Scientific news

The automated station, resulting from a participatory budgeting process and an agreement with the Barcelona City Council, records currents, pH, temperature, and real-time meteorological data off this iconic Barcelona beach.

Researchers from the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) have participated in five of the seven scientific documents that make up the Antarctica InSync Science Plan, that will guide research on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean between 2027 and 2030.

A study led by the ICM-CSIC and the BSC-CNS reveals that the mixing of surface and deep waters that occurs in winter acts as a shortcut to transport fresh organic matter to depths of more than 1,000 meters, injecting it directly into the ocean circulation and nourishing deep ecosystems.

The study, in which the ICM-CSIC has participated, focuses on ecosystems such as mangroves, salt marshes and seagrass beds, the destruction of which can release vast quantities of carbon that have been stored for centuries.

The Tara Polar Station floating scientific base has set sail from the French port of Lorient to begin a historic nine-month drift trapped in the polar ice pack.

A study by the ICM-CSIC and the UdG warns that young individuals of this key species have lost nearly 60% of their energy reserves over the last two decades.