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WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND ADAPTATION ACTIONS UNDER A GLOBAL CHANGE CONTEXT FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION
PCI2024-153452
The primary goal of WATER4MED is to provide a robust approach to enhance Mediterranean water governance models by managing water resources sustainably and efficiently, and providing viable alternatives to increase water storage capacity and mitigate floods. Approaches and alternatives to climate change adaptation will be developed and tested in 4 demonstration sites considering the Mediterranean dimension, while their replicability will be assessed in additional Mediterranean sites
Start Date: 01/06/2024 – End Date: 31/05/2027
Funding: International Project
https://water4med.com/
ARISE
Atmospheric antimicrobial resistance spread
ARISE is an interdisciplinary and innovative project in the field of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) aerosol pollution. ARISE aims to identify chemical markers (i.e., specific group of organic molecules or chemical families) in the PM2.5 possibly associated with antibiotic resistance bacteria (ARB), antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and mobile genetic elements (MGE) present in the air. Beside the evidences that airborne fine particulate matters can be a successful conduit for long-range dispersal of resistance, to the best of our knowledge there are no studies that have evaluated the link between the chemical and microbiological components of PM2.5 and the impact they could generate on the AMR spread in the air. ARISE represents the first attempt to identify the chemical markers of airborne PM2.5 conveying atmospheric AMR spread, in line with the ‘One Health’ approach to address the collective need of reducing the environmental AMR burden.
Entidad financiadora: Fundación "La Caixa". Becas de Posdoctorado Junior Leader – Incoming, convocatoria 2023
Start Date: 01/06/2024 – End Date: 31/05/2027
El impacto de los rodenticidas anticoagulantes en la biodiversidad y alternativas a su uso integrando soluciones basadas en la naturaleza (BUBOROD)
SBPLY/23/180225/000203
Los rodenticidas son útiles para controlar roedores que pueden dañar bienes y transmitir enfermedades infecciosas a humanos y ganado. Los más utilizados en las últimas décadas han sido los rodenticidas anticoagulantes (AR). La resistencia desarrollada por las ratas a los AR de primera generación (FGAR) obligó al uso de AR de segunda generación (SGAR), que son más tóxicos que los FGAR. Sin embargo, la capacidad de bioacumulación de los SGAR está provocando su biomagnificación en los depredadores que se alimentan de roedores envenenados y explica que el 58% (2414 de 4187) de los depredadores analizados en estudios en todo el mundo muestren AR. En algunas zonas de España, el 100% de los búhos reales analizados han presentado residuos de SGAR en hígado, llegando en muchos casos a niveles letales.
La desaparición de la población reproductora en algunas zonas de España con alta presencia de explotaciones ganaderas, donde los tratamientos con SGAR son frecuentes, nos llevó a plantear la hipótesis de que las intoxicaciones secundarias por SGAR pueden estar implicadas, total o parcialmente, en el declive o extinción local del búho real. Además, la resistencia desarrollada por los roedores a los FGAR y, más recientemente, a los SGAR puede aumentar el riesgo de envenenamiento secundario de los depredadores porque los roedores resistentes tenderían a bioacumular concentraciones más altas de AR antes de alcanzar un nivel letal.
El objetivo principal del presente proyecto es contribuir al conocimiento de la Vía de Resultados Adversos (Adverse Outcome Pathway, AOP) de los SGAR en el búho real (como especie indicadora) desde la base molecular hasta los efectos en la población, y mitigar este impacto negativo en la solución basada en la naturaleza para el control de roedores que representa el búho real. Los objetivos específicos son: (1) estudiar la relación entre la mutación Vkorc1 de los genes de resistencia y la bioacumulación de SGAR en ratas; (2) estudiar la relación entre las concentraciones de SGAR en ratas y la bioacumulación y los efectos adversos de los SGAR en búho real; (3) estudiar los determinantes ambientales de la exposición a SGAR en el búho real; (4) estudiar la relación entre la exposición a SGAR y las tendencias espaciotemporales de las poblaciones de búho real; y (5) desarrollar métodos para aliviar el impacto de los SGAR en depredadores.
Entidad financiadora: Agencia de Investigación e Innovación de Castilla-La Mancha, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha
Start Date: 01/05/2024 – End Date: 30/04/2027
Inhaled dose of air pollution – an integrative approach towards personalized air pollution exposure assessment in pregnant women (RESPIRE)
NFRFE-2023-00603
Canadian Government. New Frontiers in Research Fund – Exploration 2023
Start Date: 01/04/2024 – End Date: 31/03/2027
INTEGRATED RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS
101131261
Adapting to climate change requires a deep understanding of the risks it poses, including the factors that determine them, such as hazards, exposure, and vulnerabilities, and their effects on human, production, and natural systems. The EU-funded IRISCC project aims to enhance Europe’s resilience to climate change by providing integrated scientific and knowledge services. It will create a catalogue of services for both onsite and virtual access, developed in three phases. The project will support policymakers and researchers, contributing to climate reports and adaptation strategies. Additionally, IRISCC will train new scientists in data stewardship, ensuring that open data complies with FAIR principles and links to European initiatives such as EOSC.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101131261.
