I eat fish… Am I eating microplastics?! Biological cell damage of microplastic pollution on living organisms
Plastic pollution is a global concern. It is widely documented that mussels, fish and marine turtles eat microplastics from the environment, and these may reach human being final consumers of seafood. But which are the biological consequences of microplastic...
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF OUR CONSUMPTION CHOICES: DISCOVER THE LIFE CYCLE OF OLIVE OIL AND HOW THE WASTE PRODUCED IS MANAGED IN A SUSTAINABLE MANNER
What are the environmental impacts of the products we consume? Analysing the different “life cycle phases” of an agri-food product, such as olive oil, and the different strategies for the management of waste and co-products obtained during the production...
The ‘sneezing’ of sponges for waste removal
Specimen of Aplysina archeri. / Benjamin Mueller This week’s #Cienciaalobestia features porifera, also known as sea sponges, which ‘sneeze’ to clean their internal filtering systems. This mucus expelled into the water is used by some animals living...
No more mussels?
Anthropological activities affect the balance of our planet. Air pollution is undergoing major changes, primarily global warming, but there is also another no less dangerous one that threatens the oceans and “our tables”. The carbon dioxide presents in the...
Sea life map
Knowing the marine environment and the interactions among the organisms that inhabit it is crucial to promote its protection, management, and conservation. The Mediterranean Sea is going through an unprecedented biodiversity loss crisis, and it is necessary to...Calendar
March 2023
Mar 21 2023
RESEARCHERS BACK TO SCHOOL – Green sewage cleaning solutions
Chalikon Primary School
Mar 23 2023
RESEARCHERS BACK TO SCHOOL – What can we do with waste from cheese factories and oil presses?
6th primary school
Mar 24 2023
RESEARCHERS’S BACK TO SCHOOL – IES JORGE JUAN
IES Jorge Juan, Alicante
Mar 28 2023
RESEARCHERS’S BACK TO SCHOOL – SANTO DOMINGO SCHOOL
Colegio Santo Domingo, Orihuela
April 2023
Apr 04 2023
RESEARCHERS’S BACK TO SCHOOL – CEIP VIRGEN DE LAS VIRTUDES
CEIP Virgen de las Virtudes, Cox
Apr 05 2023
RESEARCHERS BACK TO SCHOOL – Dialects
2nd primary school
Apr 25 2023
RESEARCHERS BACK TO SCHOOL – Local dialects
6th junior high school
Apr 25 2023
RESEARCHERS BACK TO SCHOOL – Creation of a historical archive on the refugee crisis
6th junior high school
Apr 26 2023
RESEARCHERS BACK TO SCHOOL – Food biochemistry
May 2023
May 02 2023
RESEARCHERS BACK TO SCHOOL – Technology and modern discoveries in biology
6th junior high school
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