News

Many journalists were interested in Algarikon and interviews, outcomes or visits were published in several Spanish newspapers, radios and even TV programs, some of them were:

NEWSPAPERS:

Published on 6/11/25 in Hortidaily «We demostrated that the algae that are suffocating Mar Menor lagoon can be turned into mushrooms, biostimulants and energy«

Published on 13/4/2025: Newspaper ´La Verdad´. Title: ´The biochemist who played with seahorses at the blue line of Mar Menor Lagoon´ when Cristina Soler was apointed as member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Mar Menor´

Published on 4/12/2024: Newspaper ´La opinion de Murcia´. Title: ´Algarikon, awarded for its project that uses algae and mud from the Mar Menor to produce biomethane´

News published on 7/12/24: regional newspaper ´La Verdad de Murcia´ Title ¨Award given by Mares Circulares to Algarikon Zero project about algae from Mar Menor¨(Mares Circulares premia un proyecto de Algarikon Zero con algas del Mar Menor)

Published on 8/2/2023: Newspaper ´El Español´ (Cristina Soler was interviewed). Title: ´The discovery of Cristina Soler, the biologist able of converting Mar Menor algae into mushrooms or energy´

This report granted the journalist Jorge García Badía with the IV ANEABE Price of Environmental Journalism (Noviembre 2023).

Published on 3/1/2024 in the regional newspaper ´La Opinión´ (Murcia) titled ´Studing the use of Mar Menor biomass in agriculture and industry´

SECTORIAL JOURNALS / MAGAZINES

Published on 24/7/2024 in the magazine ´Alimentaria´ (Murcia) titled ´Valorizing the algae clumps that proliferate in the Mar Menor´

RADIOS:

Interview on 7/11/25 on SER «Interview with Cristina Soler Rivas, professor at UAM, co-founder and CEO of Algarikon Mar Menor and with Francisco Ramón Marín, lecturer at UAM and co-founder of Algarikon Mar Menor» after being awarded the 1st prize of the «Knowledge & TechTransfer Innovation Awards 2025»

Interview emited on 15/8/25 in Onda Regional ¨Discovered that Mar Menor lagoon produces energy without using fresh water.¨

Cristina Soler was interviewed on 8/12/24 in COPE radio after reciving the price ¨Mares Circulares¨. Program: ´Lo que viene´. Postcast minute approx. 40.

Interviewed on 14/2/23 in Onda Regional de Murcia (to Cristina Soler). Program ´Plaza pública´. Podcast titled: ´Algae to enhance mushroom cultivation´.

Interview to Cristina Soler on ´Onda Cero´. Emitted 20/3/2023 in the program “La rosa de los vientos´ inside ´Cuéntame cómo pasó´. Podcast titled: ´The Mar Menor algae problem might have a solution´

Interview to Cristina Soler on ´RNE Españoles en la mar (Radio Exterior de España)´ emitted on 5/4/2023. Podcast title:  ´The value of algae for its re-utilization´

News on ´SER´. Titled ´The Cartagena Townhall studies the reutilization of algae for agricultural and industrial use together with researchers from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. The reuse of these algae as an alternative substrate for the cultivation of edible mushrooms´

TELEVISIONS:

News about project results emitted by regional TVE on 16/9/2025

Report in the national TV (TVE) within the program called ´Agosfera´ on 5/3/2023

Interview to Cristina Soler emitted by TVE Murcia on 1/03/2023

INSTITUTIONAL WEBS:

Published at ´Gazzette´ UAM´s newspaper. Titled: ´The Algarikon project converts the algae that drown the Mar Menor into living substrates´.

News on the webpage of CIEMAT. Titled: ´CIEMAT participates in the Algarikon project to valorize the invasive algae of the Mar Menor´

News on the webpage of IMIDA. Title: ´Invasive algae from Mar Menor are removed for a new use in agriculture: improving the lettuce culture´

News on the webpage of Cartagena Townhall published on 3/1/2024. Titled ´The townhall study together with researchers from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid the valorization of algae for agriculture and industrial use¨

Example of Innovative Start-up in the web of ´Fundación para el conocimiento Madri+d´ a Regional Program to promote transfering of knowlegde: https://youtu.be/QY0y3910jVI