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Inhaled dose of air pollution – an integrative approach towards personalized air pollution exposure assessment in participants with and without respiratory diseases (PANAMA)
ANSES PNR [EST-23-177]
Start Date: 01/11/2023 – End Date: 31/10/2026
https://include.dsbg.unibas.ch/en/include/
Moving from field studies to ex vivo models for understanding and predicting toxicological responses to multiple stressors in marine mammals (SLICE)
Contrato Research Council of Norway, Tromso, Norway
Start Date: 01/10/2023 – End Date: 31/12/2026
Whales and polar bear in a petri dish: decoding marine mammal toxicology through in vitro and in silico approachees (Marma-detox)
NFR334739
Organismo financiador: Research Council of Norway
Start Date: 01/10/2023 – End Date: 31/08/2027
PALEOARCHIVO IBERICO DEL CAMBIO CLIMATICO _ EL LEGADO DE SHACKLETON PARA LAS INCOGNITAS CLIMATICAS ANTE NOSOTROS
PID2022-137665NB-I00
El principal objetivo del proyecto IBCC-Shack es monitorizar los factores que impulsan, amplifican, sostienen y globalizan el cambio climático durante las “deglaciaciones” en el margen ibérico. Estos incluyen transiciones de calentamiento y enfriamiento provocadas por el sistema interno de circulación atmósfera-océano, no solo en relación con tendencias a largo plazo (escala centenaria), sino también, específicamente, con anomalías de medio y corto plazo (escala multidecenal). A partir de la evaluación de datos de la cuenca balear y la cuenca del Tajo, proporcionaremos conocimiento para comprender los mecanismos de respuesta al cambio climático en la región mediterránea.
Proyecto PID2022-137665NB-I00 financiado por por MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033 y por FEDER, UE
Start Date: 01/09/2023 – End Date: 31/08/2027
Funding: European Project, National Project
https://ibcc-lo2k.org/shack/
KARST: Predicting flow and transport in complex Karst systems
101071836
Karst aquifers are a treasure and a threat: while up to 25% of the world population depends on them for drinking water, they also have capabilities for extremely fast conduction of water and contaminants. In the light of climate change, we need to prepare for extreme flooding and understand the consequences for karst aquifers. Despite their socio-economic importance, decades of research, and high-profile disasters, karst structures and processes remain notoriously difficult to assess. Because of the complexity of karst and its lack of accessibility, the foundations of flow and transport modeling in karst systems are weak. Key phenomena related to extreme events such as flash floods and heavy tails in tracer recovery are still beyond current modeling capabilities.
KARST will establish the next generation of coupled stochastic modeling frameworks to predict karst processes, assess the vulnerability of karst aquifers, and forecast their response to extreme events. Our approach will bridge structures and processes on all scales, far beyond the capabilities of current theories and computer simulations. This will be achieved by targeting three key objec- tives: (i) Identification and quantification of flow and transport dynamics at the conduit scale. (ii) Characterization and modeling of karst network structure at the catchment scale. (iii) Derivation of a new upscaled approach to predict karst processes at different resolution scales. Together, this will result in an unprecedented multiscale modeling framework for the prediction of flow and transport in karst.
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 (KARST, 101071836, 10.3030/101071836)
Start Date: 01/05/2023 – End Date: 30/04/2029
Funding: European Project
https://erc-karst.eu/
Aditivos de caucho para neumáticos en el medio ambiente y la vida silvestre y sus implicaciones para la salud humana
PID2022-138623OA-I00
Las partículas de desgaste de neumáticos (TWP) se generan por abrasión debido a la interacción entre la banda de rodadura del neumático y la superficie de la carretera. A pesar de que las TWP se utilizan desde la década de 1960, últimamente se están considerando como fuente importante de contaminación ambiental. Asociados con las TWP hay numerosos aditivos (TRA) que actualmente se fabrican y usan ampliamente como antioxidantes y antiozonizantes en la industria del caucho. Entre estos compuestos y sus productos de transformación (TP) se incluyen varias p-fenilendiaminas N,N'-sustituidas, como 6-PPD. Recientemente, se ha descubierto que un TP de este compuesto, 6-PPD-quinona, es la causa de una gran mortalidad en salmones coho en Canadá.
