EGU23 PC8 Wars impact oceans, sands, and people
Channel: European Geosciences Union
Date: 2023-05-04

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

Press Conference held Thursday, 27 April, 14:00 CEST in Vienna, Austria, moderated by EGU's Media and Communications Officer, Gillian D'Souza. For more information about our Press Conferences or to make contact with the speakers, please email media@egu.eu. 

For more information visit the EGU23 webpage: https://www.egu23.eu or email: egu23@copernicus.org 

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