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ILIAD experts from Haifa University forecast jellyfish free summer

11th July 2023

A team of researchers from the University of Haifa, which is partner in the EU-funded ILIAD Project, forecast that it is a high likelihood that this summer Israel’s shores will be almost free of jellyfish.

“If you look at the past years with similar patterns, mostly 2016 and 2018, this is definitely the reasonable estimate as of this moment,” the experts noted. So far, deep into the bathing season it seems that their forecast is accurate.

Iliad Digital Twins of the Ocean and Citizen Science featured at C*Sci 2023 Phoenix conference

14th June 2023

Iliad partner Earthwatch Europe’s strategic innovation manager Luigi Ceccaroni presented a dynamic poster at a poster session and led a discussion session, both focusing on the EU-funded Iliad Digital Twins of the Ocean project and citizen science, at C*Sci 2023, the 2023 Citizen Science Association conference.

Iliad experts to give keynote speech and plenary talks at Paris World Ocean Data Conference

28th February 2023

On March 21st, Iliad scientists Bente Lilja Bye, Christopher Genillard, Arne-Jørgen Berre, and Lena Neidhardt will give a plenary talk titled 'Aquaculture Risk Metrics – A digital twin of the ocean with risk data and information for multiple stakeholders', as part of an afternoon session on interdisciplinarity and societal needs.

Iliad webinar series on 8th - 10th March to focus on Citizen Science for Digital Twins of the Ocean

28th February 2023

The first webinar, on March 8th, will include an introduction to citizen science in the context of digital twins of the ocean, using a range of real-world examples illustrating citizen science and related concepts.

Iliad invited to sit on a panel to discuss the European Digital Twins of the Ocean at the 1st Annual Forum for the EU Mission Ocean

23rd February 2023

Iliad was invited to sit on a panel to discuss the European Digital Twins of the Ocean (DTOs) at the 1st Annual Forum for the EU Mission Ocean - Restore our oceans and waters by 2030.

Iliad researchers: Cold spells boost climate change denial tweets; some warming seen as good

10th January 2023

A team of researchers associated with the EU-funded Iliad project recently published findings based on an algorithm analysing more than 15 million English-language Twitter posts spanning 13 years (2006-2019), showing that cold spells – dips in temperature relative to historical averages – led to proportionally more tweets indicating disbelief in the existence of climate change.

Study on Tidal Array Spatial Optimisation Presented by Iliad at IAHR Congress

27th July 2022

H20, one of the most recognised chemical symbols, can either help or hurt. In the context of the ocean, tidal energy has the ability to be converted into power and provide electricity. Who knew?

Iliad researchers develop an operational model chain to assess the hazards of accidental oil spills at sea

18th May 2022

A recent study conducted by the EU-funded Iliad project applied a sophisticated operational oil spill model to test the oil dispersive properties and to reveal the relative magnitude of weathering processes, after an accidental oil spill release along the main tanker transportation route in the North Aegean Sea. Currently, the simulation refers to a theoretical scenario, which however has high probabilities to become true.