3 fun facts
to dive
your holiday meals
into the ocean
Running out of conversation starters for your upcoming holiday meals? Impress family and friends with these little anecdotes about our marine friends.
Dolphins have “names” Each dolphin produces a unique whistle that helps it be recognized and call its friends. A true personal language underwater, allowing them to identify themselves individually and communicate within the group. (Source: Mediapart)
The mantis shrimp can create underwater lightning This little shrimp can snap its claws so fast that it generates an underwater implosion, producing both a loud noise and a flash of light. A technique to stun its prey… and shine in the dark! (Source: Nature)
There is an immortal jellyfish: Turritopsis dohrnii This tiny 1 cm jellyfish, found in the Mediterranean, can revert to a juvenile stage after reaching adulthood, effectively restarting its life cycle. In theory, this process could repeat indefinitely—a true little miracle of nature! (Source: Wikipedia)
The ocean never ceases to amaze us! Do you have a fun marine fact to share to brighten up our holidays?
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The ocean, too, has brought out the Christmas lights. ✨
But here, no garlands: these animals produce their own light.
This ability is called bioluminescence.
🔦 A fascinating language used in the depths to communicate, protect themselves… or navigate in total darkness.
Did you think the deep sea was gloomy and dark?
Not at all. It’s a place of true fireworks. 🦑🎆
➡️ Like in this video, where Kat Bolstad and Tom Linley were lucky enough to observe a squid responding to bioluminescent signals, emitted to study it in a non-invasive way.
Thanks to your invaluable support, these two scientists are exploring the Antarctic abyss to reveal still-unknown species, using an innovative technique that allows them to observe without hunting or capturing.
✨ Your support helps research illuminate the most secret corners of the deep sea.
Thank you to everyone who makes this exploration possible.
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In recent weeks, the Shein scandal has once again highlighted the dark side of fast fashion:
massive overproduction on the other side of the world, opaque and unethical practices, chemical substances, and clothes designed not to last.
‼️ And the disaster doesn’t stop at our closets.
In Accra, Ghana, the largest second-hand clothing market in the world receives 15 million garments each week from Northern countries. 🐢 A large portion is unsellable and ends up in the Korle Lagoon, polluting the seabed, destroying turtle habitats, and severely impacting the lives of local residents by contaminating their environment and threatening their livelihoods.
You’ve probably seen the images of beaches overrun with clothes—now imagine everything under the water…
➡️ And yet we do nothing. Why?
From the surface, this underwater pollution is invisible.
When a phenomenon cannot be seen, measured, or quantified…
👉 it does not exist in the eyes of policymakers.
In short: no data = no problem.
Yet the urgency is very real.
This is where science and technology make a difference.
The ALT-Waste project, supported by Pure Ocean, uses an autonomous underwater robot to map this textile pollution and measure its real impact on biodiversity.
💙 Join Pure Ocean and support the research that reveals the invisible.
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They grow a centimetre a year... but can die within a few days.
Red gorgonians are among the most structuring organisms in the Mediterranean.
These colonies of animals form true underwater forests, providing shelter for a multitude of species: fish, sponges, crustaceans, nudibranchs, starfish…
By filtering the water, this engineering species creates conditions that favor the development of coralligenous habitats, a unique landscape in the Mediterranean.
But these spectacular animals have a weakness:
When the water is too warm for too long, their tissue becomes fragile.
During marine heatwaves, entire sections of gorgonians develop necrotic areas within days, and some populations suffer massive mortality.
The BUFFER project, supported by Pure Ocean, aims to understand why some colonies survive while others do not.
By studying their genetics, Jean Baptiste Ledoux and his team hope to provide new management strategies for the National Park and give these emblematic underwater forests a chance to thrive.
Protecting gorgonians means preserving the Mediterranean we love.
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250 of you joined us for Ocean Night: an evening full of emotion, energy, and your commitment!
We were able to share the year’s review with you, our actions, and the impact of the projects we support… everything your support makes possible.
This year, the theme was Brazil, to immerse you in our new Pure Ocean Documentary: Flor Do Mar.
And you played along… what an atmosphere!
🙏 Thank you to Audrey Ogereau and Erwan Le Roux, our two ambassadors, for sharing their experiences in close contact with the ocean.
🎬 Thank you to Roxane and Ugo from the duo Zeke Film for this exceptional film. A huge BRAVO! We are extremely proud to have shared Francimeire’s story and her Regen Ocean Farms project through such a powerful narrative and breathtaking images!
🥁 Thank you to Lil Nascimento and the entire Soul Brasileira team for closing this Brazilian presentation with a batucada that made the room come alive and led us straight into the cocktail reception.
🍽️ And thank you to La Table de Cana for this warm cocktail that extended the magic of the evening.
