ISPRA obtained a prize for the best documentary
The 5th Eastern Mediterranean International Underwater
Photograpy & Film Festival was held in Famagusta, North Cyprus,
on March 19, 20 and 21.
48 films from around the world partecipated to the competition.
Presented in world preview, the documentary "Med archives - the
history of climate in a coral skeleton", directed by Mark Pisapia
and produced by ISPRA, was awarded in the category "Best
Documentary".
The jury composed of professors and university researchers
appreciated particularly the combination of exciting images and
content of high scientific level.
The documentary is part of the series "Memories of the
Mediterranean climate", just published in the journal "Coastal
Studies". The film shows how an international team of researchers,
led by ISPRApaleoclimatologists, discovered a new natural archive
in a coral, able to describe changes in the temperature of the
Mediterranean Sea in the lats two centuries.