The ocean seen by science. The exhibition The ocean so strong and so fragile, Visible on the prom ‘, opposite the Mediterranean university center, until August 28, Presents in twenty -one panels the work of scientists of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS).
Biologists, physicists, mathematicians, cartographers, climatologists, economists decipher marine biodiversity, its role, its functioning, its wealth.
Each stage of the route documents the work of the CNRS and its 1000 researchers mobilized, stressing the importance of each trades.
“Understanding is to protect”advance microbiologist Marie-Anne Cambon, who underlines that “Less than 20% of seabed could be mapped in detail” Even though the ocean covers more than two thirds of the planet.
Promising practices
Ice in hand, vacationers navigate at leisure between the panels. From the biodiversity of the Samoa Islands to the microalgues of the Mediterranean, the exhibition is full of information.
“A single drop of seawater has thousands of microorganisms.” Did you know? Charles, no. Between two panels, this Nice forty -year -old recognizes his “Infinite ignorance” On this subject he says he knows.
Curious, he scanned the QR code referring to the studies of the CNRS. “We discover solutions, alternatives to stem the crisis. It changes anxiety -provoking speeches.”
If certain forecasts – including the decrease in plankton, microalgae which absorb the CO2 And produce half of our oxygen – worry, the CNRS highlights promising practices, such as algae aquaculture, which increases by 8% per year.
“The safeguarding of the ocean is no longer a choice but the very condition of a habitable future.” It is on this message, a sort of bottle in the sea, that the wandering of visitors ends.
