This past weekend, ENDURE participated in the Danish Sports Diving Association’s (DSF) Marine Archaeological Committee’s (MAU) marine archaeology course in Aarhus, Denmark, which focused on citizen science in a maritime archaeological context. The course brought together recreational divers, aspiring marine archaeologists, and professionals around questions of underwater cultural heritage, public participation, and the role divers can play in supporting archaeological work be

The future of Europe’s seas is being shaped now — not only by new technologies and environmental pressures, but by the values that are allowed to count in marine decision-making. At a time when ocean governance is becoming more integrated and more ambitious, it is increasingly important to ask what is still being overlooked. For ENDURE, that is where underwater cultural heritage comes in, and why attending the International Symposium — Transformative Ocean Science in Venice

In recent weeks, researchers in the ENDURE project have been working intensively in the laboratory to investigate the microorganisms responsible for the degradation of archaeological wood on the seabed. Using microscopy and DNA analyses, we are studying a wide range of wood samples from different time periods — from more than 7,000-year-old Mesolithic finds and Viking Age material to wood from well-known shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea. At the same time, modern wood samples are