Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Mucilage-on-Marine-Organisms-at-Elba-Island-in-Italy-27MDHU25CLX.htmlConceptually similarResearch Dive at Elba IslandGP1SU5V5Completed★★★★Research Dive at Elba IslandGP1SU5VECompleted★★★★Marine Life at Elba Island in ItalyGP1SU5UMCompleted★★★★Mucilage on Marine Organisms at Elba Island in ItalyGP1SU5VDCompleted★★★★★★Mucilage on Marine Organisms at Elba Island in ItalyGP1SU5VGCompleted★★★★Mucilage on Marine Organisms at Elba Island in ItalyGP1SU5UXCompleted★★★★Mucilage on Marine Organisms at Elba Island in ItalyGP1SU5UZCompleted★★★★Marine Life at Elba IslandGP1SU5V2Completed★★★★★★★Defending Our Oceans Italian Ship Tour Banner at Elba IslandGP1SU5URCompleted★★★★★View AllGP1SU5VBMucilage on Marine Organisms at Elba Island in ItalyMucilage covers corals at Elba Island. 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:4480px X 6720pxKeywords:Algae-Climate (campaign title)-Climate change-Climate change impacts-Corals-Day-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.
