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UHI (Scotland) is recruiting for 4 multidisciplinary Research Associate roles at the ERI to join our expanding team working on environmental interactions and ecosystem effects of offshore renewable energy, including marine sensing and data science.

• Research Associate in Active Acoustic Monitoring
• Research Associate in Passive Acoustic Monitoring
• Research Associate in Marine Sensing
• Research Associate in Algorithm Development and Data Science

A Job Description PDF with more details and a recruitment pack is linked at the bottom of each vacancy page here:

https://www.nwh.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vacancies/

To learn more about the research projects, please see here:

https://uhi.ac.uk/energy

Congratulations to the co-authors of these newly published studies on lake water quality remote sensing!

A Brand-New Algorithm for Mapping Algal Biomass in Lakes       – Journal of Remote Sensing

Seamless observations of chlorophyll-a from OLCI and VIIRS measurements in inland lakes    – Water Research 

Introductory Webinar: Sea Level Change Tools for Planning and Decision Support

June 10 & 17, 2025 11:00-12:30 (Session A) or 14:00-15:30 (Session B) EDT (UTC-4)

Global sea level has been rising at a rate of 3 mm/yr, and this rate is projected to continue to increase sea level over the next century. Scientists use observations from the ground, air, and space, along with theoretical models and scenarios of future emissions, to monitor and study past, present, and future sea-level rise. This information is a fundamental basis for mitigation, adaptation, and risk management planning in all parts of the world and across many elements of society and ecosystems. This two-part introductory webinar series will focus on NASA products and tools available to assess historical sea-level rise, access and understand projections of sea level, and investigate impacts. Participants will be exposed to the causes behind regional and global sea-level changes and explore climate and analysis tools to access, visualize, and perform statistical analysis using NASA data.

Register

📢 A 🆕 call for Research Proposals is Open!!

In partnership with the African Union Commission, the European Space Agency – ESA through the EO AFRICA R&D Facility is pleased to announce the launch of a new call for proposals.     This initiative aims to support collaboration between African & European research teams in developing innovative, reusable, and open-source Earth Observation (EO) algorithms and applications. These solutions will be specifically tailored to address key African challenges in water & foodsecurity and climate resilience, utilizing cutting-edge cloud-based data access and computing infrastructure

📅 Deadline for submission: June 15, 23h59 CET

Find out more here

The GEO AquaWatch Early Career Society is seeking partners to support us with resources and funding for an innovation event (Hackathon).

The innovative bootcamp Hackathon is designed to empower early career scientists in tackling water quality challenges using Earth observation data and innovative technologies. Participants will collaborate, gain hands-on experience, work in start-up style teams, receive mentorship from domain experts, and win prizes. The top-rated solutions will be presented in a GEO AquaWatch-hosted “Demo Day”.

The Early Career Society seek funding partners to support this initiative by providing financial sponsorship, in-kind contributions (e.g., advice on relevant funding calls, organisational support, satellite data, software licenses, location for in-person venue) and mentorship. Your support will play a pivotal role in advancing water quality research and nurture early career scientists from underrepresented regions as next generation of environmental scientists.​ The ECS welcomes any kind of sponsorship to support this Hackathon.

We ask for your expressions of assistance by April 20th (in time for the next ECS planning meeting).  Please fill out this form to detail your level of support for this event and we will reach out with more details.   If you have any questions please reach out to Christopher Wanjohi christophernyaga411@gmail.com or Harriet Wilson harriet.wilson@stir.ac.uk