#CSMACH1 (MArine Citizen science data Horizon) kicks off to create a robust marine citizen science data network and accelerate FAIR data flows across Europe! 💪🏼 We’re very happy to join this consortium, led by CMCC Foundation - Centro Euro Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, contributing our #CitizenScience and Mediterranean expertise to expand #biodiversity monitoring and community-driven science ✨ SMHI ETT S.p.A. MARIS B.V. UNESCO OutBe Ifremer, Seascape Belgium Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC National Oceanography Centre American University of Armenia ECSA - European Citizen Science Association VLIZ - Flanders Marine Institute University of Malta IEEE FRANCE SECTION Ocean Best Practices System CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency
EMBIMOS Research Group (ICM-CSIC)
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BARCELONA, Barcelona 389 seguidores
CitSci - Environmental and Sustainability Participatory Information Systems
Sobre nosotros
EMBIMOS (EnvironMental and sustainaBility participatory InforMatiOn Systems) is an interdisciplinary research group from Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) that focuses on understanding, creating and implementing participatory information systems for decision-making favouring environmental sustainability.
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- Servicios de investigación
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- De 2 a 10 empleados
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- BARCELONA, Barcelona
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- Empresa pública
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Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC)
Passeig Maritim Barceloneta, 37-49
BARCELONA, Barcelona 08003, ES
Empleados en EMBIMOS Research Group (ICM-CSIC)
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Sonia Liñán Moyano
Citizen Science & Communication. Biologist. PhD Student. Specialized in citizen engagement and social marketing.
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Elisabet Bonfill i Molina
Oceanógrafa, instructora de buceo y divulgadora científica.
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Jaume Piera
Environmental Monitoring Technologies (Ocean Observatories, Citizen Observatories & Citizen Science). Urban Ecology
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Karen Soacha Godoy
Ciencia ciudadana | Gestión y gobernanza del conocimiento | Sistemas participativos de información ambiental
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The #MINKA Citizen Observatory is developed by our team with support from ARSINOE_EU project. The platform is already powering multiple case studies, from community-led nature-based observations in Athens to #biodiversity data collection with schools in Ohrid. Check the factsheet! 🤩👇🏽 #Resilience #NatureBasedSolutions #CitizenScience #ParticipatoryScience #SDGs
🌱 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞? 🌱 Meet MINKA – the #ARSINOE_eu project’s digital observatory for participatory environmental monitoring. From biodiversity to air and water quality, MINKA empowers people to collect and validate #data, turning everyday observations into valuable knowledge for science and policy. Already tested in communities across Europe, #MINKA is more than an app—it’s a modular, collaborative platform shaping how we understand and act on climate challenges. What’s more, the MINKA Citizen Science Observatory is now actively supporting other EU initiatives, including the ENFORCE_EU and ENHANCE projects, where it continues to prove its value. 🔍 Curious how MINKA blends AI, open data, and local action? 📄 Check out our factsheet below! CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency | University of Thessaly | REGILIENCE | Climate Impetus | TransformAr | Climate KIC | Watershare | Future Earth |Athens University of Economics and Business | KWR Water Research Institute | DTU - Technical University of Denmark | University of Exeter | Université de Tours | Athena Research Center | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | CSIC | ICCS - NTUA | Cyprus University of Technology | Fundación Valenciaport | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) | Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University | National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences | Institute for Research in Environment, Civil Engineering and Energy (IECE) | CRS4 - Centro di Ricerca, Sviluppo e Studi Superiori in Sardegna | Università degli Studi di Cagliari | Universidad de La Laguna | G.A.C. Group (GAC) France | City of Athens, Greece | LNH water | Blue Gold® | Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency Greece (NECCA - ΟΦΥΠΕΚΑ) | elittoral | VKU - German Association of Local Public Utilities | Westcountry Rivers Trust | ELIAMEP (Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy) | Cleantech Bulgaria | Sustainable Development Solutions Network #ARSINOE #CitizenScience #MINKA #ClimateResilience #OpenData #SDGs #EUProjects #Horizon2020
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🔬🙏 Thank you GBIF: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility for the support, and a huge shout‑out to our amazing citizen scientists 😍 #CitizenScience #MINKA #GBIFSpain #MarineBiodiversity
Advancing marine biodiversity monitoring through #CitizenScience! 🪼 The Medusa a la Vista project—part of the #MINKA Citizen Science Observatory, led by EMBIMOS Research Group (ICM-CSIC), Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC—engages the public in documenting jellyfish and other pelagic organisms along the Catalan coast. Leveraging MINKA's online platform, participants upload geolocated images and observations, contributing to a growing marine biodiversity dataset. 🌊 🔬 Each submission undergoes collaborative validation, including expert-reviewed taxonomic ID before being mobilized to global data repositories such as GBIF. A recent dataset of almost four thousand medusa records from this project has been made accessible on GBIF with the support of #GBIFSpain! Check it out here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g-c9Upha
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At Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, we are leading one of the case studies in the European project ENHANCE, which applies a #OneHealth approach to coastal management. Using #CitizenScience, Copernicus Marine data, and #AI tools, we focus on Barcelona’s urban beach to explore the links between environmental quality, marine biodiversity, and public health. Our goal: to co-design decision-support tools for more sustainable and resilient coastal areas. 💪🏼
