We interviewed Pedro García, director of the Asociación de Naturalistas del Sureste (ANSE), for the Mediterranean Researchers’ Night in Los Alcáceres (Murcia), with the Mar Menor on his back. Pedro García is one of the leading experts on the problems facing the...
Belonging is a difficult thing to understand. Land generates egoisms that many struggle to jettison from their routine. On the other hand, on sea one does not distinguish borders. It is as if the Mediterranean were the homeland and utopia untested to gulls, fish and...
As a precursor to what will take place on the 30th of September, a series of actions made by SciCo, Greece, with the participation of the Aegean University and the support of Lesvos Chamber, was scheduled in the final days of July. The activities have taken place in a...
If you are on the beach (or somewhere near the coast) you may have noticed that around midday a gentle wind starts to blow from the sea where there was none before. This is most likely sea-breeze, a (pleasant) phenomenon that occurs due to the temperature difference...
Not all parts of an adventure go into the logbook. Before you lift anchors, or leave, you have to prepare everything, think things through, meet the new crew, grease the chain of command and start to visualize the journey. Every sailor has a task. Some clean, others...
The environment is threatened by the presence of synthetic organic compounds that exhibit high resistance and mobility. These compounds are widely known as Persistent and Mobile (PM) Substances. The research program ZeroPM – Zero Pollution of Persistent and Mobile...