Plastic pollution has emerged as a major environmental challenge for aquatic ecosystems, including the Adriatic Sea and freshwater bodies such as rivers and lakes.

Recent findings published in the prestigious Communications Earth & Environment journal underscore an escalating concern for the increasing levels of toxic metals in coastal waters, intensified by ongoing climate change.

Dr. Jelena Bujan of the Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI) has secured a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant. With funding of €1.5 million, her innovative research aims to uncover how ants adapt to extreme temperatures caused by global warming.

Young researchers from the RBI Division of Marine and Environmental Research came together to share ideas at the first ZIMO Young Scientists Meeting.

The oceans, often envisioned as vast blue expanses harboring the mysteries of the deep and unexplored ecosystems, are now closer to revealing their secrets thanks to the efforts of scientists involved in the SOUND project (Swarm of Underwater Noise Detectors).

Only about 11 to 18 percent of conducted ecological research reaches its full informative value.

A team of researchers from the RBI has won second prize at the Blue Cloud Hackathon for an innovative prototype 'PerfeCt - Performance of Aquaculture under Climate Change'.

Thanks to the project funded by the International Visegrad Fund (IVF) the scientists from the Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI) in cooperation with their colleagues from three countries in the region - Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia investigate the influence of toxic substances on the adaptation of algae cells in the aquatic system.