🟢 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦? 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫. 🔬🟢 As part of the #ENHANCE_eu project, researchers from EMBIMOS Research Group (ICM-CSIC), joined forces with local citizen science partners from Club Patí Vela de Barcelona for a coordinated sampling activity off the coast of #Barceloneta — precisely timed with a Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite overpass. 🌊🔬 Using a mix of traditional and DIY tools — from Secchi disks to KduPRO optical sensors — the team collected 𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘭-𝘢, an indicator of algae concentration, and 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 (Kd), which shows how much sunlight penetrates the water. 🧪 These parameters are essential to monitor water quality, since reduced transparency often signals #pollution, algal blooms, or suspended sediments — all of which impact marine life and ecosystem health. 🎯 These ground-level measurements help us detect early signs of #algalblooms, pollution, or drops in water clarity, supporting public health, marine life, and coastal management. 🚤 A big 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐏𝐚𝐭í 𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 for their support in making this fieldwork possible — a great example of how local communities and small businesses can actively contribute to science and #sustainability. 👉 Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/dvgx23Fh #ENHANCE_eu EUSPA - EU Agency for the Space Programme SingularLogic Stamatia Rizou CSIC University of Thessaly AMARANTHUS ENRICH GLOBAL G.A.C. Group (GAC) France Svetlana Klessova Nazka Mapps EMBIMOS Research Group (ICM-CSIC) Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC Stamatia Rizou Sotiris Aspragkathos Chrysi Laspidou Inna Petrenko Giannis Adamos Svetlana Klessova Tijs Maes #OneHealth #CoastalRestoration #Sustainability #EUProjects #HorizonEurope #Copernicus #ClimateResilience #GreenDeal #DigitalEarth #Copernicus #Sentinel2 #CitizenScience #OceanMonitoring #Barcelona #RemoteSensing #WaterQuality #CoastalManagement #DIYscience
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🚨About our last paper ! Please let us know your thoughts! 👇🏽👇🏽 #participatoryscience #citizenscience #researchinfrastructure #RIs
📢 "The Backbone of Participatory Science: Reframing Citizen Observatories as Research Infrastructures" ✨ ✅ A new study by EMBIMOS Research Group (ICM-CSIC) puts forward a set of functions, characteristics and typologies to help us understand Citizen Observatories as Research Infrastructures. 🧩Read full text: https://lnkd.in/e6A4RQuy
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Va ser un plaer haver participat en les activitats de la quinzena de la #biodiversitat organitzada per l'Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB)! Per part del grup, vam explicar el funcionament de MINKA en el projecte BioPlatgesMet mentre observàvem una gran diversitat de fauna i flora 🍃 🪲 BioPlatgesMet forma part del projecte europeu GUARDEN, on tenim el rol de desenvolupar eines digitals perquè les accions de gestió del medi ambient es basin en evidències o avisos aportades per la ciutadania.
Ahir vam ser a les dunes del Prat de Llobregat juntament amb l’Observatori Metropolità de Papallones (mBMS) per donar a conèixer al personal tècnic de l'Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB) les dues iniciatives de #CiènciaCiutadana. 💡 Vam mostrar com utilitzar l’app #MINKA i com publicar-hi observacions pot ajudar a detectar espècies invasores i a saber quina biodiversitat hi ha a les #platges metropolitanes. Un pas més per teixir aliances entre administració, recerca i ciutadania per protegir els nostres espais naturals! Podeu llegir la notícia aquí: https://lnkd.in/dGVetcic
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Great to see the results of the 2nd Open Call from the DTO BioFlow project! Looking forward to what comes next! 🌊 #DigitalTwinOcean #MarineScience Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC
🌊 DTO-BioFlow Second Open Call: Winners Announced & Workshop Kicks Off in Paris! 🐚 We are excited to reveal the 10 selected #winners of the DTO-BioFlow #SecondOpenCall! 👉 Meet them all and learn more: https://lnkd.in/dSH87ddQ Chosen from 61 high-quality applications, these outstanding projects have been awarded FSTP grants of up to €60,000 each to advance marine biodiversity data integration into the EU Digital Twin Ocean (EU DTO). 📍 Starting today (3–5 June), the winners are gathering in #Paris for an exclusive training workshop! This hands-on event is designed to: 🔹 Enhance technical skills in data transformation, quality control, and metadata management 🔹 Foster collaboration, peer learning, and strategic dialogue 🔹 Strengthen connections within the expanding EU marine biodiversity data community 🚀 Not selected this time? DTO-BioFlow is an ongoing journey. Your contributions are valued and remain vital to our shared mission. Stay connected for future updates and opportunities! 🔗 Follow us and subscribe to our newsletter to stay informed: https://lnkd.in/dKbWpyDg #DTOBioFlow #EUFunded #EUDTO #MarineBiodiversity #DigitalTwinOcean #OpenScience #BlueData #EMODnet #ParisWorkshop #Winners #BlueEconomy #ScienceForOceans Aarhus University Fondazione COISPA ETS CIIMAR EMBL EMBRC - European Marine Biological Resource Centre INBO (Research Institute for Nature and Forest - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek) Hellenic Centre for Marine Research Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center LifeWatch ERIC #MARISMarineInformationService #MarSenes The Marine Biological Association Naturalis Biodiversity Center Seascape Belgium SINTEF Ocean CNRS Sorbonne Université Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale TNO University of Gothenburg UNESCO UNESCO Ocean VLIZ - Flanders Marine Institute University of St Andrews CSIC DTU - Technical University of Denmark Mercator Ocean International GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel Trust-IT Services COMMpla srl
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Proud to be part of the UN Ocean Decade actions 🩵 Check out the video and learn more about MINKA, our #CitizenScience observatory!
