A new study coordinated by the ICM and the IEO reveals the areas of the Spanish and French coast where there is a greater overlap of the different pressures. Sardines (Sardina pilchardus) and anchovies (Engraulis encrasicolus) are the most traded and consumed fish in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea, representing almost 40% of the region’s catches. […]
‘Nature-Based Solutions’ are increasingly emerging as a key tool in ensuring our oceans’ health, but what exactly are they and how can they help us achieve this goal? You can read about them in a recent interview. Ocean benefits are essential to keep a healthy planet / image: FutureMARES project
MarCons Final Conference We participated in the final conference of MarCons, coordinating Panel 1. Assessing multiple threats to marine biodiversity The panelists’ presentations and the Slido poll results are now available online on our website. During the conference, the following publication was mentioned, which is actually a number of recommendations for advancing marine conservation in […]
Our colleague Berta Sala Solà from the IDAEA-CSIC presented important results from our PELCAT project regarding “Organophosphate esters in edible fish from the Mediterranean Sea” in PLASTIC’ 2020 symposium. The presentation was featured in the media.
Do you want to learn about what sardines and anchovies eat in the Western Mediterranean Sea? This is an important outcome of our PELWEB project, just came out today! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-74602-y
We are looking for candidates to apply for a PhD scholarship/contract in the next FPU call of the Government of Spain (expected between October and November 2020). The PhD thesis will be developed at the Institute of Marine Sciences (CSIC, Barcelona) in the context of the recently funded European project FutureMares. The objective of the […]
MarCons COST Action on Advancing marine conservation in the European and contiguous seas is arriving to an end. During MarCons, lots of interesting activities and products regarding marine conservation have been developed: http://www.marcons-cost.eu/ And…we are starting to work towards MarCons II Stay tunned!
The new EU-funded project FutureMARES about Climate Change and Future Marine Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity just started (01/09/2020) and will keep us busy for the next 4 years. The website of the project is now live: https://www.futuremares.eu/
Our new paper regarding global marine ecosystem modelling is out in Frontiers in Marine Science Check it out here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.567877/abstract In this study, we present a global ecosystem modelling complex, EcoOcean v2, and use it to simulate past and future scenarios of marine ecosystem change, where we quantify the impacts of alternative configurations of […]
The doctoral fellowship programme INPhINIT ”la Caixa” is devoted to attracting talented Early-Stage Researchers—of any nationality—who wish to pursue doctoral studies in Spanish or Portuguese territory. Sponsored by ”la Caixa” Foundation, it is aimed at supporting the best scientific talent and fostering innovative and high-quality research in Spain and Portugal by recruiting outstanding international students and offering […]