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Oceanographic Observatory
Ocean sailing, and especially extreme competition, is an unbeatable test bed for scientific research projects that can result in improvements for society, both in the environmental field and in that of mental and physical performance. The sea is the workplace and the sports arena for sailors, who thus become first-line witnesses to the impacts of climate change on the ocean.
The sailing community has therefore a unique relationship with the sea. Hence, they are the best ambassadors to raise awareness of the problem of the effects of climate change on the planet.
Latitud 42 has been collaborating with the
Fundació Navegació Oceànica Barcelona (FNOB) in the communication and creation of content of the Oceanographic Observatory of the Barcelona World Race, an initiative developed in collaboration with the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC-UNESCO) and other leading scientific entities such as the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM) of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS), JCOMMOPS, IOC-UNESCO, Citclops (Citizen's Observatory for Coast and Ocean Optical Monitoring) of the 7th Framework Program of the European Commission, Barcelona Digital Technological Center (BDigital), Leitat (Common Sense Project). The main objective of the Observatory is the protection of the environment to create a large platform with the aim of improving ocean scientific research.
It is an unprecedented alliance between the world of sailing and the scientific community, which began in 2009 and was fully developed in the Barcelona World Race 2014/15. One of the objectives of this association is to contribute significantly to the continuous scientific efforts to raise awareness towards the protection and sustainable use of the ocean and its resources, through sailors, privileged witnesses of changes in marine life.
Moreover, during the trip around the world, the skippers collect meteorological data, salinity and temperature data of the ocean surface, which are subsequently analyzed by international research networks on the ocean, such as the Global Ocean Observing System.
They also launch an Argo beacon during the regatta in low-traffic areas between Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) and Cape Horn (Chile), to improve research on climate change.
I Congress of Ocean Sailing and the Environment
In this context, in 2010 Latitud 42 developed the Editorial Direction of the 1st Congress of Ocean Sailing and the Environment, conceived by the FNOB as a platform for an all-encompassing multidisciplinary dialogue. An activity that, together with the development of a project to measure the temperature and salinity of sea water, earned the FNOB UNESCO Prize for the scientific value of the Barcelona World Race 2010/11.
Second International Ocean Research Conference
Another aspect of the collaboration between the FNOB and UNESCO was the celebration of the Second International Ocean Research Conference in Barcelona in November 2014. Organized with the support of The Oceanography Society, this conference provided an update on the latest advances in oceanographic research not only from a scientific point of view, but also from an economic and social perspective. The objective was to highlight the contribution of this research in areas such as climate change or ocean management. In this sense, sailing is used as a communication tool to disseminate the work carried out in the field of marine sciences, and for the first time ocean navigation was aligned with oceanography to protect the ocean.
The Conference took place almost ten years after the inaugural IORC, which took place in Paris in 2005, at the initiative of UNESCO's IOC and the Oceanography Society and represented an opportunity for the scientific community to jointly plan the next decade of international collaboration. in matters of marine science and technology, with the aim of improving the management of the oceans.
The motto
One Planet One Ocean
It was also chosen to name one of the FNOB boats that took part in the Barcelona World Race 2014/15, the one that was manned by Aleix Gelabert and Didac Costa. Beyond sports adventure, the One Planet, One Ocean team has shared its passion and concerns for the sea by disseminating information on issues related to the oceans
The crew collaborated in various oceanographic research projects during the trip around the world, in collaboration with the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM) of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), the Fundació Barcelona Digital Center Tecnològic (FBCT), the Citclops / European Commission 7th Framework Program and the Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS).
The projects were:
• Analysis of the concentration of microplastics in water [see more].
• Launch into the sea of an Argo beacon - together with the rest of the ships participating in the round the world [see more].
• Quality assessment of the sea surface water for the Citclops project –in which the other participants have also been involved- [see more].
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