Project description
Unlocking ocean mysteries through case studies
Marine ecosystems face unprecedented threats from contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and climate change. In this context, the EU-funded ONE-BLUE project aims to deepen our understanding and increase mitigation efforts. Conducting case studies in the Atlantic, Arctic, and Mediterranean, ONE-BLUE seeks to enhance knowledge on CEC concentrations and effects. Through controlled experiments, the project examines interactions between climate change and CECs in marine mesocosms. Adhering to FAIR principles, a comprehensive database called CECsMarineDB will store and manage project data, aiding exploration and analysis. Innovative solutions include new ecotoxicity assessment methodologies, effect-directed approaches, ultrasonic systems for micro/nanoplastics, autonomous sensors, and a decision support system. ONE-BLUE not only advances scientific understanding, but also aligns with EU policies.
Objective
ONE-BLUE will provide an integrated assessment of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and their impacts, will develop new monitoring tools, and will provide an advanced understanding of the combined effects of CECs and climate change (CC) on the different marine ecosystems and their biodiversity. The following objectives are defined:
• Improve the current knowledge of the concentrations, profiles, fate, behaviour, and effects of CECs, in the different marine compartments and ecosystems through three case studies (Atlantic and Arctic oceans and the Mediterranean Sea) and develop safety guidelines and protocols for future CECs monitoring in marine ecosystems.
• Provide an advanced understanding of possible interaction between CC and CECs in marine ecosystems with studies under controlled conditions in marine mesocosms.
• Develop a database (DB), the CECsMarineDB, following FAIR principles, with a database management system (DBMS) to collect the data generated in ONE-BLUE and capitalize data from other projects and existing DBs. A graphical user interface (GUI) will be developed and used for data exploration and demonstration of the fate and behaviour of CECs in a changing environment.
• Provide new solutions in support of the implementation of relevant EU policies; (i) a series of new approach methodologies (NAMs) to improve the ecotoxicity assessment of CECs in marine ecosystems; (ii) a tiered effect-directed approaches (EDA) combining toxicological assessment and chemical analysis; (iii) an advanced ultrasonic system for sampling and enrichment micro/nanoplastics from seawater; (iv) a remote autonomous sensor to assess CECs in marine waters in quasi-real-time; a decision support system (DSS) based on machine and deep learning strategies to assess and forecast combined effects of CC and CECs in marine ecosystems.
• Disseminate the project results and establish the exploitation plan for the developed technologies.
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- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences atmospheric sciences climatology climatic changes
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HORIZON.2.6 - Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-01
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28006 Madrid
Spain
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