EMSO ERIC, THE PAN-EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURE OF SEAFLOOR AND WATER-COLUMN OBSERVATORIES AROUND THE EUROPEAN SEAS, EXTENDS ITS COVERAGE TO THE ARCTIC

International audience; EMSO is a distributed Research Infrastructure currently comprising nine Regional Facilities (RFs) and three shallow water test sites, strategically located all the way from the southern entrance of the Arctic Ocean across to the North Atlantic through the Mediterranean to the Black Sea. Since the beginning of 2021 Norway has been integrated as a new EMSO ERIC member, extending the geographical coverage to the Nordic Sea and the Arctic. EMSO’s extension will benefi t from an experienced team managing moored observatories, ocean gliders and the Mohn Ridge Seafl oor and Water Column Observatory.