Roberto Danovaro and Stefania Benaglia on Biology, Society, and Politics in Artribune Podcast

The latest episode of Artribune's podcast 'Contemporaneamente', curated by Mariantonietta Firmani, features marine biologist Roberto Danovaro and researcher Stefania Benaglia discussing the intersection of sea, society, biology, and politics. Danovaro, recognized as the world's top scientist in the 'Ocean and Seas' category for 2010-2020 by ExpertScape, is a professor at Università Politecnica delle Marche and president of WWF Italy's Scientific Council. Benaglia, a research associate at CEPS in Brussels, focuses on EU foreign policy and Asia relations. The conversation covers how technological advances have boosted research, the complexity of the water cycle and climate change, the EU's high living standards versus Italy's implementation struggles, and the fact that 50% of seas are beyond jurisdiction, with microplastics causing humans to ingest the equivalent of a credit card of plastic. The podcast is available on Spreaker.