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Imagine trying to model a coastal ecosystem from scratch. You have a few hundred species, dozens of nutrients and pollutants, a handful of fishing fleets, several tourism pressures, and a climate signal running through all of it...

Europe’s offshore wind ambitions are enormous. The European Commission’s target of at least 60 GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2030, rising to 300 GW by 2050, would require industrialising large areas of the continental shelf...

As part of EcoTwin's ongoing dialogue with regional stakeholders on digital environmental monitoring and climate resilience, EcoTwin participated as a keynote speaker at the thematic event "Environment and Economy."

Here is a pattern that will be familiar to anyone who has worked with marine data. Sea surface temperatures rise in a coastal region. A few weeks later, a phytoplankton bloom appears.

Prof. Georgios Sylaios and his team represented the EcoTwin project at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2026 in Vienna, presenting new research that brings advanced marine forecasting and environmental risk modelling.

Large language models and generative AI have arrived in marine science, as they have everywhere else. The tools are impressive. The claims made on their behalf are sometimes more impressive still.

Marine ecological models have improved enormously over the past two decades. We can now simulate ocean currents, track nutrient cycling, and predict species distribution shifts under climate scenarios with impressive precision.

The term "digital twin" has become difficult to avoid. It appears in corporate strategy decks, government policy documents, and research funding calls with increasing regularity.

The ocean covers roughly 71% of the Earth's surface and generates about half of the planet's oxygen. It regulates our climate, feeds billions of people, and supports a web of biodiversity we are still only beginning to catalogue.

Marine socio-ecological systems are profoundly interconnected. Species interact through food webs, habitats influence community structure, and human activities shape ecological outcomes in ways that ripple across space and time.

Marine environments and their ecosystem dynamics are full of uncertainty. Fish stocks fluctuate from year to year, plankton blooms appear and disappear, and coastal economies respond to shifting ecological and regulatory conditions.

Marine environments are shaped by a constant flow of complex interactions. Fish respond to nutrient levels, plankton blooms rise and fall with temperature, and coastal communities change fishing practices as policies evolve.