Hundreds of explosions at sea in the eastern Aegean, one of the most important regions for marine mammals in the Mediterranean Sea
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Over the past two days (Monday 23/05/2022 and Tuesday 24/05/2022) Naftilos’ crew of “Archipelagos” Institute of Marine Conservation recorded hundreds of explosions in the marine region of the NE Aegean. We presume that the explosions originated from the military exercises of the Turkish Navy, south of Izmir. The wider NE Aegean marine area is a
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Educational visit of the secondary school and high school of Lipsi in the Aegean Marine Life Sanctuary
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Recently, we had the pleasure to welcome students from the secondary school and high school of Lipsi, the island where the Aegean Marine Life Sanctuary and a great part of the International School of the Seas are located. During their visit, students and educators attended presentations about the biodiversity of the island and the surrounding
Joint Field Research in the Small Islets of the Aegean with the Faculty of Architecture of the Toronto University
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
As part of our collaboration with the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto, in the past few days we completed the preliminary phase of the joint workshop “Documentation of the cultural and natural landscape formations and ecological identity of islets”. One of the main goals of this
The applied environmental field research programs of Archipelagos’ International School of the Sea continue
Friday, 06 May 2022
The International School of the Sea of the Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation continues its applied environmental field research programs as part of the multi-year collaboration with universities and colleges from Europe, the USA, and Canada. In April, we collaborated with the Secondary Technical School Otrokovice and for the 8th year in a row students
Sperm whales in the northern and central Aegean, as we keep up the continuous research in the Greek seas
Thursday, 28 April 2022
For several years now, we recognize one of the two sperm whales in the photo from the big part missing from its tail. 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
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The research boat “Pinelopi” was launched yesterday after its annual repair
Friday, 22 April 2022
The research boat “Pinelopi” was launched yesterday after Archipelagos’ captains and crew completed its annual repairs. She is now ready to start, for the 23rd year, its challenging trips in the Aegean Sea. “Pinelopi” is a traditional two-masted sailing vessel (schooner) made of steel. She was constructed as a replica of a renowned sailing boat
Stranding of three striped dolphins in the NE Aegean
Thursday, 27 January 2022
Three dead striped dolphins, two adult females and a juvenile male, were found off the southeast coast of Samos island. It is estimated that the strong winds carried them there from another part of the Aegean, after they had been drifting for at least three days. The Stranding Response team of the Archipelagos Institute of
77 days of survey – 124 sightings of marine mammal populations.
Friday, 19 November 2021
Archipelagos’ Marine Mammal Research team continue almost daily surveys at sea , on board the research vessels Naftilos and Pinelopi, despite the frequently rough seas of the autumn months. During 77 days of survey in the Northeastern Aegean, we had 124 sightings of marine mammal populations. The sightings include 4 species of dolphins (bottlenose, common,
Planting Underwater Gardens of Posidonia meadows
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Despite the winter approaching, the Archipelagos team’s hard work on Posidonia seagrass replanting continues. Divers and snorkelers, with the help of the support team on kayaks, continue the transport and planting of our underwater gardens. We are slowly but surely making a contribution to reversing the destruction of these invaluable underwater forests. Over the years,
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