OOS2025-1365, updated on 26 Mar 2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/oos2025-1365
One Ocean Science Congress 2025
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The Joint Research Unit EMSO Italia: fostering the national capacity of impact at a global level
Laura Beranzoli1 and the Laura Beranzoli*
Laura Beranzoli and the Laura Beranzoli
  • 1INGV/EMSO, Environment Dept., Rome, Italy (laura.beranzoli@ingv.it)
  • *A full list of author appears at the end of the abstract

Our Ocean is under the pressure of hazardous factors that have role in the climate change and are man-induced such as overfishing, pollution, and conflicting uses. The Ocean urgently needs decisive, swift, and unified efforts to assess and address its critical condition. This is a major challenge for the national communities forming the global community. It of paramount importance the convergence of the national communities into a coherent and shared vision and joint actions for overcoming also local impediments and obstacles for an efficient and prompt reply from the local to the global dimension.

The Joint Research Unit (JRU)  EMSO Italia gathers Italian research and university institutions committed to marine science and technology developments and education. The mission of the JRU is to complement and integrate the members' resources, specifically competencies, facilities, and activities, and contribute to the operation of the European Research Infrastructure EMSO- European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory. The medium-term objectives of the JRU are: i) streamline the operation of marine observation facilities and the supporting facilities; ii) work to overcome formal barriers between JRU Members to pursue resource sharing;iii) Promote access of the Italian researchers to the national network of facilities and train a new generation of researchers; iv) Strengthen the cohesion of the national EMSO reference research community vis-à-vis the funding agencies and bodies.

We present the JRU actions for implementing deep sea knowledge through the multidisciplinary seabed and water column facilities as part of the European and global observation system.

The JRU experience and achievements can be of inspiration to other national marine research communities and stimulate mutual exchange for an increasing impact at a global level.

Laura Beranzoli:

Giusy Buscaino, Stefano Miserocchi CNR, Italy Giorgio Budillon, Pierpaolo Falco, CoNISMa, Italy Tiziana Ciuffardi, Alcide Giorgio di Sarra, ENEA, Italy Maurizio Demarte, Roberta Ivaldi Istituto Idrografico della Marina, Italy Giorgio Riccobene, Pasquale Migliozzi, INFN, Italy Nadia Lo Bue, Davide Embriaco, INGV, Italy Francesco Rende, ISPRA, Italy Vanessa Cardin, Giuseppe Civitarese OGS, Italy Simonepietro Canese Teresa Romeo, SZN, Italy

How to cite: Beranzoli, L. and the Laura Beranzoli: The Joint Research Unit EMSO Italia: fostering the national capacity of impact at a global level, One Ocean Science Congress 2025, Nice, France, 3–6 Jun 2025, OOS2025-1365, https://doi.org/10.5194/oos2025-1365, 2025.

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