Holidays are over , days are getting shorter (not really cooler yet) and I am back in the office trying to get some papers finished off and sent out. One of them is a modelling - based work looking at thermal stress of heatwaves on mollusks in the Venice lagoon . We took the tolerance landscape approach (where stress is determined by both duration and intensity of the stressor, in this case temperature) and are forcing it with temperature scenarios for the next century.
A common way to do this is use a ‘plausible’ scenario (e.g. the RCP 4.5) and then the ‘worst case’ , also called the ‘business as usual’ RCP 8.5 (you can read more on the IPCC reports). This has been the case since my early days in climate change research , when I was working with ocean acidification studies.
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My sailing holidays are coming to an end. And I have to say: everytime I am there I realise that water is definitely my element. There is something so freeing about it, and definitely makes you observe the world in a different perspective. You go slow, you are at the mercy of the elements, even if you have the engine to assist you - it’s best not to use it to force your way upwind (unless anchored in a storm, in that case , engine full on and brace yourself). You are aware of how much you consume and how much rubbish you produce , even if you are careful, and buy the family pack so to reduce size. And more than that , in the water, sailing, It’s somewhat easier to connect with others. After all, you are bracing the same conditions. So you nod and say hi to your neighbor boat , maybe you find each other again in other ports …
And so we are arriving at the point of this post. During the cruise , we saw this ‘ketch’ , first moored in Gallipoli, I remember thinking just how much it moved in the swell of the bay. Then we saw them again in Leuca. Then again , behind us, with a beautiful Jennaker open that we were admiring. And they moored next to us. In the morning I rowed past them, on the side you could clearly read ‘Mediterranea - a sailing, cultural, scientific expedition’. As I read scientific the brain lit up and I rowed on board going to check the internet to see if I could find the project . And I managed to get in contact, one thing after the other I was invited for a coffee and a chat, and was illuminated by the beautiful people and interesting projects they are carrying out , all on a volunteer basis , to spread a beautiful message about the sea that surrounds many of our countries - and so I invite you to check their site (https://progettomediterranea.com/en/mediterranea-project/ ) and follow their adventure . Hoping to see them again soon as they continue their route up north and on to Venice I am away on vacation (and don’t make any promises about posting next week) -
as I am writing this I am frantically checking weather forecasts and preparing to leave on a sailing cruise . where hopefully we will manage to stay at anchor the whole time! so i figured this would be a great time to give you some suggestions for alternative living resources… Do you remember your favourite trip ?
Can you describe what made it your ‘favourite’? Maybe, like me, you have many - but can you think if there is anything that is shared between them all? |
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