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Researchers from the IEO and the ICM have contributed to the first unified vision of the world ocean biodiversity.

According to a new IEO study in which the ICM has participated, predation of eggs and larvae by these animals that are part of the gelatinous plankton is contributing to reduce the abundance of small pelagic fish.

Institute researchers have participated in the development of a work that identifies the scientific needs and challenges currently facing the Mediterranean region.

A new study led by the ICM-CSIC and the UB has revealed that marine heat waves associated with the climate crisis are leading to the collapse of coral populations in the Mediterranean, reducing in some cases their biomass by 80 to 90%.

The results of the study will help to understand what effects these chemical pollutants have on Antarctic ecosystems.

The technology to be developed in the project has an important environmental dimension, since the continuous monitoring of the cable will also allow to detect earthquakes, submarine landslides, tsunamis and study the location and monitoring of marine mammals.