the Digital Twin of the Ocean

17 January 2025

European Digital Twin of the Ocean open call DTO-BioFlow
IODC-III, call for abstracts - Join forces with OBIS to showcase the importance of fit-for-purpose and actionable data for ocean biodiversity
IODC-III, call for abstracts - Join forces with OBIS to showcase the importance of fit-for-purpose and actionable data for ocean biodiversity

3 January 2025

actionable data community capacity development IODC-III Policy
Living Data 2025 - The call for sessions is open. Submit yours today!
Living Data 2025 - The call for sessions is open. Submit yours today!

26 December 2024

data Living Data 2025
UNESCO eDNA Expeditions - Successfully transforming innovative eDNA sampling into actionable data with OBIS expertise
UNESCO eDNA Expeditions - Successfully transforming innovative eDNA sampling into actionable data with OBIS expertise

9 December 2024

eDNA eDNA Expeditions UNESCO eDNA Dashboards Policy
Help Build a Holistic Ocean Observing System: Survey for a Collaborative Ocean Observing Blueprint
Help Build a Holistic Ocean Observing System: Survey for a Collaborative Ocean Observing Blueprint

25 November 2024

BioEcoOcean survey Horizon Europe
Marine perspectives on COP16-Reinforced global collaborations to better support conservation
Marine perspectives on COP16-Reinforced global collaborations to better support conservation

24 November 2024

COP16 Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Ocean Data and Information System (ODIS) Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) Ocean Observations Marine Conservation
Shaping the Future of Marine Biodiversity Data - Takeaways from the 6th OBIS Executive Committee Meeting
Shaping the Future of Marine Biodiversity Data - Takeaways from the 6th OBIS Executive Committee Meeting

22 November 2024

OBIS Executive Committee Nodes Coordination Group Data Coordination Group Product Coordination Group
PacMAN Fiji achieves "Marine Invasive Species Monitoring-Ready" status as project is completed
PacMAN Fiji achieves "Marine Invasive Species Monitoring-Ready" status as project is completed

21 November 2024

PacMAN Capacity building eDNA marine invasive species Policy
New OTGA/OBIS course in Spanish: Fundamentos para la publicación de datos de biodiversidad marina en OBIS
New OTGA/OBIS course in Spanish: Fundamentos para la publicación de datos de biodiversidad marina en OBIS

28 October 2024

OBIS OTGA training
OBIS eDNA services, expertise and data publication
OBIS eDNA services, expertise and data publication

22 October 2024

OBIS eDNA
Hack for a Livable Planet: join OBIS at the World Bank-led hackathon to answer biodiversity issues using available data
Hack for a Livable Planet: join OBIS at the World Bank-led hackathon to answer biodiversity issues using available data

22 October 2024

OBIS hackathon resources
Laurent Chmiel joined the OBIS secretariat
Laurent Chmiel joined the OBIS secretariat

17 October 2024

Communication secretariat
GBIF Ecuador Joins the OBIS Network as a New Node
GBIF Ecuador Joins the OBIS Network as a New Node

11 October 2024

OBIS Node Ecuador
MARCO-BOLO Data Analysis Challenge for eDNA biodiversity monitoring
MARCO-BOLO Data Analysis Challenge for eDNA biodiversity monitoring

6 September 2024

OBIS Data challenge eDNA
Join Our Team: Consultant - OBIS Community engagement officer
Join Our Team: Consultant - OBIS Community engagement officer

30 July 2024

OBIS Vacancy Consultant
Marine Biodiversity Data Mobilization Workshop 2024
Marine Biodiversity Data Mobilization Workshop 2024

28 June 2024

Biodiversity mobilization OBIS Training
Updated OBIS Data Policy and Terms of Reference available on OBIS Manual
Updated OBIS Data Policy and Terms of Reference available on OBIS Manual

19 June 2024

Governance OBIS
2024 Ocean Training Internships available with OBIS-Australia and OBIS Deep-Sea - Applications open
2024 Ocean Training Internships available with OBIS-Australia and OBIS Deep-Sea - Applications open

13 June 2024

Internship OBIS
First assessment of how many marine species, especially those threatened with extinction, occur in Marine Protected Areas
First assessment of how many marine species, especially those threatened with extinction, occur in Marine Protected Areas

3 June 2024

Report State of the ocean Policy
Dan Lear Appointed New Co-Chair of OBIS Steering Group
Dan Lear Appointed New Co-Chair of OBIS Steering Group

31 May 2024

OBIS Steering Group Co-chair
12th Session of the OBIS steering group, 25-29 March 2024
12th Session of the OBIS steering group, 25-29 March 2024

