Oceanography

Young reporters exploring the exciting world of DYFAMED

4 pupils from Denmark, Greece and France have been on a mission to France.It took place in Villefranche-sur-Mer near Nice in the 10 first days of April 1996.

Why? To observe the scientists’ experiments and understand their studies of the Mediterranean sea.

Can the ocean absorb all the carbon dioxide the human activity mercilessly sends into the atmosphere? Or will we be drowned by melting icebergs in a few years caused by the greenhouse effect, if the oceans cannot absorb the huge outlet of carbon dioxide?

These are the questions some scientists from the Oceanological Observatory of Villefranche-sur-Mer are trying to answer with the DYFAMED programme. The programme is a long term study with investigations of the marine environment done on the boat "Tethys II.

This mission has been organized by FEEE (Federation for the Environment Education in Europe) as part of the YRE (Young Reporters for the Environment) programme.