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Your Open Science platform for collaborative marine research

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About Blue-Cloud

Blue-Cloud 2026 is a collaborative project that leverages Europe's expertise in aquatic environmental observation and data handling. Building on existing infrastructures like Copernicus and EMODnet, Blue-Cloud aims to create a federated ecosystem for FAIR and open data in marine research. Through a web-based platform, it offers simplified access to multidisciplinary datasets, analytical services, and computing facilities.

Over 42 months, Blue-Cloud 2026 will expand its core services, integrate more analytical tools, and enhance data discovery and access. With a focus on supporting the EU Blue Economy and environmental agendas, it strives to contribute to the EU Green Deal and UN Sustainable Development Goals. Coordinated by CNR, Trust-IT Services, and MARIS, the project brings together a dedicated team of 40 partners from 13 EU countries.

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Data Discovery & Access Service

An easy and FAIR service for discovering and retrieving multi-disciplinary data sets and products managed and provided by Blue Data Infrastructures.

Virtual Research Environment

An Open Science platform for collaborative marine research, using a wide variety of datasets and analytical tools, complemented by generic services.

Thematic Virtual Labs

Researchers work closely together with the Blue-Cloud 2026 technical team to describe Virtual Lab workflows and technical requirements.

Featuring data from leading European infrastructures

EMBRC-ERIC
EMODnet
EMSO-ERIC
Euro-ARGO
EurOBIS
ENA
ICOS
JERICO-CORE
SeaDataNet
SIOS
SOCAT
WEkEO

The Blue-Cloud technical infrastructures

D4Science
EGI
WEkEO DIAS

Training Academy

Unlock the potential of Open Science and FAIR data principles for marine research with the Blue-Cloud Training Academy.

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Updates from the FIRMS Tuna Atlas

The last version of the Global Tuna Atlas (GTA) was released in May 2022 by FIRMS on Zenodo, also made accessible by the Information and Knowledge management team (NFISI) of FAO's Fisheries and Aqu

30 July 2024
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Digital Ocean Forum 2024 Recap

The third edition of the Digital Ocean Forum (DOF) was held in Brussels (Belgium) on 12-13 June 2024. During the High-Level event Blue-Cloud 2026 project coordinator gave a live demo of one of the applications developed thanks to Bluer-Cloud.
29 July 2024
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Blue-Cloud collaborates with FAIR-EASE and CLIMAREST to advance Open Science in Marine and Earth Sciences

In an effort to fortify the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), Blue-Cloud is establishing significant collaborations with the FAIR-EASE and CLIMAREST projects, collectively working on innovative approaches and best practices for data access and processing within ocean data providers.
25 March 2024
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