We talk about noise pollution When sound commerce produced by human activities, such as transport or construction, They disrupt auditory sharpness – the perception of sounds – health and terrestrial and marine ecosystems.
The Pollution under water is a form of pollution that has serious consequences For marine species: it is a source of disruptions and disorientation and can cause injuries and even death even in many animals.
However, To date, there are no international regulations aimed at controlling this type of pollution. And although this problem is usually accused of the sound made in the high seas, in protected spaces, small ships are also sources of sound pollution.
Swiss pollution in protected natural spaces
The pollution Acoustics of the seas in the Canary Islands is not only the product of large ships, but also of the growing presence of small and medium -sized ships in protected areasthose impact ecosystems and species.
This is proven by the data collected by the “Canbio” project, about the effects of climate change in the Canary Archipelago, which, as the coordinator of Javier Almunia, has analyzed the presentation, the presentation has analyzed, the presentation has analyzed Effects of climate change on the endangered biodiversity of the Canary Islands.
This project includes The first underwater sound network, pioneer at Spanish level, which ‘has discovered that the biggest impact on underwater landscapes is what small boats produce, and not so much the large ships“, Because of” the large number of them that is exactly in areas of special preservation. “
This project, which is six years old, tries to ‘monitor’ The effects that climate change has on critical endangered species and other emerging problems such as underwater noise“, He said.
“Canbio” has an investment of 3 million euros until 2027, financed by Loro Parque and the government of Canary Islands at 50%, to study LThe effects of climate change in the sea, the Oceanine ventilation, the sound pollution and its impact on the marine and land biodiversity of the Canary Islands and the macararic area.
With this initiative, the two Canary Public Universities (ULPGC and ULL) work together, who want to move forward “to the impact of the pollution it will have on this Critical endangered species that are those who will first undergo the effects of climate change ».
The critical endangered species of extinction, have detailed, are “endemic species of unique terrestrial snails in the world that are only in a cane or in some valley of the Canary Islands, and species insects associated with very scarce distributions” or in the sea, in the sea, in the sea, Sharks such as Angelote, Taincline and Cazons, who are “in a worse or at least the same situation” than when this project started.
The most important threats for these species “are The temperature change, which means that many of the ecosystems on the islands have to migrate to higher areas to find the ideal temperatures For them “, while” the change in rainfall regime, because there are probably more intense periods, but in general rainfall is less. “
Effects of climate change in endemic species
The expected measures to reduce these effects, he said, would be targeted ” Protect the places where the species is critical about extinction and to evaluate them from the point of view of where these optimal places for these species will be in the future“Because” they may not be in the current protected areas, but you have to re -design them. “
The vice minister of ecological transition, fighting climate change and energy of the government of the Canary Islands, Julieta Schallenberg, emphasized the importance of “looking for how changes influence and change the oceans and how temperatures the species of displacement” and also “The threats that come to us in the climate change of marine species that were not before, that are not native«.
Has appreciated that this project is present and also future research lines, such as those who Analyzes the climatic hiding places in the marine environment that, although “very starting”, can have its first data during this year or next year. The “Feeling of the Government of the Canary Islands” is “to investigate to improve, to look for adaptation and mitigation,” an “objective” that shares with the other cooperating entities.
De rector van de ULPGC, LLUís Serra, benadrukte dat de universiteit heeft gewerkt in veel van de gebieden die momenteel worden onderzocht, die de aquatische en terrestrische biodiversiteit beïnvloeden, fundamenteel “, vanwege klimaatverandering en zeer belangrijke problemen, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, de klimaatverandering, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, de klimaatverandering, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, zoals, de klimaatverandering, zoals, zoals, zoals, de Climate change, such as, such as climate change, such as, such as, climate change, such as, climate change and very important problems. Acidification or microplastic pollution, which are threats for «an ecosystem with enormous biodiversity, unique in the world«.
The Vice Chancellor for Sustainability and Infrastructure of the University of La Laguna, Marta Domínguez, has pointed to the same idea and celebrate the cooperation between entities for «Work for sustainability“With projects that” have a great relevance. ” EFE / ECOTICIA.COM