SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS
“Data on the Arctic is dramatically lacking, so everything we collect there will be of great value for the global databases. We will thus transpose to this region of the world the pilot program we conducted around half the globe in the framework of the previous expedition.”
Prof. Daniel McGinnis,
Head of the Aquatic Physics Group, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva
“Our partnership with the Arctic Expedition will provide us with new data that will contribute to understanding the distribution and transport mechanisms of plastic waste in this region.”
Pascal Hagmann,
EPFL engineer, founder of Oceaneye
EAR TO THE WILD
Ocean noise pollution
The Ear to The Wild pilot program, conducted in partnership with the Bioacoustics Application Laboratory of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, consists of mapping the ocean soundscape via a smartphone and an innovative application for the purpose of preserving marine wildlife in a context of increased noise pollution.
“Industrial exploitation of the ocean has been accompanied by the uncontrolled introduction of sources of noise pollution that have invaded its entire living space and added an invisible devastating threat to the other waste products of our activities.”
Prof. Michel André,
Director of the Laboratory of Bioacoustic Applications (LAB); Polytechnic University of Catalonia