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Imaggeo On Mondays: “The most valuable thing we extract from the ocean is our existence” Dr Sylvia Earle

June 8, 2020
Imaggeo On Mondays: “The most valuable thing we extract from the ocean is our existence” Dr Sylvia Earle
"The most valuable thing we extract from the ocean is our existence" - Dr Sylvia Earle. Credit: David Jones (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Marine plastic is just one of the many challenges facing the future of our oceans. For many years researchers have been attempting to understand this problem, but it can be surprising to learn how many things are still unknown, even in oceans we may think of as being familiar. The Mediterranean Sea is one such place, where this photograph was taken by David Jones just off the coast of Malta.   ...[Read More]

Cruising the Mediterranean: a first-hand account of a month at sea – Part 1

October 14, 2015
Cruising the Mediterranean: a first-hand account of a month at sea – Part 1
Map of the locations sampled during the cruise in the Western Mediterranean.

Simona Aracri, a PhD student at University of Southampton, spent a month aboard the research vessel, R/V Minerva Uno, cruising the Mediterranean Sea. Simona and the team of scientists aboard the boat documented their experiences via blog. Over the coming weeks we’ll feature a few of the posts the team shared over the one month voyage: you can expect to find out what life aboard a large research ve ...[Read More]