UK joins EU's OceanEye system to track extreme weather
Britain to announce membership in €92m ocean monitoring initiative as Burnham government rebuilds ties with Europe.
What to know
- The UK is joining OceanEye, an EU-led €92m ocean monitoring system that aims to create a real-time digital model of global oceans by 2030 to improve forecasting of extreme weather and climate events.
- The announcement reflects Andy Burnham's government's effort to rebuild the UK's relationship with Europe through scientific and data-sharing cooperation.
- Global ocean observation networks have been vulnerable to US funding threats; the US provides over half the ocean observing platforms, though it recently reversed a proposal to cut its $368m Ocean Observatories Initiative after scientist backlash.
Cross-border scientific cooperation is essential to addressing climate change and national security.
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“Britain joining the EU's global ocean monitoring system 'OceanEye' to predict extreme weather shows how essential cross-border science is to national security.”
Fife4Europe · Mastodon ↗
“Changing weather patterns and currents are fuelling the extreme weather which is already impacting all of our nations – through floods, droughts, storms and extreme heat.”
Angela Eagle, Environment Secretary · The Guardian ↗ · Sep 22
Angela Eagle Environment Secretary
Andy Burnham UK Prime Minister
Ursula von der Leyen European Commission President
Mark Carney Canadian Prime Minister
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UK announces membership in OceanEye scheme
The UK announced it will join the EU's OceanEye ocean monitoring system. Environment Secretary Angela Eagle will announce the decision at a UN meeting in New York attended by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. The UK will share more data from the Met Office and other agencies with the EU and Canada.
“As an island nation and a global leader in climate science, we know that data from ocean monitoring is essential to our ability to protect and restore our oceans.”
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Britain joining the EU’s global ocean monitoring system 'OceanEye' to predict extreme weather shows how essential cross-border science is to national security. Pretending we can tackle climate breakdown in isolation was always pure fantasy. Why ever step away? 🤔 # ClimateCrisis https://www. theguardian.com/environment/20…
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EU launches OceanEye ocean monitoring initiative — The EU launched a €92m initiative called OceanEye to boost ocean observation and provide data-backed marine intelligence. The scheme aims to create a digital "real-time" replica model of the ocean by 2030 using satellites, sensors and other models, with an international alliance including Canada.
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first by Mastodon, 14h ago · also The Guardian