Marine Logbook

This outreach project seeks to raise awareness of planktonic foraminifera, marine microorganisms that float in the sea, sensitive to their environment, which allows researchers to learn more about the ocean and its physical and chemical changes. On the other hand, they are covered by a shell that fossilizes when it falls to the bottom of the sea. These small fossils provide important information about what the oceans were like in the past, several hundred years ago. Thus, we can have a complete history of what the Pacific Ocean was like on our coasts, Chile and Peru, and based on this data predict what will happen in the future.