About
Digital Lighthouse is an applied intelligence studio at the intersection of ocean data, environmental communication, and innovation. It focuses on making complex marine dynamics visible and actionable by structuring and translating fragmented datasets into coherent signals.
In time, it aims to extend this approach to a wider set of complex systems—working across environmental and technological domains to shape how emerging signals are understood and acted upon.
Initiated through collaboration across scientific and technical disciplines, it continues today through a focused core team, working with partners across science, technology, and the maritime sector.
Its purpose is to translate environmental change into forms that support understanding and decision-making.
Smoke on the Water
Smoke on the Water is the first flagship project developed under Digital Lighthouse.
It explores a question that remains largely invisible in public and policy conversations:
how do wildfires on land affect the sea?
By combining environmental datasets, spatial analysis, and storytelling, the project traces the pathways through which fire-related events impact marine ecosystems — from water quality and coastal habitats to aquaculture and broader blue economy activities.
Developed using data from European marine and climate services, including EMODnet, Copernicus Marine Service, and Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), the project proposes a new way of understanding cross-system environmental disruption — linking land, atmosphere, and sea.
The longer-term ambition is to evolve toward AI-ready models capable of supporting prediction and early understanding of marine impacts linked to wildfire events.
