Description du projet
Étudier l’impact chimique des microplastiques et des micropolluants
Les microplastiques se forment à la suite de changements physiques et chimiques réduisant l’intégrité mécanique et le poids moléculaire des polymères des plastiques, au cours de leur dégradation. On a non seulement constaté qu’ils endommageaient physiquement l’environnement, mais aussi qu’ils accumulaient et se liaient à divers polluants organiques à l’origine de dommages chimiques supplémentaires. Malheureusement, en dépit d’un besoin criant, les recherches sur ce sujet restent rares, voire inexistantes. Le projet IMPACTAS, financé par l’UE et basé à l’université de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, entend y remédier. IMPACTAS étudiera l’impact des micropolluants et des microplastiques sur les îles. Les recherches du projet seront renforcées par l’introduction d’un groupe de recherche en chimie analytique environnementale.
Objectif
Degradation of plastics is a sequence of chemical and physical changes reducing their molecular weight and mechanical integrity of the polymer and leads to formation of microplastics (MPs). Negative effect of the MPs on the environment is not only physical, but also chemical due to their ability to adsorb and accumulate many persistent organic pollutants The role of MPs as a vector of the contamination is newly formed phenomenon and could fundamentally top off the role of MPs in the ecological systems. Only limited number of scientific papers and research are currently available and published, thus IMPACTAS project aims to change it. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria provides unique opportunity to study micropollutants-microplastics topic in terms of islands location, extensive tourism industry, protected natural parks, excellent infrastructure and knowledge of Environmental Analytical Chemistry research group belonging to Institute for Environmental Studies and Natural Resources. Project will focus at few objectives: - Development of analytical methodologies and strategies for the determination of organic pollutants adsorbed on MPs; - spatial and temporal monitoring of micropollutants - microplastics in different environmental compartments and; - environmental risk assessment of micro-pollutants in different natural ecosystems. Objectives of the project are multidisciplinary including combination of analytical chemistry, statistics, biology and environmental sciences. IMPACTAS implies international research visits and placement of the researcher for further knowledge implementation. Expected results have potential to provide state of the art solutions for micropollutants monitoring and control in different environmental and biology systems around Canary Islands which could be transferred across research groups within EU countries. This project is in line with the EU Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy and Blue Growth strategy of the European Union
Champ scientifique
- natural scienceschemical sciencesanalytical chemistry
- natural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciences
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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Régime de financement
HORIZON-AG-UN - HORIZON Unit GrantCoordinateur
35001 Las Palmas De Gran Canaria
Espagne