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AnguillaMed
Estat sanitari de les anguiles europees d’estanys i cursos fluvials de la Mediterrània occidental: desenvolupament de mètodes no invasius d’estudi de fonts de contaminació i proposta de mesures de restauració
El projecte AnguillaMed analitzarà l’estat sanitari de les poblacions d’anguila europea (Anguilla anguilla) a la Mediterrània occidental, desenvolupant mètodes no invasius per a l’estudi de fonts de contaminació i fent propostes de mesures de restauració del seu estat sanitari. Des de mitjans del s. XX, la població d’anguila europea s’ha reduït a tot el món fins a tenir una presència mínima. Es calcula que els últims 50 anys els efectius d’aquesta espècie tan vulnerable s’han reduït a menys del 95%. Les causes principals en són la sobrepesca, la ruptura de la connectivitat ecològica, l’elevada la contaminació química de l’aigua i infestacions parasitàries, entre altres. Aquest projecte farà un estudi de camp que inclourà 12 llocs d’estudi, que corresponen a diverses masses d’aigua. D’entrada, a la demarcació dels Pirineus Orientals, a la de Girona i a la de Barcelona.
Els resultats del projecte permetran conèixer els nivells de degradació i l’estat ecològic dels ambients o hàbitats aquàtics continentals, llacunes costaneres i cursos fluvials i centrar-se en les causes del declivi de la biodiversitat: l’alteració de la hidromorfologia i la hidrodinàmica, la contaminació difusa d’origen agrari o industrial, etc. A partir d’aquí, i tenint en compte que l’anguila és una espècie indicadora de la qualitat del medi aquàtic, la intenció és proposar les mesures de restauració més adequades per a aquests hàbitats, de comú acord amb els grups socials d’interès de cada lloc d’estudi. Els resultats de la recerca també es considera que puguin ser extrapolables a altres regions mediterrànies i europees.
Start Date: 01/01/2024 – End Date: 31/12/2026
Funding: European Project
https://anguillamed.eu/
Monitor en continuo, con alta resolución temporal, de concentración de múltiples metales en aerosoles atmosféricos.
Este equipamiento es parte de la ayuda EQC2024-008470-P, financiada por MCIN/ AEI/10.13039/501100011033/ y FEDER Una manera de hacer Europa.
Start Date: 01/01/2024 – End Date: 30/06/2026
ONE BLUE
Integrated approach to assess the levels and impact of contaminants of emerging concern on blue health and biodiversity modulated by climate change drivers
The ONE-BLUE project aims to address the growing concerns about emerging contaminants (CECs) in marine environments. CECs can be found in pharmaceuticals, personal care products, flame retardants, pesticides, plastic additives, and micro- and nanoplastics. These contaminants pose a significant risk to marine ecosystems and biodiversity. Moreover, climate change exacerbates these risks by altering marine conditions, contaminant behaviour, and ocean acidification. The project seeks to enhance understanding of the presence, behaviour, and impacts of CECs in marine ecosystems under the influence of climate change.
ONE-BLUE focuses on developing new monitoring tools, advanced methodologies, and a comprehensive database (CECsMarineDB) to support effective management and policy decision-making. The studies include sampling campaigns in selected marine areas—the Atlantic Ocean, the Arctic, and the Mediterranean Sea—as well as controlled marine mesocosm experiments to investigate the interactions between CECs and climate change. Additionally, the project employs machine learning-based predictive models to assess and forecast future impacts. The project outcomes will be widely disseminated, and exploitation plans will be established to ensure the effective application of the developed technologies.
Funding: European Union’s HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-01 Ref No. 101134929
Start Date: 01/01/2024 – End Date: 30/06/2028
Funding: European Project
https://one-blue.eu/
Mejorando la caracterización molecular de mezclas complejas en estudios ambientales, humanos y toxicológicos mediante un enfoque integrado utilizando espectrometría de masas y movilidad iónica
Este equipamiento es parte de la ayuda EQC2024-008517-P, financiada por MCIN/ AEI/10.13039/501100011033/ y FEDER Una manera de hacer Europa.
Start Date: 01/01/2024 – End Date: 30/06/2026
SYBERAC
SYBERAC aims to better understand the terrestrial routes and patterns of exposure and the associated, potential toxicological and ecological impacts of chemical pollution (excluding industrial contamination) on terrestrial biodiversity, ecosystems, and ecosystem services. The SYBERAC vision is to deliver the underpinning science, methods and tools that can support a transition of terrestrial chemical risk assessment into a systems-based ERA (sb-ERA) designed to protect genetic and functional diversity and ecosystem services.
At the core of SYBERAC there is a collaborative knowledge-building process that integrates expertise and knowledge from relevant actors to improve understanding of how chemicals impact terrestrial ecosystems.
Funded by the European Union under Grant agreement ID: 101135213.