30 May 2024

OBIS Steering Group Meeting report
OBIS and GBIF endorse joint strategy and action plan for marine biodiversity data
OBIS and GBIF endorse joint strategy and action plan for marine biodiversity data

28 May 2024

OBIS GBIF Partnerships
State of knowledge on marine connectivity gathered by migratory marine species
State of knowledge on marine connectivity gathered by migratory marine species

25 April 2024

ABNJ connectivity marine species management telemetry tracking
OBIS secretariat now has two experts in eDNA
OBIS secretariat now has two experts in eDNA

19 March 2024

OBIS science officer secretariat
BioEcoOcean - New Horizon EU project to co-create Blueprint for Integrated Ocean Science
BioEcoOcean - New Horizon EU project to co-create Blueprint for Integrated Ocean Science

13 March 2024

OBIS BioEcoOcean EUHorizon
Vacancy: OBIS TECHNICAL COORDINATOR (UN-P3, fixed term)
Vacancy: OBIS TECHNICAL COORDINATOR (UN-P3, fixed term)

25 January 2024

OBIS Vacancy Technical coordinator
Meeting report of the 5th OBIS Executive Committee published
Meeting report of the 5th OBIS Executive Committee published

17 January 2024

OBIS Executive committee
Invasive marine algae in the Mediterranean was misidentified for decades
Invasive marine algae in the Mediterranean was misidentified for decades

13 January 2024

Algae Invasive species Mediterranean Modelling
Join Our Team: Consultant - OBIS scientific officer genetic data
Join Our Team: Consultant - OBIS scientific officer genetic data

7 December 2023

OBIS Vacancy Consultant
Open Call: Up to 60,000€ for marine biodiversity monitoring data
Open Call: Up to 60,000€ for marine biodiversity monitoring data

7 December 2023

OBIS Biodiversity data
Join Our Team: Associate Project Officer - Ocean Biodiversity Information System
Join Our Team: Associate Project Officer - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

30 November 2023

OBIS Vacancy Project officer
Historians, Archaeologists and Paleontologists: OBIS, a leading global marine biodiversity database welcomes your time-series data
Historians, Archaeologists and Paleontologists: OBIS, a leading global marine biodiversity database welcomes your time-series data

28 November 2023

OBIS HDMT Historical data
Preserving seagrasses in a changing climate
Preserving seagrasses in a changing climate

28 November 2023

climate change modelling MPA seagrass
And yet another post
And yet another post

6 November 2023

secretariat testing
Yet another post
Yet another post

6 November 2023

secretariat testing
Welcome to Jekyll!
Welcome to Jekyll!

5 November 2023

biodiversity macroalgae
Metabarcoding is a promising tool for identifying species of fish from their eggs and larvae
Metabarcoding is a promising tool for identifying species of fish from their eggs and larvae

13 October 2023

DNA eggs fish larvae ichthyoplankton metabarcoding Indian Ocean
New OBIS course - contributing and publishing datasets to OBIS
New OBIS course - contributing and publishing datasets to OBIS

2 October 2023

OBIS course Capacity building
How many species live in the world’s largest marine mineral exploration region?
How many species live in the world’s largest marine mineral exploration region?

12 September 2023

Biodiversity Deep sea Pacific Taxonomy
National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea (MABIK) joins the OBIS Network
National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea (MABIK) joins the OBIS Network

12 September 2023

OBIS node MABIK
Current knowledge on the reproduction of deep-sea corals
Current knowledge on the reproduction of deep-sea corals

26 July 2023

Corals Deep Sea Depth Distribution Reproduction
Calling all Biodiversity Enthusiasts - Share Your Insights!
Calling all Biodiversity Enthusiasts - Share Your Insights!

19 July 2023

MARCO-BOLO survey
Adopting best practices to better understand life on the ocean floor
Adopting best practices to better understand life on the ocean floor

14 June 2023

OBIS standards Deep sea Best practices
OBIS appointed Katherine Tattersall (CSIRO/OBIS-Australia) as co-chair
OBIS appointed Katherine Tattersall (CSIRO/OBIS-Australia) as co-chair

2 June 2023

OBIS Steering Group Meeting report
11th Session of the OBIS steering group, 23-26 May 2023 (Online)
11th Session of the OBIS steering group, 23-26 May 2023 (Online)

1 June 2023

OBIS Steering Group Meeting report
Marine Biodiversity Data Mobilization Workshop 2023
Marine Biodiversity Data Mobilization Workshop 2023

11 May 2023

marine biodiversity workshop
OBIS 2030 - The biodiversity data hub for the Ocean Decade Actions
OBIS 2030 - The biodiversity data hub for the Ocean Decade Actions