And a HUGE thank you to Banque Populaire Méditerranée, Sabine Calba, and her amazing team for their welcome and invaluable help in organizing the event.
THANK YOU to each and every one of you for your smiles, your energy, your presence, and your precious support that advances scientific research for the ocean.
🩵 We couldn’t have hoped for a better way to close the year with you.
We are thrilled and already looking forward to seeing you again next year.
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The entire team is incredibly proud and happy to share this project we’ve been working on for months!
After an emotional preview at Ocean Night last night, you can finally discover our new Pure Ocean Documentary.
Flor do Mar tells the story of men and women from the Brazilian coast who are regenerating the ocean through artisanal seaweed farming, while strengthening the local economy and breathing new life into coastal communities.
An emblematic project: Regen Ocean Farms, winner of our 2024 call for projects, led by Francimeire Costa from the BKK Institute.
BRAVO to Francimeire Costa, heroine of this story and of everyday life. Thank you for this exceptional initiative and your limitless commitment, which is guiding entire villages toward a better future!
Innovation, resilience, female leadership, science, and fieldwork: this film shows that another path is possible… and that it already exists!
Directed by Zeke Film, the talented duo Roxane Perrot and Ugo Isoard, THANK YOU for these incredible images and this work that puts emotion at the forefront.
Thanks to the BKK Institute for all their help and support during the filming.
What if this Friday, the ocean came before your wishlist?
As you know, overconsumption has harmful consequences for our environment and its animals. Plastic pollution, resource overexploitation, CO₂ emissions from production and transport—the list goes on.
So don’t let aggressive promotions decide for you: make a gesture that truly matters!
❌ This Friday, don’t fill your closets…
➡️ Fill the ocean with life! By making a donation, every euro supports young researchers working on the scientific innovations of tomorrow.
Instead of buying:
👖 One pair of pants, you’ll fund one hour of scientific research
❄️ One fridge, one day of research
📺 One plasma screen, one underwater ROV to discover new species!
Every euro spent can make a difference. Support science by contributing to concrete projects.
💙 And on top of that, it’s tax-deductible! This Friday, choose Blue Friday 👊
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Pure Ocean Documentary #2: Flor do Mar - Official teaser
📅 First screening: Wednesday, December 3, during our Ocean Night.
Today, the ocean is facing an unprecedented crisis.
And it is coastal communities, already vulnerable, who are paying the highest price.
Beneath the surface, everything remains invisible.
How can we protect what we cannot see?
In Brazil, a new voice is rising: that of men and women who are reinventing their connection with life.
Among them is Francimeire Costa, a biologist and daughter of artisanal fishermen, who works every day to regenerate her coastline through sustainable seaweed farming.
🌿 Regen Ocean Farms, supported by Pure Ocean, shows that another path is possible:
➡️ cultivating seaweed using traditional methods
➡️ strengthening the local economy while restoring ecosystems
➡️ connecting science and communities
This documentary tells their struggle, their hopes, and the power of solutions born from the field.
👉 And what if the key lies here: learning to listen to the ocean again in order to reconnect with life?
🎥 Watch the teaser today.
🌙 Join us on December 3 to see the film in its premiere screening.
🎞️ A film directed by Roxane Perrot and Ugo Isoard of Zeke Film, in partnership with the BKK Institute, which leads the Regen Ocean Farms project.
We are extremely proud to see Jennifer Matthews, leader of the Reef Reborn project, supported by Pure Ocean from 2022 to 2024, receive the NSW Premier’s Prizes for Science & Engineering – Early Career Researcher of the Year 2025.
This major award, presented by the Premier himself, recognizes scientific and technical excellence and honors researchers for their outstanding achievements.
🪸 Reef Reborn is a scientific breakthrough that makes a real difference for coral reefs.
While nearly the entire Great Barrier Reef is now threatened by warming, and the planet is facing the fourth global wave of coral bleaching, simply transplanting already doomed corals is of little use.
Natural reproduction, on the other hand, allows for genetic innovation and strengthens the long-term resilience of reefs.
🔴 The challenge: in the wild, less than 1% of coral larvae survive.
👉 Their innovation: a lipid cocktail that increases baby coral survival rates by over 46%.
The result: more genetic diversity, greater heat resistance, and more hope.
🔬 Three million larvae fed. Survival rates never seen before. Twelve new in situ experiments. A method integrated into the Australian national reef restoration plan.
A true proof of concept for restoring reefs in ways other than traditional coral transplantation.
💙 The Pure Ocean team is so proud to have supported this project from the very beginning, thanks to your support.
Because behind every innovation that protects the ocean, there are brilliant researchers… and visionary patrons who choose to fund science.
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