News
Canada joins JPI Oceans as an observer country
- 29 October 2026
Building on existing cooperation, the new status creates a structured framework for Canada and JPI Oceans to deepen their partnership.
Five (and a half) new topics for JPI Oceans
- 22 October 2026
Every autumn, JPI Oceans' Management Board typically reviews the pipeline of emerging topics, deciding which ideas merit further exploration and which are ready to become fully fledged Joint Actions.
Fite fuaite at the Atlantic Summit 2026
- 21 October 2026
JPI Oceans was in Galway to present our work on blue carbon and contribute to discussions on Atlantic and intergenerational cooperation and the wider European ocean policy, research and innovation agenda.
A voyage into the slow-motion world of the deep sea
- 20 October 2026
Last weekend, the research vessel SONNE set sail from San Diego into the Pacific Ocean for the latest MiningImpact3 expedition. Its destination: the Clarion-Clipperton Zone north of the equator, the area that harbours the largest known deposits of polymetallic nodules on the seafloor.
Current Joint Actions
Ecological Aspects of Deep-Sea Mining
The Joint Action Ecological Aspects of Deep-Sea Mining assesses the long-term impacts of polymetallic nodule mining on the deep-sea environment.
- Ongoing
Sea Level Rise
The Knowledge Hub on Sea Level Rise is a joint effort between JPI Climate and JPI Oceans operating as a networking platform facilitating the interaction between research and policy on sea level rise.
- Ongoing
Current Strategic Engagements
All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance
The All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance is the result of science diplomacy efforts involving countries from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, aiming at enhancing marine research and innovation cooperation across the Atlantic anywhere between the Arctic and Antarctica.
- Ongoing
European Ocean Observing System
The European Ocean Observing System (EOOS) framework promotes ocean observing in Europe by means of collaboration, coordination and integration among the relevant key people, institutions and facilities. JPI Oceans chairs the EOOS framework’s Resource Forum and has initiated a process to create National Charts on Ocean Observing and Monitoring in Europe.
- Ongoing