2 - 4 June | CosmoCaixa Museum
From 2 to 4 June, the international team of the ERC-KARST project will meet at CosmoCaixa Barcelona for their scientific workshop on Flow and Transport of Contaminants in Karst Systems, organised by the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC).
Funded by a prestigious ERC Synergy Grant, the KARST project brings together leading researchers in hydrogeology, geosciences, applied mathematics, and physics to understand and predict the complex behaviour of water and contaminant transport in karst aquifers. These systems, characterised by underground networks of caves and conduits, are highly dynamic and particularly vulnerable to climate change, flooding, and pollution.
The workshop will serve as a key moment for the project consortium to exchange knowledge, share advances in methodology and modelling, and coordinate future research steps. It will also strengthen the collaboration between the project partners from Spain, Switzerland, France, and Slovenia.
KARST aims to develop a novel multiscale framework that links flow and transport processes across conduit, network, and catchment scales, ultimately supporting the sustainable management of groundwater resources that supply drinking water to nearly a quarter of the global population.
More information about the project is available at: erc-karst.eu
Funded by the European Union (ERC, KARST, 101071836)
Image from T. Racine (University of Neuchatel, KARST project): Laserscan of Mravljetovo abyss (Slovenia), highlighting hypogene karst geomorphology.
