PARIS - A tsunami may strike a coastline that has seen no comparable disaster in living memory. When it does, the difference ...

Confirmed training courses are announced and continuously updated in OceanExpert calendar of events and OTGA e-learning ...

Effectively mobilizing the data derived from eDNA samples requires specific expertise and skills that have, until now, been unevenly distributed: the capacity to sample, sequence, analyze, and ...

Bali, Indonesia, October 2026. Member States of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO’s Sub-Commission for the Central Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO) met in Bali from 12 to 14 ...

HSH Prince Albert II, Mrs Berro-Amadeï, Monaco Government Counsellor & Minister, and M. Vidar Helgesen, Executive Secretary of the IOC of UNESCO inaugurated the Secretariat alongside IHO ...

Turning ocean knowledge into action: How the IOC’s OceanTeacher Global Academy is building skills and capacity for ocean science worldwide ...

Based on data collected from around the world, the Global Ocean Science Report 2020 (GOSR2020) offers a global record of how, where and by whom ocean science is conducted. By analysing the workforce, ...

This undermines global efforts to tackle hunger, poverty and ill-health, improve access to clean water and energy and many other aspects of sustainable development, according to a new multi-agency ...

This landmark agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) establishes a global framework to conserve and sustainably use marine biodiversity in areas beyond national ...

The Report aims to support the identification of policy and management priorities and focus areas for research. Its findings should stimulate research and policy actions contributing to the 2030 ...

We are thrilled to celebrate Prof. Harkunti Pertiwi Rahayu from Indonesia, a globally recognized leader in disaster risk reduction (DRR), who has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Sasakawa Award for ...

GOSR is a flagship assessment that tracks global capacity in ocean science, investment in that capacity, and the collaborations and outputs that support ocean understanding, innovation and the blue ...