by ChiLomb | Apr 18, 2024 | NEWS
Ellisolandia elongata is a red alga (Rhodophyta) that, as all plants, terrestrial and marine, do photosynthesis, that is, produces oxygen by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the sea. Being a coral alga, it is also able to deposit calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in its...
by ChiLomb | Jul 31, 2023 | NEWS, PROJECTS
Plastic pollution and climate change are seriously treating aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity but the how these two anthropogenic stressors jointly affect the Ocean and its ecosystems is still poorly understood. The plastic contributes to GHGs global emissions...
by ChiLomb | Jan 17, 2023 | NEWS, PROJECTS
Observing, measuring and quantifying the change occurring in the ocean is one of the global challenge with the highest priority (UNESCO Agenda 2030). The extension, diversity and depths characterizing the ocean and its ecosystems, most of them still unexplored, as...
by Louise | Aug 2, 2022 | NEWS
On Sunday morning we did a Clean Walk at Santa Teresa Bay. In a few hours we collected several kilos of waste on the beach and the rocks, mostly plastic, cigarette butts and glass. During our walk on the rocks we ‘disturbed’ some people who were...
by Louise | Jul 26, 2022 | NEWS
Help us reduce the carbon footprint in Smart Bay Santa Teresa by participating in the Clean Walk project. The Clean Walk project is an initiative open to all users of the bay who want to contribute to achieving the goals of Smart Bay Santa Teresa: regeneration of...
by ChiLomb | Jun 28, 2022 | NEWS
Who is Ostreopsis ovata? Ostreopsis ovata is an indigenous microalgae (size: 1000 times less than a mm!) composed of a single cell (unicellular). Arrived in the Gulf of La Spezia via ballast waters, this micro-algae is very well adapted to increasing seawater...
