7 new Pure Ocean projects thanks to your support!​

The selection of our 2024 grantees is official:

7 new innovative scientific projects will be supported in 2024 & 2025. Selected for their scientific excellence and impact, they directly address:

🦑 supporting the preservation of the Antarctic abyss through the discovery of a diversity of species and their interactions,

🪸 Preserving the red gorgonians of the Mediterranean,

🦈 Combating bycatch of cetaceans and sharks with fishers in Bangladesh,

🦠 Understanding and conveying the role of planktonic life in the carbon pump,

🏞 Quantifying the pollutant flows from 3 estuaries in Vietnam and their socio-ecological impacts,

🌿 Developing a pilot model for sustainable seaweed farming in Brazil,

🩺 Understanding the impact of microplastics on cellular aging.

➡ Based on technological, social, and nature-inspired innovations, these projects have diverse and specific areas of action with a common goal: to contribute to better understanding and preserving the ocean!

👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 These projects were selected by an independent and international scientific committee composed of eminent scientists: Gilles Boeuf, Anna Zivian, Kartik Shanker, Abdelmalek FARAJ.

🙏 Thank you to all our donors, thanks to  you these projects will contribute to a healthy future for our ocean!

And a big THANK YOU to all project leaders who applied this year, the choice was far from easy 🩵

Discover the 7 projects in video now !