The Unknown Corals of the Aegean – Joint Action Under the Pole & “Archipelagos” Institute Aiming for Urgent Protection
An important action is underway in the Aegean in the island complex of Fourni, focusing on coral ecosystems of global environmental importance, but also of unique beauty. These habitats, located in the deep waters of the Aegean, are in immediate need of protection as a large percentage of them have already been destroyed by trawling […]
The Unknown Corals of the Aegean
Joint Action UNDER THE POLE ( https://underthepole.org ) & “Archipelagos” Institute Aiming for Urgent Protection The action in the deep waters of the island complex of Fourni reveals a unique underwater world. But much of it will never be discovered because we have already destroyed it. Corals and coral ecosystems that formed within thousands of years […]
Sperm whales in the northern and central Aegean, as we keep up the continuous research in the Greek seas.
The sperm whale is the largest toothed whale in the world, with females measuring 8 – 12 meters and males 16 – 18 meters and weighing 24 and 57 tons respectively. It has a lifespan of fewer than 70 years. The species’ population in the Mediterranean Sea is smaller than 2,500 mature individuals. Distinctive characteristics: […]
Our crews have been coordinating at the port of Fourni
The collaboration between the French organisation UNDER THE POLE, which specialises in scientific diving at depths of more than 100 metres, and the Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation, aims to find an effective protection for the corals in the deep waters of the Aegean Sea. These ecosystems of fundamental importance and unique beauty were, until […]
Actions for the DEEPLIFE program of the French organisation UNDER THE POLE in cooperation with Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation started today, focusing on the island of Fourni.
This is an official program of the “United Nations Decade of the Oceans” and aims to contribute to the protection of corals in deep waters through specialised research. Following similar research from previous years in many of the world’s oceans, e.g. in the Arctic, Canary Islands and the Caribbean, the focus for the next 5 […]
The University of South Dakota USA in the Aegean at Archipelagos Institute
An interdisciplinary team of students and academics from the University of South Dakota, USA, collaborated with researchers from the Archipelagos Institute on applied research aimed at protecting marine and terrestrial species in the Aegean Sea. Together we had the pleasure of inaugurating the new Archipelagos Institute conference centre in the northern Samos area, which we […]
Islands of the Aegean – Deteriorating Sustainability Standards
Interdisciplinary Research on the Aegean Islands: Archipelagos Institute – University of Toronto School of Architecture Archipelagos Institute’s planning and preliminary work on the Aegean Islet Conservation Project continues as part of Archipelagos Institute’s collaboration with the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design. The joint research, which began in 2021, […]
Archipelagos Institute environmental education and awareness-raising activities with school groups from all over Greece.
Throughout the winter and spring at Archipelagos Institute, we continue both face-to-face and online environmental education and awareness-raising activities with primary, secondary and high schools from all over Greece. Our goal is, by transferring our experience from field research and the study of Aegean species for 25 years, to contribute to filling the large gap […]
The rebirth of nature at sea….
In the heart of spring now, we see concentrations of large schools of fish approaching shallower and warmer waters for the ritual of spawning. Each fish for many weeks (or even months for some species), releases or deposits hundreds or even many thousands of eggs – depending on the species. If the reproductive process is […]
After 2.5 months the same bellows were recorded in the unique marine area between Chios, Ikaria and Samos, above the sea trench that exceeds 1100 meters in depth.
After 2.5 months we recorded the same bellows in the unique marine area between Chios, Ikaria and Samos, above the sea trench that exceeds 1100 meters in depth. The bellows (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest toothfish on the planet with a length of 8-12 m for females and 16-18 m for males and weights of […]
