Project description
Deepening research of oceans for marine data management
The EU-funded Blue-Cloud 2026 project aims at further evolving the pilot Blue-Cloud project into a federated European ecosystem to deliver FAIR and open data as well as analytical services for research of oceans, EU seas, and coastal and inland waters. It will develop a thematic marine extension to the EOSC in support of the Green Deal, Destination Earth, the EU Mission "Restore our Oceans and Water by 2030" and UN SDGs, ultimately providing a core data service for the Digital Twin Ocean. Over 42 months, Blue-Cloud 2026 will develop additional analytical services, new Virtual Labs and new data sets from a multitude of data originators (SeaDataNet, EurOBIS, Euro-Argo, ELIXIR-ENA, SOCAT, EcoTaxa and ICOS-Ocean) and major e-infrastructures (EUDAT, D4Science, WEkEO).
Objective
Blue-Cloud 2026 builds upon the pilot Blue-Cloud project which established a pilot cyber platform, providing researchers access to multi-disciplinary datasets from observations, analytical services, and computing facilities essential for blue science. Core services delivered are the federated Data Discovery & Access Service (DD&AS), the Virtual Research Environment (VRE) and Virtual Labs. Blue-Cloud 2026 aims at a further evolution of its pilot ecosystem into a Federated European Ecosystem to deliver FAIR & Open data, analytical services, instrumental for deepening research of oceans, EU seas, coastal & inland waters. It develops a thematic marine extension to EOSC for open web-based science, & serves needs of the EU Blue Economy, Marine Environment and Marine Knowledge agendas. Blue-Cloud 2026 in 42 months covers activities at a growing number of federated environmental RIs to improve & optimise services for uptake of new data sets from a multitude of data originators and for discovery and access to their structured data collections. The advanced ecosystem will provide a core data service for the Digital Twin of the Ocean, mobilising and making available major additional data resources as validated and harmonised in-situ data by means of Data Lakes. The modular architecture of the VRE is scalable & sustainable, fit for connecting additional e-infrastructures, integrating more blue analytical services, configuring more Virtual Labs, and targeting broader (groups of) users.
Blue-Cloud 2026 main KERs: A) FAIR compliant DD&AS; B) Open Science VRE federating multiple e-Infrastructures; C) 3 EOV WorkBenches; D) 5 Virtual Labs; E) Blue Strategic Roadmap; F) DTO Task Force.
Blue-Cloud 2026 is co-ordinated by the same organisations Trust-IT & MARIS, counting on the same core team of partners CNR, Ifremer, MOI, Seascape Belgium, VLIZ; overall it mobilises a solid, multidisciplinary, & committed team of 40 partners from 13 EU countries.
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56124 Pisa
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56124 Pisa
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2632 BD Nootdorp
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56121 Pisa
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29280 Plouzane
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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31400 Toulouse
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8400 OOSTENDE
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73100 Lecce
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69117 Heidelberg
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3731 GA De Bilt
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40033 Casalecchio Di Reno Bo
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11523 Athina
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75006 Paris
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1012WX Amsterdam
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70013 Irakleio
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13572 Marseille
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34010 Sgonico-Trieste
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19013 Attikia Anavissos
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16154 Genova
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00143 Roma
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27570 Bremerhaven
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4000 Liege
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1098 XG Amsterdam
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00143 Roma
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07121 Palma
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1050 Bruxelles / Brussel
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601 76 NORRKOEPING
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75005 Paris
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1249-093 Lisboa
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9170 Longyearbyen
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5007 Bergen
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81 712 Sopot
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1366 Lysaker
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75016 Paris
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29200 Brest
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29280 Plouzane
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8092 Zuerich
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SO14 3ZH Southampton
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