In September 2025, POMP contributed to and co-organised a digital workshop on “Data Product Development for Modeling Benthic Carbon Processes in the Arctic.” The two-afternoon event was hosted by the Institute of Oceanology at the Polish Academy of Sciences, namely Drs. Marta Szczepanek, Monika Kędra, Artur Palacz and Dominik Krzyminski, and brought together researchers from the Horizon Europe projects BioEcoOcean, POMP, NECCTON and SEA-Quester.
Around 30 international participants—ranging from data providers to ecosystem modellers—joined plenary sessions, group discussions and interactive Miro board exercises to evaluate whether available benthic data products meet the needs of carbon modeling efforts. The focus was on data relevant to benthic carbon stocks and processes in Arctic marine ecosystems.
POMP’s contribution included co-organisation by Dr. Jenny Dannheim (AWI) and Dr. Bodil Bluhm (UiT), alongside active participation from Dr. Paul Renaud and Dr. Amanda Ziegler (Akvaplan-niva), and PhD student Hanna Modin (UiT). Their involvement underlines POMP’s ongoing commitment to collaborative approaches that advance understanding of carbon cycling and storage on the seafloor—crucial to assessing polar blue carbon potential.
A workshop article summarising discussions and outcomes is in preparation.
Photo credits by Dominik Krzymiński
