{"id":17467,"date":"2026-08-17T14:19:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lhei.lv\/?p=17467"},"modified":"2026-08-17T14:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:21:47","slug":"science-beyond-the-laboratory-looking-back-at-the-mersraga-abols-science-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lhei.lv\/en\/science-beyond-the-laboratory-looking-back-at-the-mersraga-abols-science-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Beyond the Laboratory \u2013 Looking Back at the \u201cM\u0113rsraga \u0101bols\u201d Science Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull back-content has-ast-global-color-5-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#233173\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"inherit-container-width wp-block-group back_btn_button is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<button type=\"button\" onclick=\"history.back();\"> &lt; Atpaka\u013c <\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns Post-content-news is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column p-con-left is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Science Beyond the Laboratory \u2013 Looking Back at the \u201cM\u0113rsraga \u0101bols\u201d Science Festival<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>On 15 August, the Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology (LHEI) took part in the first \u201cM\u0113rsraga \u0101bols\u201d Science Festival in M\u0113rsrags, a coastal town on the western shore of the Gulf of Riga. Over two days, the festival brought together researchers, scientific organisations and curious visitors, offering opportunities to discover science through talks, experiments, conversations and hands-on exploration of the surrounding environment.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Located directly on the Baltic Sea coast, M\u0113rsrags provided an especially fitting setting for discussions about aquatic ecosystems, marine pollution and human impacts on the environment. For LHEI, participation in the festival was an opportunity to bring research beyond the laboratory and academic environment and to engage directly with visitors of different ages and backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LHEI researcher <strong>Marta Barone<\/strong> contributed to the festival\u2019s lecture programme with the talk <strong>\u201cMicroplastic Pollution in the Context of Climate Change\u201d<\/strong>. The presentation explored microplastic pollution in aquatic environments and the ways in which this growing environmental challenge interacts with changing climate and environmental conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microplastics are an important focus of contemporary aquatic environmental research. The festival format provided an opportunity to discuss the issue outside the academic setting and to connect scientific research with everyday choices, human activities and broader questions concerning the future of the Baltic Sea and other aquatic ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the heart of the \u201cM\u0113rsraga \u0101bols\u201d festival was the idea that science begins with <strong>curiosity, observation and the simple question \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/strong> Its programme combined research with nature walks, conversations, experiments, science films, demonstrations and other activities, allowing visitors to encounter science in the coastal landscape \u2013 by the sea, in the forest, in the wind and in the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public engagement and science communication are an important part of LHEI\u2019s work, helping to explain <strong>how aquatic environments are studied, how scientific data are collected and how research contributes to understanding environmental change in the Baltic Sea and beyond<\/strong>. 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