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As part of the annual Fram Strait 2025 cruise conducted by the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI), the science team from the UK’s National Oceanography Centre deployed a new suite of autonomous Lab-on-Chip (LoC) sensors on long-term moorings in the East Greenland Current.
EPOC is delighted to welcome a new partner – Havstovan, the Faroe Marine Research Institute – to the project team. Made possible by a grant from the EU’s ‘Hop-On Facility’, the Havstovan team will contribute time series data on the main exchanges across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge, as well as investigation of possibilities to close the largest gap in the existing observational system.
The German research vessel Meteor has set sail from Ponta Delgada in the Azores on its expedition to Flemish Cap and Grand Banks in the NW Atlantic. Here, over a period of 4 weeks, the team on board will make new observations of the dynamic oceanographic conditions in this region.
As many people around Europe start to wind down for the summer holidays, the EPOC science teams are gearing up for the research cruise season. Three expeditions are on the calendar for the July – October period, starting with a month-long mission to the Flemish Cap region of the NW Atlantic, setting sail in late July.
EPOC Newsletter #3 now out! The third edition of the EPOC newsletter is now out. Catch up on our latest expedition plans, research results and
EPOC @ ASOF! The Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Fluxes (ASOF) program is an international initiative focused on understanding the role of the Arctic and Subarctic oceans in
The Greenland-Scotland Ridge (GSR) Workshop will be held at the Institute of Marine Research, Bergen on 24 April 2026. The workshop aimed to advance the GSR observing system by identifying key knowledge gaps, and to develop a strategy to deliver a sustained time series of transport across the Ridge.
Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Fluxes (ASOF) workshop
Bergen, 21-23 April 2026. ASOF is an international program on the oceanography of the Arctic and Subarctic seas and their role in climate. ASOF focusses on ocean fluxes of mass, heat, freshwater, and ice in the Arctic and Subarctic oceans.
The EPOC community had a strong showing at the OSM2026 conference, held in Glasgow on 22-26 February 2026. Here is a list of all EPOC presentations, plenaries, posters, and town halls.
EPOC and friends hosted a public exhibition on ocean observing at the Glasgow Science Centre, Saturday 21 February 2026.
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, 20 February 2026. Full details here.
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway, 2 October 2025. Workshop report to follow.
Hamburg, 18-20 July 2023
Full details here
This informal webinar series takes place on a fortnightly basis, aimed at the general public and in English or German.
Full details at https://www.youtube.com/c/WissenschaftfürsWohnzimmer
The AMOC webinar series ran March-June 2023. Presentations are available to watch online – see here for full details.