Celebrando 15 años de expediciones Archives - Page 2 of 11 - Oceana Europe

Zone of Shame

I’ve been living in Australia for a while now. Obviously, it’s impossible to not compare one region with the other. There are so many differences: the seabed, the coast, the people, culture, food…Unfortunately, we found a sad similarity today, something that all seabeds share. Ever since I joined Oceana in 2010, the only thing that … Read more

A fleeting Moment at Sea

A MEMORY, lost in time, and a crimson gleam on the volcano’s summit while rocks crash down the slope of Stromboli island. A PRESENT, living an experience privy to few, seeking out the strange creatures used to living in the dark, hundreds of meters below the sea’s surface. A PRIVELAGE, to be part of a … Read more

Oceana completes 5400-mile underwater study in the North Sea

Oceana scientists have wrapped up an eight-week, at-sea research cruise in the North Sea, surveying 15 areas of special conservation interest across the waters of the UK, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Norway, covering 5400 miles (8700km). Oceana will now study the data collected at-sea to identify key areas that should be protected from human … Read more

Passing to England

Today we set out from IJmunden in the Netherlands heading out for British waters and the last leg of the expedition. The forecast predicts a hard crossing and indeed the waves are hitting the ship hard coming sideways from the south. We are passing the time reviewing the details for the last part of the … Read more

Researchers find underwater forest of critically endangered bamboo coral in the Balearic Islands

The forest was discovered at a depth of 400 meters between Mallorca and Ibiza, an area Oceana has campaigned to protect Scientists from Oceana, the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, and the University of Bari (Italy) have described and listed the biodiversity associated to a bamboo coral (Isidella elongata) forest for the first time. The colony … Read more

Starfish with 10 to 11 arms spotted in the Mediterranean

Marine scientists have discovered a population of a species of starfish with 10 and 11 arms living more than 200 m below the surface in waters off Malta (central Mediterranean). These starfish were spotted using an underwater robot during an at-sea survey as part the Life Ba?AR for N2K project, which aims to identify new … Read more