The Ocean Race Round the World 2027 may be a few months away but today in Lorient at our partner IMOCA’s headquarters, the TRICUSO team is meeting with sailors and technical teams to get up close and personal with the OceanPack.
We are pleased to announce that the DMG MORI sailing team and its stunning new IMOCA class will be joining our quest to collect much-needed data in the Southern Ocean by hosting TRICUSO’s innovated SubCtech OceanPack™ RACE during the Ocean Race – Round the World 2027.
TRICUSO work was presented at the ICOS Science Conference 2026 in Lund, Sweden, in poster and oral sessions throughout the week.
To improve the accuracy of the ocean carbon sink estimates, racing yachts and fishing vessels are being equipped with underway sensors able to measure CO₂. Milestone 9 describes the diagnosis of an optimal sailing yacht equipment fitting strategy and the studies it is based on.
The 2026 release of the Surface Ocean CO₂ Atlas (SOCAT) marks a landmark moment for ocean carbon science and for the TRICUSO project. With 44 million quality-controlled measurements now publicly available, SOCAT v2026 offers an unprecedented window into the health of the ocean carbon sink.
This has been a productive stretch for the project, and June looks set to be a highlight, with milestones arriving across sensor integration on autonomous platforms, observing system design, engagement with the racing yacht industry, and the first steps toward building an international governance structure for surface ocean CO₂ observations. Each of these reflects a different layer of what TRICUSO is trying to achieve, and it is encouraging to see so many of them coming together at once.
The TRICUSO team at partner GEOMAR has achieved a project milestone of advancing data quality improvement of the SubCtech OceanPack™ through a dedicated long-term laboratory trial.
TRICUSO sailed into its second year with the consortium gathering in Bergen, Norway for the project’s annual meeting, which included special guests from international and Southern Ocean organisations. With two town halls and a co-hosted session, team members shared TRICUSO’s ambitions and progress at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow. Get the full scoops and more in the third edition of Currents.
The TRICUSO project and members of its consortium made a healthy splash in the heavily populated waters of OSM26. Held in Glasgow, Scotland, this was the first time the prestigious conference took place outside the United States, and it was a welcome setting for two town halls, a co-chaired session titled The Southern Ocean Carbon Sink: processes, observations, and change and a poster talk.
TRICUSO’s first video showcases the beautiful scenery of the Antarctic region and focuses on early project stories. It features interviews with consortium scientists discussing the need to expand the capacity for observation in the Southern Ocean where an increase in data is needed to help address the discrepancy between data and models used for forecasting. The video also introduces the project’s ambitions to innovate sensor technology and engage the support of citizen science platforms—racing yachts and tourist vessels—sailing in the Southern Ocean.
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