Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Defending-Our-Oceans-Italian-Ship-Tour-Banner-at-Elba-Island-27MDHU28BRP.htmlConceptually similarDefending Our Oceans Italian Ship Tour Banner at Elba IslandGP1SU5UVCompleted★★★★Defending Our Oceans Italian Ship Tour Banner at Elba IslandGP1SU5UWCompleted★★★★Defending Our Oceans Italian Ship Tour Banner at Elba IslandGP1SU5V0Completed★★★★Research Dive at Elba IslandGP1SU5V5Completed★★★★Research Dive at Elba IslandGP1SU5VECompleted★★★★Marine Life at Elba Island in ItalyGP1SU5UMCompleted★★★★Mucilage on Marine Organisms at Elba Island in ItalyGP1SU5UXCompleted★★★★Mucilage on Marine Organisms at Elba Island in ItalyGP1SU5UZCompleted★★★★Marine Life at Elba IslandGP1SU5V2Completed★★★★★★★View AllGP1SU5V1Defending Our Oceans Italian Ship Tour Banner at Elba IslandBanner reads "Operazione Mare Caldo" (Hot Sea Water Project". As part of the Defending Our Oceans Tour, Greenpeace Italy placed a temperature monitoring station at Elba island, in the area of the Pelagos Sanctuary, and worked in partnership with the University of Genova to study the impact of climate change on underwater coastal biodiversity. First project results' indicate raising temperature are killing iconic underwater organisms as protected pen shell Pinna nobilis and colonies of the sea-fan gorgonia (Paramuricea clavata) and favouring unusual mucilage events that cover completely the substrate, suffocating organisms.Locations:Elba Island-Europe-Italy-Tuscany-Tyrrhenian SeaDate:21 Jun, 2020Credit:© Lorenzo Moscia / GreenpeaceMaximum size:6577px X 4385pxKeywords:Actions and protests-Banners-Buoys-Climate (campaign title)-Climate change-Climate change impacts-Day-Diving-Islands-KWCI (GPI)-Oceans (campaign title)-One personShoot:Hot Sea Water Project - Defending Our Oceans Italian Ship Tour 2020 - Elba IslandAs part of the Defending Our Oceans Tour and the "Progetto Mare Caldo" (Hot Sea Water Project), Greenpeace Italy placed a temperature monitoring station at Elba island, in the area of the Pelagos Sanctuary, and worked in partnership with the University of Genova to study the impact of climate change on underwater coastal biodiversity. First project results' indicate raising temperature are killing iconic underwater organisms as protected pen shell Pinna nobilis and colonies of the sea-fan gorgonia (Paramuricea clavata) and favouring unusual mucilage events that cover completely the substrate, suffocating organisms.Related Collections:Defending Our Oceans - Italian Ship Tour 2020 (Photos & Videos)