The 2023 Premio de la Rectora “Premio a la innovación de mayor impacto al medio ambiente” of the Universidad Central "Marta Abreu"' de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba, has been jointly awarded to Dailé Avila Alonso, Jan M. Baetens, R. Cardenas Ortiz and Bernard De Baets for their work on hytoplankton dynamics in the North Atlantic associated with the passage of hurricanes.