Descrizione del progetto
Tecnologie per il monitoraggio degli aerosol biologici
Gli aerosol biologici, che vengono rilasciati dagli ecosistemi terrestri e marini, esercitano un importante impatto sull’agricoltura e sulla silvicoltura. Al tempo stesso, alcuni bioaerosol come ad esempio il polline o le spore fungine provocano allergie a milioni di persone in tutto il mondo. Risulta pertanto necessario monitorare questi bioaerosol e generare informazioni tempestive e liberamente disponibili per quanto riguarda la loro localizzazione e l’effetto da essi causato. A tal fine, il progetto SYLVA, finanziato dall’UE, si prefigge di sviluppare tecnologie e infrastrutture per il monitoraggio dei bioaerosol in Europa. Queste soluzioni prenderanno in considerazione i cambiamenti dei bioaerosol provocati da fattori quali clima e ambiente e saranno ampiamente applicabili nel settore agricolo e in quello sanitario.
Obiettivo
Primary biological aerosols (bioaerosols: mainly pollen and fungal spores, but also bacteria and viruses) released into the air by plants, fungi, and other biota, are strongly impacted by climate change. Simultaneously, they also directly affect the climate through interactions with clouds and precipitation. Many bioaerosols, especially pollen and some fungal spores, have allergenic effect on humans. Such aeroallergens affect over 80 million Europeans, reducing their quality of life and costing well over €50 billion/year. Information on bioaerosols is also vital for agriculture and forestry, where timely data about plant development, abundance of pathogens and parasites, as well as invasive species, are necessary for precision-agriculture and knowledge-based technologies. The demand for timely, free, and objective information is currently not met.
The overall goal of SYLVA is:
To achieve a radical improvement and fill gaps in temporal resolution, timeliness, coverage, and availability of information about aeroallergens and other bioaerosols. SYLVA technological innovations will be accompanied with new infrastructure, distribution and exploitation pathways, and links with stakeholders to ensure technology uptake and sustainability beyond the lifetime of the project.
To achieve this goal, the project will:
- Develop cutting-edge bioaerosol monitoring technologies
- Create bioaerosol monitoring ICT infrastructure and software following open-source principles and connect it to European environmental observing systems
- Validate the operational maturity and added-value of bioaerosol monitoring technology through Demonstration Pilots in three European regions
- Maximise impact by demonstrating SYLVA innovations to key stakeholders related to climate, health, agriculture, silviculture, and the environment
- Ensure the long-term sustainability of bioaerosol technology and infrastructure across Europe
Campo scientifico
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic health
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learningunsupervised learning
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestrysilviculture
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
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HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation ActionsCoordinatore
00560 Helsinki
Finlandia