Our project, "Evaluating Awareness and Impacts of Heavy Metal Contamination in Chattogram, Bangladesh," represents the first comprehensive study of its kind in the region. Conducted from January to March 2024, we surveyed 400 local residents and interviewed 40 experts from government, NGOs, INGOs, and academia.

The increasing importance of human knowledge of the ocean invites more focus on applied and practical research. However, we are just beginning to understand the ocean, which could be called the last frontier for discovery. Ocean Shot will provide large-scale support for research leading to discoveries from two perspectives.