🎯 Marine sites wanted!
Join eDNA Expeditions, an OBIS-led project mobilizing environmental DNA to support local marine biodiversity monitoring and increase global ocean knowledge.
☑️ Kits, training & support provided
✅ Don't miss the opportunity!
➡️ ednaexpeditions.org
Happy New Year from the OBIS Community 💙 We enter 2026 with a renewed strategic direction.
We co-designed four Strategic Objectives to strengthen OBIS preparedness and its support to science, policy & conservation action for a rapidly changing ocean.
As 2025 comes to an end, we celebrate the OBIS Community 🎉
The first #OBISNodesAwards honoured six Community Heroes and the OBIS Black Sea Node, recognising the dedication, collaboration, and shared commitment that drive OBIS forward, every day.
#OBISNodeSpotlight 🧊 Dive under the ice and discover how Antarctic OBIS has been connecting marine biodiversity data from the region to global science for two decades.
➡️ Read more: https://obis.org/2025/12/14/obis-antarctica/
#OBISDataSuperPowers 💫 Did you know that the OBIS Mapper lets you filter records by a time window of your choice, letting you build historical baselines?
You can generate a dataset to explore long-term trends and change over time.
✅ Try it! https://mapper.obis.org
OBIS joined the @gbif Technical Support Hour for a session on interoperability, data quality, & why publishing marine biodiversity data to OBIS and GBIF matters for science & policy.
👉 The main takeaway: GBIF-ready datasets are a click away from being added to OBIS!
#OBISDataSuperPowers 💫 Did you know that OBIS lets you filter your data & view it in the OBIS Mapper, an interactive tool that displays your selection on a zoomable map?
You can then download the records as a CSV, ready to use 🦀 > 📌 > 💾 !
🔗 Learn how: https://manual.obis.org/access
As a fast-developing technology for biodiversity observation, eDNA requires strong community alignment and coordinated approaches.
The OBIS Secretariat joined a recent 3-day @gbif workshop to help unlock eDNA’s full observing potential!
#OBISDataSuperPowers 💫 Did you know OBIS documents the full dataset structure (Occurrence Core + optional extensions like eMoF, Sampling Effort, Tracking, and DNA) to add context to records?
🔗 More about the OBIS dataset structure: https://manual.obis.org/formatting.html
Time to reflect on Living Data 2025! 👀 With 1,000+ participants and 4 days of discussions, debates, and inspiration, the conference was a milestone for the biodiversity data community.
We brought back 5 key takeaways on the future of biodiversity data: https://obis.org/2025/11/20/obis-takeaways-on-living-data-2025/
