The Challenger Society for Marine Science
We are the foremost learned society representing the UK academic marine research community.
Category: News
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We are entering an exciting new era of data-driven opportunity. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are delivering extraordinary advances in science and technology. These capabilities have the potential to lead to some of the greatest developments in our history, with the oceans being no exception. Oceans of Knowledge 2025 will set this critical…
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Black Ocean Citizens and Ocean and Coastal Futures are collaborating to gain an understanding of the experiences and perceptions of racism for people of colour working or studying in the UK marine, coastal and fisheries sector. In order to inform development and monitor the effectiveness of appropriate interventions to tackle racism and increase diversity in the…
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The UK Marine Biomolecular Group (UKMBG) have launched an online survey to support the development of an overarching guidance document on sampling and preserving DNA from the marine environment. The survey focuses on these elements but also includes some questions on lab processes. The guidance document, to be developed this financial year, will signpost to best practices, Standard…
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Dear members of the Challenger Coastal and Shelf Sea (CASS) Special Interest Group, A meeting of the Challenger Society of Marine Science Coastal and Shelf Seas (CaSS) Special Interest Group will be held at the National Oceanography Centre (Liverpool) on Tuesday 2nd December 2025, 09:30 – 16:30. The meeting will also be hybrid for those who cannot make it in person.…
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The Challenger Society Special Interest Group (SIG) on the History of Oceanography will be having a series of zoom webinars in 2025. The talks will be at 5pm UK time on Wednesday evenings (3rd Wed of the month): 17 September 2025: Gillen D’Arcy Wood, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: The Wake of HMS Challenger. You can join the next…
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The Future Marine Research Infrastructure (FMRI) programme is delighted to share its latest report: ‘A UK Science Requirements Framework for Future Marine Research Infrastructure’. This framework sets out the key scientific questions that will shape the future of UK marine research and has been developed in close collaboration with experts from across the marine science…
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The Challenger Society for Marine Science (CSMS) are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity to support our community of ocean scientists and innovators. CSMS are looking for a new Council member to fill the Special Interest Group (SIG) Portfolio. The role of the SIG Portfolio holder is to: The usual term for Council members is…
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MEDIN Open Meeting: “Unlocking the oceans: managing emerging and established marine data“. Please save the date (4 December 2025) and register for the next MEDIN Open Meeting titled “Unlocking the oceans: managing emerging and established marine data“. This meeting will be hybrid at the Met Office, Fitzroy Rd, Exeter EX1 3PB and online using Microsoft Teams. The MEDIN Open Meeting 2025 is free…
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FMRI has published its latest report, co-developed with experts from across the marine science community: ‘A UK Science Requirements Framework for Future Marine Research Infrastructure’. Read more >> FMRI Publishes Science Requirements Framework | Future Marine Research Infrastructure Lead Author, Professor Alex Rogers from the National Oceanography Centre, will present the report in an online presentation…
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We would like to remind you about the Challenger Society AGM coming up on September 11th at 1.30pm. For those of you at the UK Arctic Conference at Northumbria University, or who happen to be in the area, please do join in person! We will be in room ELA001 in Ellison Building, A-block, room 1 (ground…
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