A Spanish research vessel that investigates marine ecosystems has been abruptly diverted from its usual task to take on a new job: Helping in the increasingly desperate search for the missing from Spain’s floods. Carrera, 60, is head of the fleet of the research vessels run by the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, a government-funded science center under the umbrella of the Spanish National Research Council. The boat also helped research the impact from the lava flow that reached the sea from the 2021 La Palma volcano eruption in Spain’s Canary Islands. Finding a body at sea, Carrera said, is highly unlikely. Those findings will contribute to initiatives by other Spanish research centers to study Spain’s deadliest floods of the century.

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Persons: Pablo Carrera, ” Carrera, Emilio Morenatti, David Ramos, Carrera, CESAR MANSO, “ Organizations: Associated Press, Getty, Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Spanish National Research Council Locations: Spanish, Valencia, Carrera, Alicante, Spain’s, Palma, Canary, AFP, Spain, Valencian, Turis