Deadline for abstract submission – 15 January 2026, 13:00 CET
We are pleased to share EGU26 sessions that may be of interest to the CoastPredict community. You are encouraged to submit abstracts and contribute to these sessions.
Convener: Giovanni Coppini
Co-conveners: Joanna Staneva, Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla, Vijaya Sunanda, Ghada El Serafy
This session, organized by the UN Decade Program CoastPredict, aims to directly contribute to the UN Decade Challenge 6: Enhancing community resilience to ocean hazards. The focus is on addressing critical gaps in scientific knowledge, particularly in key areas such as coastal risk assessment, warning and mitigation strategies. Key topics include: (i) the collection and generation of observational and modeling datasets essential for risk assessment, including downscaled climate projections for coastal regions, all within a robust data-sharing frameworks; (ii) the promotion of interdisciplinary and international research and innovation to comprehensively address these challenges, with a particular emphasis on approaches like Digital Twin technology; (iii) the enhanced People Centred Early Warning Systems for Ocean-related Hazards through Machine learning and Predictive Modelling, and (iv)the development of standards for risk communication at both national and international levels. The session will also explore multi-hazard early warning systems for events such as tsunamis, storm surges, marine heatwaves, and coastal biogeochemical hazards, including pollution and other extreme coastal events such as erratic extratropical cyclones. Contributions on machine learning applications, compound event analysis, and disaster risk reduction strategies are strongly encouraged, as are science-based management practices for enhancing coastal resilience. By leveraging innovative tools like digital twins, this session highlights how predictive modeling can significantly improve risk assessment and response strategies. Its relevance extends to policymakers, scientists, and coastal communities, fostering collaboration to strengthen coastal resilience.
Convener: Julie D. Pietrzak
Co-conveners: Evridiki Chrysagi, Peter Holtermann, Knut Klingbeil, Giorgia Verri
Contributions are invited on recent advances in the understanding of circulation and fluid dynamical processes in coastal and shelf seas. Observational, modelling and theoretical studies are welcome, spanning the wide range of temporal and spatial scales from the shelf break to the shore. In order to capture the dynamic nature of our coastal and shelf seas the session includes processes such as shelf circulation, canyon flows, exchange flows in semi-enclosed seas, eddies, submesoscale dynamics, river plumes and estuaries, as well as on flow interactions with bio-geochemistry, sediment dynamics and nearshore physics. Contributions on the impacts of climate change and man-made structures on our coastal seas and estuaries are also welcome. Contributions from early career scientists are particularly encouraged.
Convener: Nadia Pinardi
Co-conveners: Murat Gunduz, Adil Sözer, Vanessa Cardin, Marilaure Grégoire
This session is dedicated to showcasing multidisciplinary scientific advancements in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, with a particular emphasis on the pioneering contributions of Prof. Dr. Emin Özsoy of Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey). Prof. Özsoy has played a seminal role in advancing the internationalization of observational and modeling frameworks for the Mediterranean, Marmara, and Black Seas, fundamentally reshaping our understanding of large-scale ocean circulation and strait dynamics.
The concept of the “Southern European Seas”—a term originally introduced by Prof. Özsoy—has since evolved into a focal region for integrated, interdisciplinary research spanning a broad spectrum of spatial and temporal scales. Investigations now range from high-frequency extreme meteo-oceanographic events to long-term climate projections, encompassing the continuum from open ocean to land-coast-river interfaces. Central to these efforts is the development and sustained operation of basin-scale observing systems, the incorporation of citizen science initiatives, state-of-the-art analysis and reanalysis systems, and the application of advanced data-driven and AI-based models for phenomena such as wave dynamics and sea-level variability.
We invite contributions that address these innovative research directions within the Mediterranean, Marmara, and Black Seas. Submissions may include novel methodologies in physical and biogeochemical monitoring, advancements in ocean interdisciplinary modeling, understanding of the short and long-term variability and processes occurring in the Seas, developments in operational oceanography, and the creation of downstream applications and products.
Convener: Marco Marcelli
Co-conveners: Viviana Piermattei, Raquel Peñas-Torramilans,, Shujin Guo, Daniele Piazzolla
Growing pressures from human activities (e.g., pollution, habitat alteration, and climate change) threaten marine ecosystems, highlighting the need for conservation and sustainable use in line with UN 2030 Agenda Goal 14. In response, the UN launched the “Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development” to promote regional priorities within a global framework. Given the ocean’s dynamic, sensitive, and fragile nature, innovative observing and monitoring methods are essential to enhance spatio-temporal data coverage and quality, enabling integrated analysis of abiotic and biotic factors and the study of marine processes to better manage the effects of anthropogenic pressures.
To assess ocean environmental quality, large datasets from global observing systems and networks (e.g., GOOS, EMODnet) are needed. These need to be complemented by the development of cost-effective technologies and integrated monitoring systems, which can enhance long-term data collection, expand geographical coverage, support the study of physical and biological marine processes, and enable continuous ecosystem monitoring. In this context, Citizen Science initiatives also represent an effective means to broaden observations, raise awareness, and connect society with marine research.
This session focuses on marine ecosystems and processes, observational and monitoring technologies, and the assessment of anthropogenic impacts. Special attention will be given to the design and application of innovative, cost-effective, low-cost and do-it-yourself technologies as well as integrated monitoring approaches. Multidisciplinary contributions are encouraged, combining models, in-situ and remote monitoring, and citizen science to develop methods, technologies, and best practices for biodiversity monitoring, ecosystem restoration, and the sustainable use of marine resources. Topics include the effects of natural and anthropogenic pollution on biota; impacts of global change on marine ecosystems; new approaches for marine environmental monitoring, marine resources and process studies; cost-effective technologies development; marine citizen science applications; advanced methods for data collection and processing; benthic and pelagic community dynamics; and the economic evaluation of natural capital.
The following session organized by FOCCUS, one of CoastPredict’s affiliated projects may also be of interest for the CoastPredict Community:
Co-organized by BG4
Convener: Kelli Johnson
Co-conveners: Emma Reyes Reyes, Quentin Jamet, Pavel Terskii, Lotta Beyaard
Building and improving existing coastal monitoring capabilities and developing innovative coastal products is vital to coastal protection in the face of climate change. Through new coastal observations (satellite and land-based remote sensing data in addition to in situ observational data), advanced hydrology models, coastal models, and unified coastal management systems, coastal protection and forecasting are improved. With the advances in technological progress, it is possible to also implement new approaches with numerical models and Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, enabling pan-European scale methods. This session focuses on advanced, seamless ocean monitoring and forecasting, from global/regional systems to coastal systems, through demonstrations of new products and improved co-produced services. These services aim to provide the marine knowledge needed for coastal applications addressing environmental and social challenges and those enhanced by climate change, such as: pollution hazard/risk mapping, coastal erosion, resource management, harmful algal blooms, and combating ecosystem degradation, supporting Marine Protected Areas, and addressing natural hazards and extreme events.
For detailed information about abstract submission, please visit the EGU26 website.