Digital Twins of the Ocean: A Novel Tool for Science-Based Decision Support

Digital twins of the Ocean allow us to track how and why the things we care about in the marine context are changing and to simulate what their futures could be depending on human impacts. They combine observations, models, and other insights to help us explore “what if?” scenarios. This event presents key outcomes from the latest UN Ocean Decade Programme DITTO led by GEOMAR, the “Digital Reefs” project at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, as well as other climate-related ocean twin applications.