Start Date: 01/01/2024 – End Date: 31/12/2027
https://www.syberac.eu/
NEMESIS
Novel effect biomarkers for metabolic disruptors: evidence on health impacts to answer science and policy needs
Metabolic disrupting chemicals (MDCs) represent a prevalent challenge to human health, as their wide use in consumer products results in unavoidable, continuous exposure to these chemicals. As exposure to MDCs has been linked to increased incidence of metabolic diseases, the NEMESIS project aims to address critical gaps in understanding how this happens, to pave the way for more effective regulatory measures.
Within the project, we will enhance the understanding of how MDCs impact human health, provide insights from biomonitoring data on MDC levels and their mixtures across different regions, increase mechanistic understanding of chemical-induced metabolic disruption, develop predictive computational tools to predict outcomes of exposure, and communicate the project results efficiently to the public to raise awareness and promote health-promoting behaviors. By integrating the project’s findings into regulatory measures, the NEMESIS project aims to enhance the public health of the EU citizens and beyond.
Funding: European Commission. HORIZON-HLTH-2023-ENVHLTH-02-03-101137405
Start Date: 01/01/2024 – End Date: 31/12/2028
https://www.nemesis-project.eu/
TRANSIT
Tire Rubber Additives on the environment and wildlife and implications for the human health
TRANSIT is aimed to perform a broad environmental and human exposure assessment to Tire Wear Particles (TWPs) and related chemical compounds by the collection and analysis of air, water, biota and human samples from the Llobregat River Delta and surroundings. This is a unique area comprising the second biggest Spanish airport surrounded by urban, agricultural, industrial and natural protected spaces to study the fate of TWPs in the environment and their impact on the human health.
Funding: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Reference: PID2022-138623OA-100
Start Date: 01/09/2023 – End Date: 31/08/2026
Funding: National Project
Air-Phonema
Air pollution in hotspots: new metrics and source apportionment
Despite the significant improvements in air quality achieved in Europe over the last three decades, air pollution remains a major health problem. AIR-PHONEMA aims to assess the contribution of transport sources to ambient air pollution levels by measuring novel metrics of atmospheric aerosols and gaseous precursors and by conducting source distribution studies to PM, UFP and OP, in urban areas and in hotspots of traffic emissions. The ultimate goal is to assess the health effects of PM components and sources by combining toxicological and epidemiological studies.
To do this, we will combine continuous measurement at three supersites (transect: road traffic critical point, urban background, and regional background) with comprehensive measurement campaigns at transport hotspots (traffic location, airport, and port) in Barcelona. We will use a variety of state-of-the-art instruments to measure the UFP (from 1 nm) and PM chemistry (BC, metals, and organic aerosol-OA) and OP, at different time resolutions (from near real time to 24h resolution). We will apply receptor models and complementary analyses for source apportionment of the measured metrics. Specific objectives are to determine the concentrations of novel metrics of atmospheric aerosols and their precursors and o provide an updated quantification of the sources contributing to PM and UFP at urban areas and hotspots in urban areas and hotspots influenced by transport emissions (traffic, airport and harbour).
Funding: Ayuda PID2022-142160OB-I00 financiada por MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033/FEDER EU
Investigador responsable: Andrés Alastuey, Xavier Querol
Start Date: 01/09/2023 – End Date: 31/08/2026
WARMed
Ecohydrological resilience of Mediterranean headwater catchments to disturbances in water availability
The WARMed project is grounded on the starting hypothesis that increasing disturbances in water availability will greatly modify the ecohydrological behavior of Mediterranean headwater catchments. How resilient will be Mediterranean headwater catchments to (i) potential changes in ecohydrological partitioning, (ii) expected modifications of ecohydrological connectivity, and (iii) alterations in hydrological threshold and hysteresis patterns. We therefore expect this project to broaden our knowledge of the ecohydrological resilience of Mediterranean headwater catchments to disturbances in water availability.
To achieve this goal WARMed aims to investigate how changes in water availability will affect ecohydrological dynamics at different scales through four different objectives: The first objective will investigate water partitioning under different soil water availability conditions at the forest plot scale. This will be complemented with a second objective investigating how water transits, is stored, mixes and is used by vegetation in response to rainfall in different water availability conditions. The third objective will investigate hillslope-stream hydrologic connectivity and its variations depending on water availability. Finally, the fourth objective will assess how and why increasing disturbances in water availability will affect hydrological response and behaviour of Mediterranean headwater catchments.
WARMed will combine up-to-date high-frequency isotopic and hydrometric measurements, with continuous long-term monitoring in the Vallcebre research catchments (NE Pyrenees) used by the Surface Hydrology and Erosion Group as long-term (>30 years) field laboratories.
Funding: Agencia Estatal de Investigación – PID2022-141868NB-I00
Start Date: 01/09/2023 – End Date: 31/08/2026
Funding: National Project
Biodegradation and interaction of BIOplastic residues with the environMENT
Ayuda (Referencia de la ayuda: CNS2022-135615) financiada por MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 y por la “Unión Europea NextGenerationEU/PRTR”
Funding: CD (Costes directos): 164.900,00 € C (Costes indirectos)I: 34.629,00 €
Official start date: 01/09/2023
Official end date: 31/12/2025
Start Date: 01/09/2023 – End Date: 28/02/2026
