https://padlet.com/sofiamatsagou93/i8d9g344oik4 Made of wonder... en-us 2019-01-09 15:41:12 UTC 2026-01-25 21:30:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png sofiamatsagou93 https://padlet.com/sofiamatsagou93/i8d9g344oik4/wish/319285542 Alonnisos is a Greek island in the Aegean sea and, it is the third member of the Northern Sporades.The area of the island is 64 km². The island is mostly limestone. It is located east of mainland Greece and Magnesia, northeast of Euboea and northwest of the island of Skyros.The spcial species that lives here is the Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus.]]> 2019-01-10 15:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamatsagou93/i8d9g344oik4/wish/319285542 sofiamatsagou93 https://padlet.com/sofiamatsagou93/i8d9g344oik4/wish/319311359 Psathoura is the most northerly island of the Marine Park,and member of the Alonnisos islands complex. In sharp contrast to the rest of the islands, its landscape is dominated by volcanic features, spread with heathers and other bushes.It was active during the Pleistocene period.Its lava is consists of egodic anesthesia with olivine and its stones have the characteristic black color of the volcanic stones.The ground of this area is very fertile. Plant species unknown to the rest of Marine Park islands are common here, such as the sea daffodil (Pancratium maritunum). 

pinakas.ppspa.gr
www.alonissos.com/index.php/thalassio-parko-alonnisou/erimonisia/psathoyra#!psathoura_gallery_01

]]> 2019-01-10 16:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamatsagou93/i8d9g344oik4/wish/319311359 sofiamatsagou93 https://padlet.com/sofiamatsagou93/i8d9g344oik4/wish/319313498 The National Marine Park of Alonissos and Northern Sporades was the first marine park established in Greece and is currently the largest marine protected area in Europe!The efforts to protect this area began in the early 1970s. In 1986, the Prefecture of Magnesia signed the first resolution aiming to the protection of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) and its natural habitat. The National Marine park of Alonissos and Northern Sporades is the nature reserve for a series of terrestrial and marine species living in the Mediterranean Sea, including hundreds of plants and animals, as well as remarkable archaeological and historical monuments.]]> 2019-01-10 16:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamatsagou93/i8d9g344oik4/wish/319313498 sofiamatsagou93 https://padlet.com/sofiamatsagou93/i8d9g344oik4/wish/319332199 The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is a monk seal belonging to the family Phocidae. As of 2015, it is estimated that fewer than 700 individuals survive in three or four isolated subpopulations in the Mediterranean, (especially) in the Aegean Sea, the archipelago of Madeira and the Cabo Blanco area in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is believed to be the world's rarest pinniped species. 
Sadly the Mediterranean monk seal is on the IUCN's endagered list. A lot of human activity theatens its survival , but a lot of actions ara taking place so that this species survive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_monk_seal
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13653/117647375

]]> 2019-01-10 16:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamatsagou93/i8d9g344oik4/wish/319332199 sofiamatsagou93 https://padlet.com/sofiamatsagou93/i8d9g344oik4/wish/319356692 Apart from the Mediterranean monk seal, the waters around Alonnisos are known for several species of dolphin and whale. The former include the common dolphin, striped dolphin and bottle nose dolphin, while the latter include the sperm whale, cuvier's beaked whale and long-finned pilot whale.Overall the whole area is an important habitat for about 300 species of fish, including the Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena), Bluefish tuna, Dusky perch (Serranus Gigas) and two-banded sea bream (Diplodas vulgaris). Also worth mentioning is the presence of red coral, making the sea around Alonnisos a unique one in Greece.
Also,in the skies over Alonnisos there are around 80 species of birds that can appear.
Finally, the tuna fish that lives here is considered to be the only one that's not polluted by heavy metals and is healthy to be eaten by humans.]]> 2019-01-10 17:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamatsagou93/i8d9g344oik4/wish/319356692 sofiamatsagou93 https://padlet.com/sofiamatsagou93/i8d9g344oik4/wish/346682935 THEME 3: PLANTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE 
Q: "In the Andes, the longest continental mountain range in the world, located in south America, tree species are ‘on the run’, trying to move to ground of higher altitude. They are shifting roughly 2.5 to 3.5 vertical meters a year on average, but in fact they need to migrate more than 20 vertical feet a year!"
A: I believe the right answer is 2.]]> 2019-03-29 19:11:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamatsagou93/i8d9g344oik4/wish/346682935