Biodiversity of the Coastal Ocean: Monitoring with Earth Observation (BiCOME). Utilising remote sensing to monitor coastal biodiversity. Project funded by @ESA.

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BiCOME is an @esa funded project which will help us better understand how the community structure and function of coastal ecosystems will respond to the anthropogenic and natural drivers in a changing climate. Read more about the project on our website: bicome.info
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20 Jun 2025
We're at @esa #LPS25 next week!🎉 Several participants from BiCOME will be presenting in the networking session: 'Enhancing Cooperation between EC and ESA Ocean Science projects'. Sharing project plans, data & results 🗓️23.06 🕑14:00 More info: lps25.esa.int/programme/prog…
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20 Jun 2025
Some of the BiCOME team be at the poster session: 'Ocean Health including marine and coastal biodiversity' Presenting research on the impacts of extreme temperatures on #seagrass reflectance. lps25.esa.int/programme/prog… Come and say hi 👋

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22 May 2025
Happy International Day for Biological Diversity! It's vital we better understand our 🌍 BiCOME, an @esa-funded project ued Earth Observation data 🛰️ to address gaps in coastal #biodiversity monitoring. More info and publications ➡️ bicome.info/Results_Resource… #BiodiversityDay
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22 May 2025
BiCOME had a 'sister' @esa -funded project: BOOMS - Biodiversity in the Open Ocean: Mapping, Monitoring and Modelling. Studying open ocean biodiversity, with a focus on dynamic seascapes. More info and publications ➡️ booms-project.org/Publicatio…
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18 Sep 2024
@BicomeProject PI @VMartinezPML is taking part in this panel discussion that's happening now - great to be a part of #EMBS57
Now: First Panel Discussion Session on “Improving scientific cooperation between EC-ESA projects for the implementation of marine biodiversity and climate strategies” chaired by Marie-Helene Rio and Ivan Conesa Alcolea
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Another new #seagrass 🌱paper supported by the @esa funded @BicomeProject ⬇️
🚨 New Open Access Paper in Remote Sensing of Environment 🚨 This is the second use of the ICE CREAMS model (🍨see previous post) to map Intertidal Seagrass variation with Sentinel-2 🛰️ Here we assessed inter-annual trends rather than intra-annual ones! doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.1…
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17 Jul 2024
Exciting new BiCOME-supported paper now published!⬇️
🚨 New Open Access Paper/Model/Data 🚨We are pleased to announce our new paper in @CommsEarth! Here we assessed the phenology of intertidal seagrass across the North Atlantic coast of Western Europe and North Africa using satellite imagery! 🧵 rdcu.be/dN0ae
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What can Satellite’s 🛰️ tell us about Intertidal seagrass? Answer: A LOT! These huge beds change yearly and differently across all of Europe! 👀 Keep your eyes peeled for the upcoming paper! Was a pleasure to present our work from @BicomeProject funded by @esa at @ISBW15_WSC24
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13 Jun 2024
Many congratulations to Shubha from the BiCOME team!
So proud to see our Dr Shubha Sathyendranath awarded an MBE at a ceremony in Buckingham Palace yesterday in recognition of her services to oceanography. The award serves as testament for her outstanding contribution to marine science.
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Nice alignment with the @BicomeProject hyperboost effort collecting radiometric and other optical and bio geochemical and #biodiversity data for satellite validation supported by @ESA_EO 💪@PlymouthMarine
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We were delighted to host Roberto Sabia and Javier Alonso Concha from the European Space Agency (@esa) here at the laboratory yesterday, where they joined four project progress meetings for ESA-funded projects led by PML. Find project info in image ALT TEXT 👇
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👇A summary of what we are doing at @PlymouthMarine to advance #EO from🛰️ #satellite to support monitoring of #marine #biodiversity for @UNBiodiversity targets with @ESA_EO support and in collaboration with plenty of institutes 🤝 pml.ac.uk/News/Monitoring-ma…

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Technology for ocean monitoring has been a key theme at the @UNOceanDecade #OceanDecade24 conference in #Barcelona. One of PML's specialisms is #EarthObservation. Find out how we're working with @esa @ESA_EO on #satellite #biodiversity monitoring pml.ac.uk/News/Monitoring-ma…

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15 Apr 2024
Thank you to @PlymouthMarine's @ClaireLSzostek for highlighting the @ESA_EO-funded biodiversity work that BiCOME and sister project BOOMS forms part of at the #OceanDecade24 conference last week in Barcelona. oceandecade.org/events/2024-…
Thank you to the 4,500 ocean enthusiasts and change-makers who joined us in-person and online for making #OceanDecade24 a success! 👉Find the day-by-day highlights and overall summary of the 2024 #OceanDecade Conference, compiled by @IISD_ENB, here: ow.ly/xMO950Rg8z4
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20 Mar 2024
This week Tom Jordan from @PlymouthMarine visited the @TaraOcean_ Tara schooner as it moored in Barcelona to re-install a So-Rad (solar-tracking radiometry platform) for the 2024 field season. It'll capture in-situ data during the @EMBLtrec expedition for the HyperBOOST project.
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20 Mar 2024
HyperBOOST follows on from the @BicomeProject. Collecting Hyperspectral Bio-Optical Observations along European coastlines to validate satellite data for @esa. Find out more ➡️hyperboost.info ⬅️ More info about the So-Rad is available here: monocle-h2020.eu/Sensors_and…
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It's #WorldSeagrassDay! 🌱 Seagrass sustains biodiversity and benefits people, but it's declining fast. Here's why we need to protect seagrass, and how #OceanDecade actors like @FishOceansCAN @_MeerWissen @HIFMB_OL @UdsmOfficial @MandelaUni @SydneyMarine are making it happen.👇
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20 Feb 2024
It was the final meeting for the BiCOME project yesterday. Great to see everyone to discuss project results. Thanks to @ESA for hosting us. This is not the end! More publications and outputs will be coming from the project in the next few months, stay tuned!
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Long day of discussion at European Space Agency (@esa) for the summary meeting of @BicomeProject! Some very cool outputs (watch this space) still couldn’t help getting the obligatory Spaceship photo even if it was already dark! @RSBE2NantesUniv @NantesUniv
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#Vision2030: How can ocean science help to protect marine ecosystems? Through its Challenge 2️⃣, the #OceanDecade aims to enhance understanding of the effects of stressors on ocean ecosystems and develop conservation and restoration solutions. Read more: ow.ly/HvKn50QvYv5
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