THETIDA: Enhanced Resilience and Sustainable Preservation of Underwater and Coastal Cultural Heritage

The THETIDA project addresses climate change threats, utilizing a holistic approach to safeguard Europe’s coastal and underwater cultural heritage. Employing environmental modeling for specific climate change scenarios, the project conducts quantitative and qualitative impact assessments, combining environmental and pollution analyses at seven pilot sites across Europe. The developed and deployed technology includes sensors, satellite image processing, smart buoys, AUVs, wearables and crowdsourcing applications supported by ocean forecasting and hazard mapping services. The obtained datasets inform adaptive strategies through a Decision Support System with enhanced visualization capabilities and aim to support sustainable plans for cultural heritage preservation and resilient, climate-neutral policies.