Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Defending-Our-Oceans-Italian-Ship-Tour-Banner-at-Elba-Island-27MDHU28FYU.htmlConceptually similarDefending Our Oceans Italian Ship Tour Banner at Elba IslandGP1SU5VCCompleted★★★★Defending Our Oceans Italian Ship Tour Banner at Elba IslandGP1SU5UUCompleted★★★★★Mucilage on Marine Organisms at Elba Island in ItalyGP1SU5UQCompleted★★★★Mucilage on Marine Organisms at Elba Island in ItalyGP1SU5UYCompleted★★★★Mucilage on Marine Organisms at Elba Island in ItalyGP1SU5UXCompleted★★★★Mucilage on Marine Organisms at Elba Island in ItalyGP1SU5UZCompleted★★★★Research Dive at Elba IslandGP1SU5V5Completed★★★★Research Dive at Elba IslandGP1SU5VECompleted★★★★Mucilage on Marine Organisms at Elba Island in ItalyGP1SU5VDCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP1SU5URDefending Our Oceans Italian Ship Tour Banner at Elba IslandUnderwater banner reads "Anche il Mare ha la Febbre" (The Oceans Has Fever Too) near mucilage covering marine organisms. 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:5944px X 4405pxKeywords:Algae-Banners-Climate (campaign title)-Climate change-Climate change impacts-Day-Diving-Diving actions-KWCI (GPI)-Oceans (campaign title)-Underwater shotsShoot: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.
