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Monk Seal: Two Sightings in a Few Days

Over the past week, the monk seal, one of the species most at risk of extinction and strictly protected under the Habitats Directive, has been sighted in the ...

Climate Change and Cetaceans in the Mediterranean: a strong reduction in the conditions suitable for the survival of some species is estimated in 25 years

The warming of the Mediterranean Sea is proceeding at a faster rate than the global average, putting all the species that live there at serious risk. Cetaceans ...

Second conference on climate impacts

The second edition of the Euro-Mediterranean Conference “Mare Climaticum Nostrum” is the event during which the updated map of current and expected climate ...

The alien species in our seas

Researchers and citizens together: the case of the upside-down jellyfish ( Cassiopea xamachana)  studied in collaboration with the Italian Naval League of ...

Down to the river - The Italian monitoring of floating macro litter at the mouth of rivers, in the context of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Preliminary investigation on the inputs of marine litter from rivers to the sea As part of the agreement between the Ministry of the Environment and Energy ...

The Mareographic Network of the Venice Lagoon

Six hours up, six hours down On the occasion of the European Night of Researchers it will be possible to visit the ISPRA headquarters in Venice. Researchers ...

The movement and reuse of sediments in inland waters, coastal marine waters and lagoons: towards circular management

The event aims to explore the topic of sediment management in different environmental contexts, from a technical-scientific and regulatory perspective, ...

Metabarcoding of environmental DNA (eDNA) for the detection of non-indigenous species in the context of Marine Strategy Framework Directive monitoring programs

As part of the three-year agreement 2021-2023 between the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security, ISPRA and ARPA Lead partner for the implementation ...

ISPRA participates in the CNR's PER24 oceanographic campaign

In the second half of October ISPRA will participate in the PER24 oceanographic campaign with the Gaia Blu research vessel in the southern Adriatic Sea. The ...

Restoration of the deltaic and marine habitat, combating the proliferation of the blue crab, encouraging its use and consumption

The invasion of the blue crab in the Po Delta has upset the entire venericulture sector in the Upper Adriatic. The predator Callinectes sapidus has upset ...