Establishing synergies with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Since April 2021 DFKI has established synergies with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Professor Oliver Zielinski joined the Science Advisory Group (SAG) of the “Promotion of Action Against Marine Plastic...
Nautilos at the EMODnet Open Conference And Jamboree 2021
A pitch and a poster was submitted to the EMODnet Open Conference and Jamboree 2021 , held virtually on the 14-16 June 2021 and will be presented in Session 5: Ocean Observing & Data Collection of the EMODnet Open Conference (Wednesday, 16th June 09:30 –...
NAUTILOS partners, participated in a research cruise to study the fate and transport of microplastics
On June 4th 2021, researchers from CNR-ISMAR, one of the NAUTILOS partners, participated in a research cruise to study the fate and transport of microplastics from Europe to the Arctic organized by the JPI-OCEANS project FACTS onboard the research vessel Heincke, a 55...
Virtual surveys of plastic litter
The project “Adopt a beach” was carried out by CNR-ISMAR in collaboration with CNR-IFC, CNR-IBE and INGV during March – June 2021 and involved 7 High Schools in different Italian regions. The Citizen Science initiatives proposed helped pupils to perform real surveys...