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TREC

Traversing European Coastlines

An expedition to study coastal ecosystems and their response to the environment, from molecules to communities

Media

We welcome coverage of the TREC expedition by the media and our partners, and encourage the scientific community worldwide and European citizens to participate in the conversation.

If you are a journalist wishing to visit a sampling site, schedule interviews or obtain further information, please contact the EMBL press office.

Media kit

The TREC Media kit is available for download. 

Multimedia downloads

People collecting sea water samples off the coast of Naples during a project to pilot the TREC expedition in 2019.

Photographs and images

Browse our image library for photographs of both field- and labwork as well as scientific images.

News and press releases

08 Mar 2024

Insights and wisdom from the women of TREC

On International Women’s Day 2024, we hear from some of the women who have been working tirelessly in the field and behind the scenes as part of the Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) expedition.

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19 Feb 2024

TREC in 2024: bringing it home

The Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) expedition prepares to begin its next phase of sampling, with stops in Spain, Greece, Italy, and beyond.

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17 Nov 2023

TREC – Towards the end of the first phase

The TREC expedition has come to the end of its first phase. The last superstop of 2023 was hosted by CIIMAR in Porto and, despite the adverse weather conditions, included many scientific and public en…

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