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By Alexandra Noti. The inhabitation of the coastal zone by humans has been a tipping point in history for their societal, economic, and cultural evolution. Silled semi-enclosed coastal basins have widely provided evidence for sea level and climate change in the past. Such research has helped us to understand how the environment evolved throughout time and enabled us to predict future changes and which regions will be at higher risk. According to research conducted by Oceanus lab and partners, the post-last glacial sea level rise affected the coastal geomorphological and environmental conditions...

The publication of the Marine Environment Cooperation Network, "Pandemic, Sea and Man in Greece" ("Πανδημία, Θάλασσα και Άνθρωπος στην Ελλάδα") was presented in Thessaloniki, providing an opportunity for a fruitful dialogue on the impact of the pandemic on the marine environment. Representing the authors of the volume, George Papatheodorou, Professor of Environmental and Geological Oceanography, Dean of the School of Natural Sciences of the University of Patras and Head of Oceanus-Lab, Vivi Anthopoulou, Director of the Lambrakis Foundation, Philippos Kyrkitsos, President of the Ecological...

09/05/2022: Clean-up and recording of beach litter at Dafnes Beach, Patras, Greece by the Experimental Highschool of the University of Patras and Oceanus-Lab. 14/05/2022 Beach clean-up and recording of beach litter at Plaz beach, Patras, Greece. OIKIPA, Goethe-Zentrum Patras, and Oceanus-Lab joined forces and participated in “Clean Up the Med,” a Mediterranean campaign of voluntary beach clean–ups.