PC8 | Wars impact oceans, sands and people
Wars impact oceans, sands and people
Convener: Gillian D'Souza
Thu, 27 Apr, 14:00–15:00 (CEST)
 
Press centre
Thu, 14:00
Vimeo: EGU23-PC8
In this press conference, scientists will explore the consequences on marine life of warfare material dumped at sea since World War I. Nuclear tests conducted by France in Algeria during the 1960s may have resulted in radioactive Saharan dusts deposited across Europe decades later, in 2022. Looking to the future, scientists find an unlikely but promising candidate in seaweed as a resilient food solution in nuclear winter.

Participants:

Edmund Maser
University Hospital Kiel, Institute of Toxicology, Germany

Olivier Evrard
CNRS-CEA, LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Florian Ulrich Jehn
Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED), Delaware, USA and Justus-Liebig-University, Gießen, Germany