{"id":95250,"date":"2025-08-27T01:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T01:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/95250\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T01:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T01:21:12","slug":"the-sea-is-not-just-our-playground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/95250\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The sea is not just our playground’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yacht club Real Club N\u00e1utico in Palma, Spain, has established<\/a> a partnership with Telef\u00f3nica Tech with the ambition of monitoring, collecting, and treating marine waste with a cutting-edge water drone during this year’s Copa del Rey regatta.<\/p>\n

According to a WebWire release<\/a>, the collaboration will make use of an aquatic, IoT-connected drone to sense and collect up to 500 kilograms of waste \u2014 everything from plastics<\/a> to biomass \u2014 for each day of the regatta, with the aim of improving the water’s ecological health.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With highly refined sensory capacities based on artificial intelligence as well as optical and photonic technologies, the drone is furthermore capable of classifying<\/a> the waste it detects, allowing researchers to get a sense of what exactly is in our waters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After all, the aquatic habitats off the coast of Spain have been damaged in recent decades by various kinds of pollution as well as our warming climate<\/a>. These newest drone findings can help<\/a> scientists and policymakers propose informed measures when it comes to cleanup and pollution prevention going forward.<\/p>\n

“The sea is not just our playground: it is home to a biodiversity that we must protect,” reported<\/a> Club director Manu Fraga. “With this electric drone, we are demonstrating that smart solutions can turn yacht clubs and sporting events into drivers of change.”<\/p>\n

Pollution in our oceans, seas, and other waterbodies has skyrocketed. According to the Center for Biological Diversity<\/a>, 15 to 51 trillion pieces of plastic can be found in the world’s oceans.<\/p>\n


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Unwanted debris of all sorts not only poses a threat to aquatic wildlife<\/a> that ingests or gets entangled in various natural and synthetic sediment, but it also may prove hazardous to human health.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When waste breaks down incompletely, microplastics<\/a> and other residue contaminate the water imperceptibly, eventually making their way into our drinking water and food supply, potentially leading to a range of health complications<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I invite other ports and clubs to join us; the real trophy is a Mediterranean free of plastic and pollution,” Fraga continued<\/a>. “That must be our responsibility and commitment.”<\/p>\n

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