Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN)

There is still time to submit your abstract to present at the MEDIN Open Meeting!

🔹Session 1: Marine data types without a MEDIN Data Archive Centre 🔹

🔹Session 2: Solutions for marine data management challenges🔹

Deadline 19th September 👇
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Register now to attend the MEDIN Open Meeting 2025:
"Unlocking the oceans: managing emerging and established marine data"
📅Thursday 4th December 2025
📍Hybrid - Met Office, Exeter and online using Microsoft Teams

Secure your place now:
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Webinar 1 - Navigating Marine Data Planning, Stewardship, and the value of MEDIN Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Thank you to our wonderful speakers Monica Hanley from @bodc.bsky.social and Harry Richardson from The Crown Estate for kicking off the MEDIN webinar series 2025. Watch the webinar again - www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EJ1... Register now for webinar number 2 👇
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📢Call for speakers: MEDIN Open Meeting 2025 📢
"Unlocking the oceans: managing emerging and established marine data"
📅Thursday 4th December 2025
📍Hybrid - Met Office, Exeter and online using Microsoft Teams

Deadline September 19th 2025
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🎉 Congratulations to Chloe, DASSH Data Manager, on being appointed Co-chair of the @medin.bsky.social Communications Working Group! 👏

Chloe brings experience from OBIS, UK/EU data initiatives & years of MEDIN work. Please join us in congratulating Chloe on this well-deserved appointment! 🎊

🚨 Time to Upgrade Your MEDIN Metadata Maestro 🚨

From 1 Oct, MEDIN Metadata Maestro for v2.3.8 is retiring

Upgrade to v3.1 for:

✨ Easier navigation & tips
✅ Colour-coded compliance checks
🌍 Multi-standard metadata support
📋 Templates & vocabularies

Download now ➡️ medin.org.uk/data-standar...

Registration is now open for a series of free to attend scientific computing courses for Environmental Scientists.
🔵An introductory course
🔵An intermediate course
🔵An advanced course

Secure your spot!
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@epcc.bsky.social

Register now for the first MEDIN webinar:

📅 20th August 2025 14:00 – 15:00
🗺️Navigating Marine Data: Planning, Stewardship and the value of MEDIN

Read more about the webinar series and sign up noc-events.co.uk/medin-2025-w...
#MEDINwebinars2025

Check out the Healthy & Biologically Diverse Seas Evidence Group (HBDSEG).

Explore the 4 goals of HBDSEG
1️⃣Coordinated marine monitoring
2️⃣Community of stakeholders
3️⃣Continuously improving evidence base
4️⃣ Quality assured data

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#metadatamonday

📢We're looking for a #MarineOrnithologist to join us!

This varied role will include supporting a review of the Special Protection Area (SPA) network, data analysis & review of management measures.

📆 Closing date: 30 June 2025

👉 Learn more & apply here: bit.ly/JNCCpost202529

#JobOpportunity

Today at NOC Open Day we are announcing the next MEDIN workshop!

Taking place on October 13-17th, online using OceanTeacher Global Academy, you can register for FREE here:
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For more information about the MEDIN workshops check out our website:
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Promotional flyer with a blue gradient background encouraging feedback on the ICES Spatial Facility and Metadata Catalogue. It describes both services and includes a QR code linking to a survey. The flyer highlights the goal of improving functionality, adopting new technologies, and enhancing user experience.

Our colleagues at @icesmarine.bsky.social are inviting feedback on their Spatial Facility and Metadata Catalogue.

🔍 Explore:
gis.ices.dk/sf/
gis.ices.dk/geonetwork/s...

📝 Share your feedback:
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Let’s make spatial data more accessible! #ICES #GIS #MarineData

MEDIN Online Metadata Editor: How to Create a MEDIN Discovery Metadata Record This video tutorial will help you become familiar with creating MEDIN Compliant discovery metadata using the MEDIN Online Metadata editor.

Check out our new YouTube tutorial 👇

MEDIN Online Metadata Editor: How to Create a MEDIN Discovery Metadata Record.

This video tutorial will help you become familiar with creating MEDIN Compliant discovery metadata using the MEDIN Online Metadata editor.
bit.ly/4jbgVv9

Don't forget to subscribe ✔️

🚨 New Dataset Alert! 🚨

We’ve just published the "2022-2024 FISP: Ecosystem Benefits of UK Oyster Aquaculture Sites" dataset, exploring biodiversity & denitrification at oyster farms in England & Wales.

Check it out here 👉 doi.org/10.17031/666... 🌊🐚

@medin.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce the launch of our new Marine Data Management Webinar Series and are looking for prospective speakers 📢

Submit a brief abstract using the form below by 16th June 2025.
bit.ly/4dolkcX

At the METS RCN workshop at BIOS, Pier Luigi Buttegieg presents the work MEDIN completed sending MEDIN portal records to Ocean InfoHub during his presentation about the Ocean Data Information System (#ODIS) and being visible across the Ocean's Internet.
oceaninfohub.org

#METSRCN2025
#BIOS

We've updated some MEDIN guidelines!

Marine Biodiversity 🐟
Marine & Geophysics 🌋
Physical Oceanography and Metocean/Marine Chemistry 🌦️

Find the updated versions available to download for free from our website: medin.org.uk/data-standar...

Save the date for the next MEDIN workshop!

📆 19th – 23rd May 2025

The FREE virtual/online workshop titled: ‘Marine Data Management, Governance and the MEDIN toolset’ is hosted on OceanTeacher Global Academy.

Register now: medin.org.uk/data-standar...

#marinedatamanagement #freetraining #CPD

Today is the last day of the #IODE Committee meeting in Colombia.

IODE was established in 1961 to enhance marine research & development, by facilitating the exchange of oceanographic data & information.

Find out more:
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@dassh-at-the-mba.bsky.social @bodc.bsky.social

The 28th session of the International Oceanographic Data & Information Exchange (IODE) committee is this week!

@bodc.bsky.social is the #NODC of the UK,

@dassh-at-the-mba.bsky.social is attending as the co-chair of
#OBIS

Cefas and MEDIN are #ADUs of IODE so are attending remotely.

This week, BODC and @medin.bsky.social attended #IODC3 and #IODE28 in Santa Marta, Colombia🌊📊
An excellent opportunity to promote our work and strengthen our global partnerships. We thank our hosts INVEMAR for their warm welcome and kind hospitality🌍
@unesco.org @iodeoostende.bsky.social

Looking for information about fishing restrictions around the UK and beyond? 🎣🚫

Check out the reference layers in the MEDIN portal 👇

Under 'fisheries and aquaculture' 🐟

portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start...

#WMSwednesday

7th ScotMER Symposium We welcome you to join us for an exciting four day hybrid symposium showcasing research on offshore energy and the marine environment.

ScotMER Symposium - registration for FREE in-person day closes 19 Feb!

25–28 Feb the latest groundbreaking UK and international research on the impact of offshore renewable energy on the marine environment & other users of the sea will be showcased.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/7th-scotme...

🚀 The new MEDIN Online Discovery Metadata Editor is live! Create, validate, export, & publish marine metadata.

🌊 Please switch to the new editor! 🔗 metadata.marinebiodiversity.org

⚡Exciting key features

Existing accounts transferred. Reset your password to access!

Standards are common rules, conditions or guidelines & are essential to enable easy discovery and re-use of data.

Explore the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard and tools to help your metadata creation 👇
medin.org.uk/data-standards

#metadatamonday

Welcome to OSL4.0 Hackathon | Join Now! Join the EMODnet Open Sea Lab Hackathon from 25-27th March 2025! EU investment. Prize money. Open Competition #OSL4

Register now for the #EMODnet Hackathon! 💻

📅5-27 March, 2025

opensealab.eu
Develop impactful solutions on the European Digital Twin Ocean platform using EMODnet services and combine them with other European data services including the Copernicus Marine Service.

Register now for the UK Environmental Observation Framework (UKEOF) conference "Climate change: evidence and impacts on UK environments and resources"

📅 13 February 2025
📍 Online
Registration fee: FREE
ukeof.org.uk/conference/c...

How is MEDIN involved in the UN Ocean Decade? 🌊

The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) aims to harness ocean science to achieve sustainable development and reverse the decline in ocean health.

Check out our website for more info 👇
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#UNOceanDecade

The metadata from the Dudgeon and Sheringham Extension, CPT campaign (EQ24456) is #DatasetOfTheWeek. This contains the field, factual, & interpretative report for the 2024 CPT campaign. In addition the CPT data is shared.

Find out more and access the data:
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📢 Job Opportunity Deadline Extended 📢

📅 Closing date now Monday 3rd February 2025 📅

Find out more below 👇