19 April 2023

ocean decade obis secretariat
Job Advertisement: eDNA Scientific Data Officer
Job Advertisement: eDNA Scientific Data Officer

19 April 2023

Vacancy Environmental DNA World Heritage
Marine coastal biodiversity observations to be strengthened through €7.3 million Horizon Europe project
Marine coastal biodiversity observations to be strengthened through €7.3 million Horizon Europe project

19 April 2023

MARCO-BOLO Horizon Europe
Silas Principe joined the OBIS secretariat
Silas Principe joined the OBIS secretariat

11 April 2023

MPA Europe secretariat
Mapping the optimal locations for MPAs in Europe
Mapping the optimal locations for MPAs in Europe

10 March 2023

marine protected areas Horizon EU European marine species
Lisa Benedetti joined the OBIS secretariat
Lisa Benedetti joined the OBIS secretariat

10 March 2023

MARCO-BOLO secretariat
Vacancy: Associate Project Manager Marine & Coastal Biodiversity Observations
Vacancy: Associate Project Manager Marine & Coastal Biodiversity Observations

18 January 2023

Vacancy Project Manager Stakeholder Engagement Community Integration
Archiving animal movements as a record of biodiversity
Archiving animal movements as a record of biodiversity

4 January 2023

oystercatchers bio-logging bird tracking
Climate-driven diversity changes of Mediterranean echinoids over the last 6 Ma
Climate-driven diversity changes of Mediterranean echinoids over the last 6 Ma

19 December 2022

Echinoidea biodiversity paleoclimate biogeography Miocene salinity crisis late Cenozoic
UNESCO kicks off eDNA expeditions at COP 15
UNESCO kicks off eDNA expeditions at COP 15

7 December 2022

COP 15 Environmental DNA World Heritage
Vacancy: Biodiversity Distribution Modeller
Vacancy: Biodiversity Distribution Modeller

25 November 2022

Vacancy Biodiversity Distribution
Marine Biodiversity Data: How USGS and NOAA are collaborating to make data more accessible now and into the future
Marine Biodiversity Data: How USGS and NOAA are collaborating to make data more accessible now and into the future

14 September 2022

OBIS USA
Cumacea (Peracarida) from the deep Nordic Seas
Cumacea (Peracarida) from the deep Nordic Seas

8 September 2022

Integrative taxonomy Benthic fauna Deep sea Biogeography
Digging up the oceans' past
Digging up the oceans' past

7 September 2022

marine biodiversity historical data
Detecting sperm whales in the eastern Canadian Arctic as sea-ice continues to melt
Detecting sperm whales in the eastern Canadian Arctic as sea-ice continues to melt

17 August 2022

Bioacoustics climate change marine mammals
Launching: The GOOS BioEco portal
Launching: The GOOS BioEco portal

25 July 2022

metadata BioEco global ocean observing
The OBIS user survey
The OBIS user survey

20 July 2022

data user
Reconstructing ocean biodiversity hotspots of the Phanerozoic
Reconstructing ocean biodiversity hotspots of the Phanerozoic

18 July 2022

global diversity ecological saturation diversification model palaeogeography
eDNA expeditions in full swing
eDNA expeditions in full swing

13 July 2022

UNESCO World Heritage sites citizen science
Detecting life in the deep-sea: a glimpse of the top predator, the Yokozuna Slickhead in Japanese waters.
Detecting life in the deep-sea: a glimpse of the top predator, the Yokozuna Slickhead in Japanese waters.

13 July 2022

eDNA metabarcoding baited camera marine protected area
Predicting global distribution and population connectivity – the predatory broadnose sevengill shark as an example.
Predicting global distribution and population connectivity – the predatory broadnose sevengill shark as an example.

29 June 2022

environmental niche modeling habitat suitability Notorynchus cepedianus
10th Session of the OBIS steering group, 17-20 May 2022 (Online)
10th Session of the OBIS steering group, 17-20 May 2022 (Online)

3 June 2022

OBIS Steering Group Meeting report
Discovering life in extreme environments with deep-sea equipment
Discovering life in extreme environments with deep-sea equipment

25 May 2022

acoustic imaging human occupied vehicles remote operated vehicles autonomous underwater vehicles
Giant manta ray distribution in the western North Atlantic Ocean
Giant manta ray distribution in the western North Atlantic Ocean

13 May 2022

Mobulidae Mobula birostris conservation species distribution modelling
Through the eyes of a Cretaceous crab
Through the eyes of a Cretaceous crab

4 May 2022

Brachyura visual systems predator
An unconventional workshop in these unprecedented times
An unconventional workshop in these unprecedented times

12 April 2022

data marine biodiversity interoperability