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Estrella Núñez, Vice-Rector of Research at UCAM, with the Minister Diana Morant after visiting the Spanish Institute of Oceanography

UCAM launches the first buoy to measure the state of the Mar Menor in real time

Estrella Núñez, vice-rector of Research for the Universidad Católica, has participated in the visit of Diana Morant, Minister of Science and Innovation, to the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, where the Minister was shown the progress of the European project 'Smartlagoon' led by the Universidad Católica de Murcia.

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Estrella Núñez and Javier Senent along with other members of their team, at Playa El Carmolí, located a few meters from the mouth of the Rambla de El Albujón, one of the most important that flows into the Mar Menor.

Europe allocates 4 million to an international research project led by UCAM for the recovery of the Mar Menor

Through the European Union’s elite programme ‘Horizon 2020’, experts from six countries will create a digital model, using artificial intelligence, to monitor the salt lagoon and ensure its sustainability. ‘SMARTLAGOON’ will be replicated in other natural areas across the continent.

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