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“Third issue of the SoED report since 2005 and very little has changed in the Mediterranean” the Plan Bleu states

Despite the actions taken by the Barcelona Convention over more than 40 years, the future of the Mediterranean is at a critical point. Damage to ecosystems ...

A buoy in the framework of the IwaveNET Project has been activated off Marina di Ragusa

In the Interreg Italia Malta   i-WaveNET project framework, ISPRA moored a wave directional buoy at a depth of 50 metres offshore of Marina di Ragusa. The ...

A deep knowledge of our relation to the ocean to better protect it

The decade for the ocean, i.e. the programme “United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development” , whose implementation plan will be ...

A new buoy of the National Wave Network (RON) installed off the coast of Venice

On March 15, a new RON buoy was launched about 8 miles off the coast of Venice. The buoy was moored near the Acqua Alta Oceanographic Platform, in order to ...

A resource not to be wasted: towards a common policy for the integrity of the seabed in the Mediterranean Sea

The objectives of the HARMONY Project are the protection of marine biodiversity by assessing seabed integrity and the presence of nonindigenous species (NIS) ...

Advancing the research for the conservation of Sea Turles in the Mediterranean Sea: study on the seasonal niche of the loggerhead (Caretta caretta) in the Adriatic and Ionian seas

Although Caretta caretta is the most common marine turtle in the Mediterranean Sea, its distribution is relatively difficult to assess due to a lack of data ...

After lockdown water more clear

First results of the special campaign at sea conducted by Snpa and harbor authorities - Coast Guard. The Italian Minister of the Environment, Sergio Costa has ...

Agreement signed between ISPRA and Association Mediterranean Project

After one year of meeting, it was finally signed the agreement between ISPRA and ASM boat with the aim to collect information on the marine and coastal ...

Alien species in our seas

The biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea is constantly evolving, colonized by range-expanding species that arrive through natural corridors, such as the ...