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The Nautilos project featured in Horizon, the EU Research and Innovation magazine |
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On June 14, 2023, Horizon magazine has published an article titled "Oceans to get better protection with connected underwater technology" (https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/horizon-magazine/oceans-get-better-protection-connected-underwater-technology), in which the activities in Nautilos project are described. Nautilos is pursuing a new approach to ocean data collection using sensors and samplers that could be integrated into existing observatories and platforms. This would enable the gathering of vast amounts of information useful for, as an example, the proposed European Digital Twin of the Ocean announced in February 2022. The twin will be a real-time digital replica of the ocean, integrating both historical and live data.
By developing a new generation of marine technologies, the EU-funded NAUTILOS project will gather previously inaccessible information and improve understanding of physical, chemical and biological changes in oceans. Running for four years through September 2024, the project is coordinated by Gabriele Pieri, a researcher at the Signals and Images lab. ‘Our proposal set out to fill a gap in the observation of oceans,’ said Pieri. ‘They are the largest habitats on Earth, but the least observed ones because of the difficulties in on-site observation and the costs of monitoring.’ NAUTILOS technology is already being tested in the Baltic and the Mediterranean seas, including the Aegean and Adriatic. For more information, see: https://www.nautilos-h2020.eu/
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Contacts: Gabriele Pieri, CNR-ISTI, Project Coordinator
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