EMSO - HELLAS

EMSO HELLAS was coordinated by the Institute of Oceanography of HCMR and funded by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT), Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
 

The Hellenic Arc is a subduction zone, that is where one tectonic plate “sink” under another one. It is the most tectonically active region in Europe, with a varieties of geo hazards, such as high sismicity, slope instabilities and tsunami. The deep ecosystem is poor in nutrients (oligotrophic) and sensitive to climate change. The region is also on the routes of many cetaceans, that can be monitored through bioacoustic sensors, which are part of the EMSO Regional Facility equipment. The project aimed to enhance the Greek national contribution in the EMSO European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC)