Scientific news

The BioPlatgesMet project asks citizens to help inventory the coastal nature using the citizen science platform MINKA. 

The ICM-CSIC is co-author of this new publication in the "Science for Public Policy" collection, a strategic project promoted by the organisation to define policies based on scientific evidence.

Within this project, the ICM-CSIC coordinates the data flow analysis component in marine biodiversity monitoring associated with the Marine Strategy. 

The research team, led by the ICM-CSIC and the University of Cadiz, proposes incorporating specific sensors in future space missions to improve the detection of plastics.

A new ICM-CSIC study has revealed a significant increase of heavy metals in the sediments of the northwestern Alboran Sea coinciding with the rise of mining concessions in the region heavy rainfall events and accidental spills.

The two new layers have been created entirely with citizen data collected by the ICM-CSIC, which in 2021 also allowed the fish layer to be added to the guide.