SEA TREASURES. LIVING WITH THE CLIMATE CHANGE, E+ project,

Project Number: 2019-1-FR01-KA229-062750_3" Living with the climate changes"

SEA TREASURES vs SEA DISASTERS

VIRTUAL LTT IN LITHUANIAALCA SCHOOLSPAINJANUARY, 2021

Galicia, a treasure!

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

INTRODUCTION

The Galician coast is a wonderful ecological treasure. The richness of the estuary is due to the phenomenon of "outcrop" or oceanic tides. This phenomenon occurs in spring and summer. Deep waters, rich in nutrients, replace surface waters that are blown out to sea by north winds. This explains why the Galician coast is an unbeatable habitat for shellfish. Fishing landed in Galicia accounts for 60% of the total in Spain

TREASURES OF THE GALICIAN COAST

The Galician coastline stretches for 1,498 km. Galicia has more than 700 beaches of fine white sand, as well as endless coves. Carnota beach is the longest, with more than 12 km. The landscape is always surprising in the 12 Galician estuaries

SEA TREASURES vs SEA DISASTERS

The Galician coast has experienced several ecological disasters. The most terrible was the sinking of the Prestige tanker. Although we were not yet born, this misfortune lives on in the minds of our parents and grandparents.

The Prestige "oil spill", an environmental catastrophe

• 63,000 tons of oil were spilled and 2,980km of Spanish, Portuguese and French coastline were contaminated.
• The fishing and shellfish sector of Galicia recorded losses of more than 22 million euros. The environmental damage was incalculable with hundreds of dead seabirds.

On November 13, 2002, a monohull oil tanker launched a call for help, it was a few kilometers from the Finisterre coast with significant damage to the ship's structure and in the middle of a great storm.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Prestige's journey

The Prestige's journey through the Atlantic Ocean, awaiting a response from the Spanish, Portuguese and French governments, lasted six days. On November 19 the ship could not hold out any longer and broke in two, spilling the fuel over the ocean and starting a great ecological crisis.

• 63,000 tons of oil were scattered along the coasts, with Galicia taking the worst of it.
• 1137 beaches covered with oil what was called "the black tide

WHAT CONSEQUENCES DID THIS ECOLOGICAL DISASTER HAVE?

• Hundreds of thousands of marine animals and birds died.

WHAT CONSEQUENCES DID THIS ECOLOGICAL DISASTER HAVE?

A tide of solidarity. Thousands of volunteers striving to bring the beaches back to life.

WHAT DO WE HIGHLIGHT?

WE ASK OURSELVES

Dead marine animals and birds, as well as the images of the Galician coasts covered in black, are kept in the collective memory. The environmental consequences of the spill are still visible on many beaches. The Prestige is still sunk several miles offshore, with oil tanks inside. Could this disaster happen again? Is the Spanish government prepared to face an ecological disaster of similar magnitudes? Could the Galician coast once again bear such damage?

WHAT DID WE LEARN?

THANKS

Project Number: 2019-1-FR01-KA229-062750_3" Living with the climate changes"

Teachers: Riero Romero, EdelmiraPenedo Ojea, José ManuelVillarino Fernández, José María

Students

1. AKGÖZ GARCÍA, ÊGIT RAÚL
2. ARUFE MOSQUERA, ANDREA
3. BARAJA GARCÍA, DARÍO
4. BELLMUNT REY, POL
5. CAMPO FERNÁNDEZ, DANIEL
6. CASTIÑEIRAS GASAMÁNS, DAVID FERNANDO
7. DÍAZ CLEMENTE, VERA
8. FERREIRO GONZÁLEZ, RODRIGO JOAQUÍN
9. GONZÁLEZ PUGA, SARA
10. GRAÑA VIDAL, ÁLEX
11. IGLESIAS YÁÑEZ, DIEGO
12. LAGO FERNÁNDEZ, ÁLVARO
13. MATO BREA, LAURA
14. PAZ TURNES, MARÍA
15. RAMOS PIÑEIRO, CRISTÓBAL
16. REGAL CORTEZ, ALANIS DANIELA
17. SABEL CAÍÑO, RAÚL
18. VALDÉS ÁLVAREZ, RUBÉN
19. VALERO VILAS, GINEBRA
20. VALERO VILAS, LUCAS
21. VALERO VILAS, RODRIGO