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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.

The EOLO initiative, coordinated by the Institute in collaboration with the local councils affected by offshore wind power, will provide local authorities with scientific evidence on how these floating parks interact with biodiversity and the local economy.

The initiative, endowed with more than 3 million euros for the next three years, will focus on the recovery of key marine habitats such as seagrass meadows, coralligenous reefs, and rhodolith beds.

The findings are detailed in an international study recently published that opens up new perspectives on the evolutionary flexibility of reproduction in the animal kingdom.