Los TWP en las carreteras se vierten en escorrentía y se infiltran en los ríos tras un evento de lluvia, incorporándose al medio acuático y pudiendo afectar la vida silvestre. Estas partículas también se encuentran en el aire, que a través de la inhalación, son una ruta de exposición directa en individuos que viven o trabajan en áreas de tráfico intenso. Actualmente, la información disponible sobre la presencia y el impacto de los TRA y sus TP en el medio ambiente y la salud humana es muy limitada.
Esta propuesta de investigación, TRANSIT, tiene como objetivo realizar una evaluación exhaustiva sobre estos compuestos en el medio ambiente y la población humana, mediante la recopilación y el análisis de muestras de agua, aire, biota e individuos de la zona del delta del río Llobregat (Barcelona). Se trata de un área de estudio única que comprende el aeropuerto de Barcelona, espacios urbanos densamente poblados, un parque agrario, la zona industrial y logística del puerto de Barcelona, y espacios naturales protegidos.
Para ello, el proyecto desarrollará y validará un conjunto de metodologías analíticas capaces de determinar TRA y sus TP en las matrices de estudio mencionadas, proporcionando un conocimiento integral sobre el impacto de estos compuestos en el medio ambiente y la salud humana. Este proyecto contribuirá al progreso científico en temas novedosos de salud ambiental, con el estudio de unos compuestos que aún no están regulados y de los que se tiene un conocimiento muy limitado. Todavía no existen estudios de este tipo en España.
El proyecto ha sido diseñado para llevarse a cabo en el Instituto de Diagnóstico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua (IDAEA-CSIC) en Barcelona, un Centro de Investigación Severo Ochoa y de referencia internacional en temas ambientales. Los laboratorios del IDAEA-CSIC están equipados con instrumentos de última generación para el análisis de muestras ambientales y biológicas, incluyendo varios espectrómetros de masas de alta resolución acoplados a diferentes sistemas cromatográficos (ej., Q-Exactive Orbitrap, Q-ToF, MALDI-ToF MS).
Proyecto PID2022-138623OA-I00 financiado por MICIU/AEI/10.13039/5011000110033 y por FEDER, UE
Start Date: 03/01/2023 – End Date: 31/12/2026
Toward a biome-scale monitoring of the Congo basin forest functional composition
PCI2023-146002-2
Expected strong climate, demographic and economic changes in Central Africa threaten the sustainability of ecological, social and economic services Congo Basin Forests (CBF) provide to humanity. In addition to deforestation, anthropogenic environmental impacts will lead to dramatic changes in forest tree functional composition with potential deleterious feedbacks on carbon and water cycles among other services.
Our project aims at developing an integrated approach for the monitoring of tree functional diversity of the CBF to support biome-scale assessment of their vulnerability to global changes.
Achieving such aim faces several challenges that define the specific objectives of the project:
(1) Gather, harmonize and share existing data to provide ground-truth estimates of multiple dimensions of tree diversity in the CBF.
(2) Connect existing forest plots to develop a regional network of observatories for a consistent monitoring of functional dynamics.
(3) Characterize variation in functioning of canopy species along environmental gradients, combining proximal sensing of tree phenology and ground ecophysiological and functional trait measurements.
(4) Develop an up-scaling chain from field data, to proximal and intermediate high-resolution (Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2) and coarse-resolution remote sensing data captured by time-series of satellite data of various types and resolutions provided by recent and upcoming Earth Observation Systems to quantify biomescale Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs).
