Stay Current: European Seas

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How well do we know the environmental status of Europe’s seas? And can we compare it across regions?

In this episode, we look at a study by Nikolaou, Borja and Katsanevakis (2025), published in Conservation Letters. The study was developed within GES4SEAS (grant agreement No 101059877), a Horizon Europe project coordinated by AZTI that looks at how multiple human pressures combine to affect marine ecosystems.

The authors combined official assessment data from across Europe into a single, comparable picture. Their main finding is that most regions are still far from Good Environmental Status.

We talk about why, where the main monitoring and knowledge gaps are, and what this means for marine policy in Europe.

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Sources

Nikolaou, A., Borja, A., & Katsanevakis, S. (2025). What do we know about the environmental status of European seas? Conservation Letters, 18, e13118. (https://zenodo.org/records/17277065)

GES4SEAS on CORDIS: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101059877

AZTI news release: https://www.azti.es/en/news/eu-fails-to-achieve-good-environmental-status-in-its-seas/

Stay Current: European Seas - Science Crunchers: https://sciencecrunchers.com/stay-current-podcast/

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Welcome to Stay Current: European Seas, a new podcast by Science Crunchers.

In this short introduction, we explain the context for this initiative, how we select the Horizon Europe research we cover, and what you can expect from each episode: 5–8 minutes on a single development, with the main sources linked in the notes.

Whether you work in Ocean research, environmental policy, monitoring or management, consider this a starting point for what's emerging across Europe's seas.

Stay tuned, stay current.

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Stay Current: European Seas - Science Crunchers: https://sciencecrunchers.com/stay-current-podcast/

Horizon Europe: https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe_en

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