Start Date: 01/04/2024 – End Date: 30/09/2028
https://www.iriscc.eu/
BioRisk
Holistic assessment of the impact-interaction of chemical and microbiological micropollutats in the biosolid-soil-plant system. Risks and agricultural recommendations.
The BIORISK project focuses on the holistic evaluation of the impact of chemical and microbial micropollutants in the biosolid-soil-plant system. Biosolids, derived from sewage sludge, are widely used in agriculture as organic fertilizers due to their high nutrient content and role in promoting circular economy principles. However, their application may introduce emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, heavy metals, and antibiotic-resistant bacteria into the soil, crops, and ultimately, the food chain. BIORISK aims to assess the risks associated with biosolid use in farming and explore innovative strategies to mitigate pollutant uptake, ensuring safe and sustainable agricultural practices.
The use of biosolids in agriculture presents both opportunities and risks. On one hand, they provide essential nutrients to crops, improve soil health, and reduce the need for synthetic fertilizers. On the other hand, biosolids may contain a mix of chemical pollutants (e.g., pharmaceuticals, pesticides, plasticizers, and heavy metals) and microbial contaminants (e.g., antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes), which could pose risks to human health and the environment.
Currently, European regulations on biosolid use mainly focus on heavy metal content, leaving emerging pollutants unregulated. This knowledge gap makes it difficult to determine safe application levels and long-term impacts on soil, crops, and consumers. Without clear guidelines, farmers and policymakers lack the necessary tools to ensure food safety and environmental protection. BIORISK addresses these challenges by conducting comprehensive research to understand pollutant dynamics and develop mitigation strategies.
Funding: cofunded by the EU
Start Date: 01/03/2024 – End Date: 30/11/2026
https://biorisk.csic.es/
Upscaling reactive transport in unsaturated media: from the pore to the vadose zone
101115760
The overarching goal of Uplift is to develop upscaled models for transport, mixing, and reaction in the vadose zone, rooted in a firm understanding of pore-scale dynamics. The vadose zone is the partially-saturated region connecting the land surface to groundwater, acting as a filter for nutrients and contaminants and controlling their access to aquifers. Reactive transport in partially-saturated porous media is of central importance to our understanding of nutrient cycles and applications such as soil and groundwater remediation. Geological media are heterogeneous across scales, and the simultaneous presence of air and water enhances structural heterogeneity.
Uplift proposes a shift in perspective from empirical parameterization to the development of upscaled models rooted in a firm understanding of pore-scale dynamics. The underlying hypothesis is that a framework capable of quantifying subscale mixing limitations, combined with a coarse field-scale description of flow, can significantly improve current models. This requires a better understanding of pore-scale dynamics under unsaturated conditions, along with a theoretical framework capable of capturing their impact at larger scales. Uplift aims to address these challenges by connecting stochastic models of transport to statistical pore-scale features, and combining them with a novel population dynamics framework for reactive transport connecting effective reaction rates to delays due to transport limitations. To support the theoretical developments and complement available data, resolved simulation tools developed in the project will be employed to assess the role of degree of saturation, pore-scale structure, and transient forcings on phase distribution statistics and solute mixing. The proposed framework and its numerical implementation are expected to result in new reactive transport models for the vadose zone with significantly improved predictive power.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. This work is supported by ERC grant (UPlift, 101115760, 10.3030/101115760)
Start Date: 01/03/2024 – End Date: 28/02/2029
https://ercuplift.wordpress.com/
Improving monitoring and environmental risk assessment of pharmaceuticals, antimicrobial resistance and pathogens from terrestrial to aquatic environments
101119261
Pharm-ERA addresses the growing environmental and health risks posed by pharmaceutical micro-pollutants and associated microbial contamination, which contribute to antimicrobial resistance and threaten biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Adopting a One Health perspective, the project focuses on understanding how pharmaceuticals and their transformation products behave across the soil–water–sediment continuum, assessing their ecological impacts at multiple biological levels, and identifying the key drivers of antimicrobial resistance and pathogen spread. By integrating advances in environmental chemistry, microbial ecology, ecotoxicology and modelling, Pharm-ERA aims to develop innovative tools for improved monitoring and environmental risk assessment, ultimately supporting the protection of microbial diversity and ecosystem services in line with EU policies and global sustainability goals.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101119261
Start Date: 01/02/2024 – End Date: 31/01/2028
https://pharm-era.hub.inrae.fr/the-project
Distintivo FUNDS STG/COG/ADV/SYG-01 2024 en el ¿INSTITUTO DE DIAGNOSTICO AMBIENTAL Y ESTUDIOS DEL AGUA¿ del CSIC)
FUNDS24053
Start Date: 01/01/2024 – End Date: 31/12/2026
Desarrollo de un método non-target para la evaluación de la exposición humana a contaminantes emergentes.
Programa CSIC de Movilidad Internacional para Personal Predoctoral
Start Date: 01/01/2024 – End Date: 31/12/2026