(5) Combine biome-scale EBVs and environmental drivers to assess CBF vulnerability to expected changes (based on trend analyses and space-for-time substitution approaches).
(6) Disseminate the project outcome to forest stakeholders, and by technology transfer and capacity development of students and staff in the academic and operational African partner institutions of the project.
International Collaboration Projects PCI2023-2, call 2023. Project PCI2023-146002-2 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and co-funded by the European Union.
Start Date: 01/01/2023 – End Date: 31/12/2026
Partnership for the assessment of risks from chemicals
101057014
The European Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (#EU_PARC) aims to advance research, share knowledge, and improve skills in chemical risk assessment. By doing so, it will help support the European Union's Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, paving the way for the "zero pollution" ambition announced in the European Green Deal.
Main objectives:
- Develop the scientific skills needed to address current and future challenges in chemical safety
- Provide new data, methods, and innovative tools to those responsible for assessing and managing the risks of chemical exposure
- Strengthen the networks which bring together actors specialised in the different scientific fields contributing to risk assessment
PARC represents a campaign of unprecedented scale, since it brings together 200 partners from 28 countries, as well as three EU agencies (the European Environment Agency – EEA, the European Chemicals Agency – ECHA, and the European Food Safety Authority – EFSA). The partnership encompasses all aspects of chemical risk assessment, aiming in particular to: better anticipate emerging risks, better account for combined risks, and underpin the concrete implementation of new orientations in European public policies to safeguard the health and the environment in response to important issues for health, the ecology and citizens' expectations.
The Spanish coordination was assigned to the IDAEA's Geochemistry and Pollution group (Joan Grimalt) and the Instituto Carlos III.
HORIZON-HLTH-2021-ENVHLTH-03: 101057014
Start Date: 01/05/2022 – End Date: 30/04/2029
Funding: European Project
https://www.eu-parc.eu/
NANOHEALTH
Reducing nanoparticle exposures in industrial workplaces
The main objective of the LIFE NANOHEALTH project is to reduce occupational exposure to process-generated nanoparticles from permanently releasing industrial processes by optimising the performance of Risk Management Measures in indoor exposure scenarios. The aim is to clearly define the levels of concentration and risks posed by process-generated nanoparticles generated in industrial processes, as well as develop models for simulating the dispersion of these particles in indoor air and draw up engineering measures for minimising process-generated nanoparticles in industrial environments.
The project will contribute to meeting EU legislation on the health and safety of workers regarding the risk of nanomaterials at work in a cost-effective way, providing policymakers, authorities, professionals, and workers with a set of tools and technologies that will offer adequate solutions for addressing these risks.
LIFE Programme: LIFE20 ENV/ES/000187
Start date: 01/01/2022
End date: 01/07/2025
Start Date: 01/01/2022 – End Date: 01/07/2030
Funding: European Project
https://lifenanohealth.eu/en/home-page/
LIFE RESQUE ALPYR
Restoration of aquatic ecosystems of protected areas from the Alps and Pyrenees
LIFE RESQUE ALPYR aims at recovering mountain aquatic habitats improving conservation of several target habitats/species in four Nature 2000 sites from the alpine biogeographical regions of the Pyrenees (NE Spain) and the Alps (NW Italy).
In the Alps and the Pyrenees, specific aquatic and water-related species and habitats (lakes, bogs, mires and meadows) of mountain areas have an ‘unfavourable/inadequate’ conservation status or a decreasing status trend. This is because they have been subjected to long-standing and significant anthropogenic alterations, such as the proliferation of invasive fish species, overgrazing and trampling by livestock. More recently, mires afforestation and land abandonment have emerged as additional conservation issues in mountain areas.
LIFE programme (LIFE20 NAT/ES/000369)
Coordinator: Ventura Oller, Marc (CEAB-CSIC)
Start Date: 01/01/2022 – End Date: 31/12/2026
Funding: European Project
https://liferesquealpyr.eu/es/inicio/
