Discover the brilliant minds behind our 2025 winners!
🌿 The Sundarbans, straddling India and Bangladesh, are home to the world’s largest mangrove swamp. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, this exceptional area of biodiversity also plays a vital role as a natural shield against storms and rising sea levels.
But today, this bulwark is crumbling. Pollution and climate change are accelerating the erosion of these mangroves, weakening the roots of the mangroves and undermining the local communities that depend directly on this ecosystem.
🛠️ To restore and strengthen these mangroves, Sudipto Majumdar is deploying AquaMAP: a scientific project that combines silvopisciculture (aquaculture in the heart of the mangrove) and bio-inspired sediment capture techniques. The aim: to stabilise the soil, encourage natural regeneration, and strengthen the resilience of the inhabitants in the face of climate disruption.
🌱 In this video, he introduces you to his project!
From 7 to 12 June, we will be fully mobilised for the 3rd United Nations Conference on the Oceans.
What is the UNOC? The UNOC is an international conference that aims to mobilise stakeholders to preserve the ocean. This year, for the 3rd time, leaders from all over the world are meeting in Nice. A unique opportunity for scientists, NGOs, businesses and civil society to reiterate the urgent need to put the ocean at the heart of political decisions.
🎯 Our aim is to raise awareness and bring people together to show the impact of our projects and promote science.
To achieve this, we’ll be carrying out actions that are just like us:
🔹 scientific talks
🔹 raising awareness through sport
🔹 gatherings with our partners and sponsors
🔹 cooperation with committed allies such as Let’s Be Nice to the Ocean and the Plateforme Océan Climat
➡️ Discover our programme in the visual!
A week to show that concrete solutions exist – and that it’s time for effective action to take care of the ocean.
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Together with Sacha, they form the events team: together, they orchestrate our actions on the ground and support our sports ambassadors who fly the flag for our cause. 💪
Her next challenge? The Pure Ocean Gala! Join him on Tuesday 3 June at Casa Delauze. ✨
A native of Bordeaux with a passion for sailing and swimming, Piero has always had his heart set on the ocean. Today, he’s combining his experience and energy to enthusiastically spread the word about our mission.
👥 Discover the brilliant minds behind our 2025 winners!
What if reintroducing seabirds helped restore coral reefs? In Polynesia, Hannah Epstein is installing floating nesting boxes to encourage their return. Their droppings, rich in nutrients, breathe new life into the reefs, plankton and fish.
🦜 In this video, she presents her Birds On Sticks project, winner of the 2025 prize.
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We regularly tell you about the committed people around us: talented ambassadors, generous patrons, dedicated project leaders, and many others.
But who are these passionate Pure Ocean members who fight every day for ocean research?
From event organization to scientific project coordination, communications, administration and sponsorship, they are the pillars on which our mission rests. The dedication and passion of each and every one of them drives our shared, unwavering commitment to protecting the ocean.
Follow us to discover the faces that make Pure Ocean an unstoppable force in supporting scientific research for our ocean.
Discover the brilliant minds behind our 2025 winners!
Every week, 15 million items of used clothing arrive in Accra, Ghana. Much of it ends up in the Korle lagoon, polluting beaches and destroying marine habitats, particularly those of turtles. With the acceleration of fast fashion, this textile pollution is worsening and is being dispersed into the ocean, to the indifference of the general public.
Today, there is still a lack of precise data on the extent of this pollution, preventing the introduction of effective measures to combat it.
Megan Schuknecht and Joseph Ayesu have decided to take action: with the ALT-Waste project, they are deploying an autonomous underwater robot to map precisely this underwater textile waste, which is currently invisible to the public authorities.
This scientific data is essential for raising awareness among decision-makers and implementing effective solutions to protect marine biodiversity.
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The Pure Ocean 2025 Challenge: Jean-Pierre Dick pushes the limits!
This Monday 5 May, the famous yachtsman Jean-Pierre Dick and his crew set off on board La Loévie (Swan 76) for the 5th edition of the Pure Ocean Challenge, a transatlantic crossing between Bermuda and Lorient.
🎯 The aim: to beat her record by 11 days and pass on her experience, while carrying the message of ocean conservation high!
💪 The challenge: 8 sailors, including 2 professionals and 6 amateurs, set off unassisted in an ocean race, with the aim of exceeding their limits for our blue lung.
➡️ Why this challenge? Because it’s more urgent than ever to protect the ocean. ‘We don’t just want to cross the Atlantic: we want to give meaning to every mile we sail,’ explains one of the Belgian amateurs. “It’s a way of showing that everyone, at their own level, can make a commitment to the Ocean.
You too can take action for the ocean by supporting ocean research: https://www.pure-ocean.org/donation/
Fair winds! The entire Pure Ocean team is with you, and we hope you’ll go for the record!
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“13 days, 43 minutes and 33 seconds: this was La Loévie’s first reference time to complete the Bermuda-Lorient crossing. The wind conditions at the end of the course unfortunately compromised our chances of victory.
No record was broken, but we’ll always remember the challenges we overcame together, as well as the splendid images that marked our adventure.
🙏 A huge thank you to a golden crew, united and determined, who made this crossing so much more than just a race.
Next crossing, the Arc in November 2025 for a tropical crewed race. Join the challenge!”