🤳 On this International Day for #BiologicalDiversity document flora and fauna in your community. Co-led by Vanessa-Sarah Salvo at EMBIMOS Research Group (ICM-CSIC) Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC and supported by Mission Ocean and ProBleu, MINKA allows anyone to become a #CitizenScientist by taking photos of marine and terrestrial life and contributing to projects and species lists across the globe. 👀 Lean more about MINKA and how you can get involved in our #GenOcean blog: https://lnkd.in/euVssfWn #BiodiversityDay #BiologicalDiversity #OceanDecade
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🚨 New Paper Published!🚨 “The Backbone of Participatory Sciences: Reframing Citizen Observatories as Research Infrastructures,” authored by Karen Soacha Godoy (EMBIMOS Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC CSIC), Alexandre Lopez-Borrull, Fermín Serrano Sanz from the RIECS-Concept and Jaume Piera, argues that citizen observatories are already research infrastructures, and should be resourced and recognised as such. 🌱 📄 Read the paper: https://lnkd.in/dCBkJnJY More details in our article👇🏼 #CitizenScience #ParticipatoryScience #ResearchInfrastructure #FAIRdata
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🌊 April was #CitizenScienceMonth, and we celebrated it in full force! Our research group from the Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC is a reference in marine #CitizenScience, with over 10 years of experience and more than a dozen completed #EUprojects. Day by day, we continue working for an open, inclusive, and impactful science, connected across Europe and beyond! How are we achieving this?🤔 🔹 By ANERIS Project – Improving marine biodiversity participatory monitoring technologies and shaping European standards. 🔹 By RIECS-Concept – Shaping the first pan-European research infrastructure for citizen science. 🔹 By GUARDEN – Empowering conservation through citizen-generated biodiversity and habitat data. 🔹 By #ECS (EU-Citizen.Science) – Strengthening the European citizen science community and supporting policymakers with knowledge, tools, and best practices. 🔹 By ProBleu – Promoting water literacy into school communities, through opening schooling and citizen science initiatives. 🔹 By PHAROS – Co-creating living labs based in citizen science in Arctic and Atlantic island communities to support ocean restoration. And what actions did we take this April? 👩🏫 We hosted hands-on workshops and training sessions with schools and teachers, helping embed citizen science into daily learning and exploration. 📷 We coorganise the #CityNatureChallenge Barcelona Edition, the #BioDiverCiutat, inviting citizens to document urban biodiversity, with Federació Catalana d'Activitats Subaquàtiques, Anèl·lides, serveis ambientals marins, SCEA - Societat Catalana d'Educació Ambiental, Aula Ambiental Bosc Turull, Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB), Institut de Sostenibilitat i Medi Ambient de Barcelona (ISMAB), among others! 🌊 We promote our flagship event, the BioMARathon, a major marine citizen science event that kicks off each year after Citizen Science Month. It invites citizens to explore and document coastal biodiversity through snorkelling, diving, and coastal walks. The BioMARathon has editions running in Catalonia, Portugal, and Italy, and plans are underway to expand to new regions💪🏼 All these efforts are linked through #MINKA, the citizen science observatory for biodiversity monitoring, which continues to grow thanks to an engaged community.💙 Since its launch, #MINKAsdg has gathered more than 400,000 biodiversity observations from thousands of contributors and has become a hub for more than 300 citizen science projects. It now holds one of the largest citizen-generated biodiversity datasets in the Mediterranean, serving both scientific research and environmental decision-making.💡 We believe that citizen science is not just about data—it’s about people. ✨ Thanks to all who participated, observed, shared, and cared. See you on the beach or in the water! 💦 #OneMillionActsofScience Mission Ocean, GenOcean, UNESCO Ocean CSIC ECSA - European Citizen Science Association SciStarter
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