Scientific news

A multidisciplinary team led by the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) and the University of Santiago de Compostela will spend the next three years analysing the biological, socioeconomic, and legal repercussions of floating offshore wind farms on professional fishing in Galicia, Catalonia, and the Balearic Islands.

The project was led by Eve Galimany, researcher at ICM-CSIC and ICATMAR, with the support of ICATMAR’s technical staff and specialists in fish, crustaceans, geographic information systems and marine ecology.

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.