Launch of a major oceanographic campaign serving the small island states of the Pacific

2023-05-25 20:00:00

For 5 years, an expedition supported by National Geographic will try to extend the area of ​​marine protected areas.

Extend the number and area of ​​marine protected areas to try to save the ocean… This is the goal of Enric Sala, a Spanish oceanographer, trained in France at the University of Aix-Marseille, and former professor at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, San Diego, USA. On May 24, the crew embarked on the ship Argo embarked on her first exploration dive in the Line Islands archipelago, Kiribati. This is the first leg of a new five-year expedition to the tropical region of the Pacific Ocean. “Each year, we will visit at least four countries and conduct scientific expeditions in conjunction with the governments and indigenous populations of the countries concerned that will host us”explains the explorer.

For the first year, after Kiribati, theArgo must head south to Penrhyn, an atoll in the Cook Islands, northwest of French Polynesia. Then the science vessel is scheduled to travel to Niue, Marshall Islands,…

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