He Deterioration of the coast has been the common denominator of the presentations that have been made during the study day: ‘Sustainability proposals for a coastal to the limit ‘, organized by the Tecnatox Research Group of the URV and the Catalan Biology Society.
In this context, the titular professor of the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology of the URV Jaume Folch has placed emphasis on The need to study the ecosystems that are still subtracted and has put the posidonia, present on the Tarraconense coast.
“We are losing it before knowing how much we had,” he has warned. Given this scenario, Folch has indicated that data is accumulating about this issue to understand the reason why it is disappearing, a work that is being done through systems that use artificial intelligence to combine climatic, biological and physicochemical data. All this, to understand how the problem evolves.
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Experts have alert of the deterioration of the Tarragona coast and the loss of biodiversity, in a workday that has brought together researchers, techniciansCompanies and professionals of the Blue Economy, Institutions and Social Movements recently held in the Museum of the Port of Tarragona.
«Studying we have seen that, In recent years, there have been serious effects on the coast, in natural spaces and in the economic activity that takes place“, Explained the researcher of the Tecnatox group of the Rovira i Virgili University (URV) and the promoter of the workshop, Jaume Folch.
On the day, to which some fifty people have attended, researchers have exhibited the results of studies that reveal the deterioration of the coast and the effects of this phenomenon on its ecosystemsmainly, in the erosion of the beaches and the loss of biodiversity.
The presence of Microplastics on beaches, the effects of climate change or the impact of temporaries on coastal morphology They are some of the issues that have been addressed.
The organizers of the event, Technatox and the Catalan Biology Society have indicated that you have to walk towards a sustainable and respectful coastline exploitation model and They have lamented the lack of basic action guides to minimize the impact of tourism or other activities in marine ecosystems.
“We have a Very abundant coastal heritage and we are losing it before knowing how much we had. We must know why we are losing it and we are accumulating data to understand it«, Folch said. EFE / ECOticias.com