Scientific news

The EOLO initiative, coordinated by the Institute in collaboration with the local councils affected by offshore wind power, will provide local authorities with scientific evidence on how these floating parks interact with biodiversity and the local economy.

The initiative, endowed with more than 3 million euros for the next three years, will focus on the recovery of key marine habitats such as seagrass meadows, coralligenous reefs, and rhodolith beds.

The findings are detailed in an international study recently published that opens up new perspectives on the evolutionary flexibility of reproduction in the animal kingdom.

Specialists gathered at the ICM-CSIC have included highly vulnerable sharks and rays, such as the angelshark or the spiny butterfly ray, in the new scientific reference tool for the conservation of the country's biodiversity.

A new study by the ICM‑CSIC and the IQAC‑CSIC explains for the first time the molecular mechanisms preventing the enzymatic degradation of PET in its crystalline form—the most resistant fraction of plastics found in modern packaging and textiles.

The COTI project scientific team has worked in close collaboration with the fishing sector to improve understanding of various vulnerable species.