OBIS
We provide open access to global ocean biodiversity data.
#OBISCommunity
- 🎯 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
- Reposted by OBIS🧬Do you work with eDNA—sampling, analysis, publishing, or storage? Help shape the eDNAqua-Plan Technical Blueprint & Roadmap! ⏱️ 10–30 min 📅 Open until 12/02/2026 👉 Survey: tinyurl.com/5n7phwdd #eDNA #FAIRdata #Biodiversity #DataStandards #Science
- 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. 👉 obis.org/2025/12/22/o... #EverySpeciesCounts
- 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. 👉 obis.org/2025/12/22/o...
- #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: obis.org/2025/12/14/o...
- #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! mapper.obis.org
- OBIS joined the @gbif.org 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! obis.org/2025/10/23/o...
- #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: 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.org workshop to help unlock eDNA’s full observing potential! @ednaquaplan.bsky.social @dtobioflow.bsky.social
- #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: manual.obis.org/formatting.h...
- Time to reflect on #LivingData2025! 👀 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: obis.org/2025/11/20/o...
- #OBISDataSuperPowers 💫 Did you know OBIS applies automatic data quality control flags (on-land coordinates, depth beyond bathymetry, event-time issues, non-marine taxa) to filter artifacts before skewing maps and models? 🔗 Check out how the flags work manual.obis.org/dataquality....
- Explore how OBIS can provide the trusted data, tools, and expertise needed to support the digital foundation of the BBNJ Agreement and its four pillars. Read more: obis.org/2025/11/13/o...
- #OBISDataSuperPowers 💫 Did you know you can search multiple taxa at once on OBIS? Multi-taxon filtering lets you compare microbes to macrofauna using the same map, flags, and downloads. 🔗 Learn more about multi-taxon filtering in the OBIS manual: manual.obis.org/access
- We are proud and delighted to announce the signing of a renewed partnership between OBIS and @gbif.org at #LivingData2025 With this, we strengthen our shared commitment to make marine biodiversity data more interoperable, accessible, and actionable! ⤵️ Read more obis.org/2025/10/23/o...
- Following the #LivingData2025 session gathering OBIS, GOOS, MBON & @gbif.org, dive deeper into the collaboration between GOOS & OBIS and explore how they advance together the BioEco EOVs. Read more obis.org/2025/10/22/o...
- This is it! 🥳The first global biodiversity data conference is starting in Bogotá! If you could not attend, you can still make your voice heard 🔊 Learn how & check our sessions obis.org/2025/09/29/o...
- Get your daily dose of marine data at #LivingData2025! Join our Lunch Talks: 🪼 Every day 🐠 12:45-14:00 🐟 Free & open to all 🦈 Hop on, hop off ⚓️ Booth 3a, main floor. 👀 All our sessions obis.org/2025/09/29/o...
- We're happy to contribute @gbif.org ! Well done, to our Eastern South Pacific OBIS Node (ESP-OBIS Chile)!
- 🦀 A crab-ulous new dataset just dropped! A new dataset of >1,800 occurrence records of freshwater and marine decapods compiled by Marcos Retamal from 1969 to 2019 has been made available on GBIF via Eastern South Pacific OBIS node (ESP-OBIS Chile)💙 🔗gbif.link/chile_crus... @obis.org
- 📣 Bring your voice to #LivingData2025! We give you the opportunity to bring out your questions directly to the OBIS sessions co-leads up to 24 hours before each session⏱️ 👉 Check the sessions and submit: obis.org/2025/09/29/o... #OneOceanManyVoices #OBISDataSuperPowers
- The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO is looking for a Digital Communications Consultant to help amplify ocean science for a sustainable future. Apply now 👉🏻 t.co/T4vJ6aplbs
- There is still (a little bit of) time to register for #LivingData2025, the first global conference on biodiversity data taking place in Bogotá, from 21-24 October 2025. 🔎Explore the programme 🧺Pick your topics 👥Join www.livingdata2025.com/registration...
- Reposted by OBIS🌊 Join us for the third episode of the #GOOS #BioEco #EOVs webinar series to discuss Coral cover and composition, and Microbe biomass and diversity! 🗓️ October 10th, 2025 ⏰ 1:00 - 2:00 PM UTC Please register now: aircent.re/4nrJNlA
- #OBISDataSuperPowers Did you know every OBIS dataset page lists license, citation, contacts, and metadata to credit providers correctly and maintain FAIRness traceability, and citability throughout the entire data chain. 🔗 Explore obis.org/datasets
- 📆 3 weeks to go before #LivingData2025! 🎤 Presenters, send in your files before 14 October. ➡️ Check the guidelines www.livingdata2025.com/guidelines.h...
- Deadline extended🐬 Join the remote Marine Biodiversity Data Mobilization Workshop to learn how to bring your marine biodiversity datasets into OBIS! 📅 Workshop dates: 4-6 November 2025, 17:00-21:00 UTC ↪️ Apply by 30.9.25! docs.google.com/forms/d/1SpW...
- 📣 📣 📣 Last call, #LivingData2025 presenters! The deadline to register is today, 24 September 2025 at 23:59 UTC-5 ✅ If you are not registered by this date, your presentation will be removed 😱 ⤵️ Don't wait, register now! ⤵️ www.livingdata2025.com/registration...
- @vliz.be is hiring a Biodiversity Data Scientist – Data Manager in Belgium! Manage & optimise marine biodiversity data, support projects & training, and engage with global initiatives like OBIS! ➡️ Read more & apply www.vliz.be/en/jobs/vliz...
- 🌊 Working at VLIZ = teamwork, discovery & impact. 🤩 We’re hiring 2 data heroes to shape the future of marine biodiversity! More info 👉 www.vliz.be/en/jobs #JobsAtVLIZ #VLIZisHiring #MarineScience #Biodiversity #DataScience #WoRMS
- Did you know that our datasets can include info like temperature, body size or life stage into records via the eMoF (Extended Measurement or Fact) extension? Those extra fields turn species points into richer, analysis-ready datasets. 🔗 Learn more: manual.obis.org/formatting.h...
- New deep-sea discovery! Congrats to the team from @sunygeneseo.bsky.social @umontana.bsky.social , and @uhmanoa.bsky.social for describing 3 new snailfishes! 🤔 By the way, did you know that OBIS holds 53,092 snailfish records, some dating back to 1835? Dive into our data 🤿 obis.org/taxon/234519
- Reposted by OBIS🌊 The Mediterranean Sea is a biodiversity hotspot. The M.A.R.E. initiative shows how citizen science + eDNA can transform marine monitoring. From dolphins to whales, eDNA reveals elusive species like never before. 🔗 tinyurl.com/bdz3mt2k #eDNA #CitizenScience #Biodiversity
