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Plutonium bio-signature as tracer of climate changes in ocean transport (PLUTOTRACE)

Start date: Jul 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

...racer measurements will provide insights into the response of the ocean circulation to climate change. The proposal involves an outgoing phase of two years at the Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute and a returning phase of one year at the University of Plymouth."
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Advancing Understanding of Carbon Cycling and Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter Dynamics in European Wetlands & Coastal Ecosystems through integration of observations and novel modelling approaches (EcoDOM)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

...initiatives for increased understanding and modelling of climate-related biogeochemical cycles in European wetland ecosystems and sustainable management of EU’s coastal natural resources. The HCMR Institute of Inland Waters is committed to absorb the research initiated in the proposed project by offering job stability through long-term research scientist appointments to Dr Tzortziou with the conc ...
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A Novel Heat Pump Assisted Solar Façade Loop Heat Pipe Water Heating System (HP-LP-SOLAR-FACADE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

... solar façade system in laboratory.4. Carrying out economic, environmental and regional acceptance analyses.The programme will integrate Dr Wei He, the selected incoming fellow from China, into Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development at De Montfort University. The process will result in knowledge transfer from the incoming researcher to European host which will further extend to whole Euro ...
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Development of integrated modelling techniques to assess impacts of climate change on pathogens and water quality (PACEMod)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

... University College Dublin, Ireland. A two year outgoing phase will be spent working with Dr Mary Leigh Wolfe at the Centre for Watershed Studies, Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA. Knowledge acquired during the outgoing phase will be transferred to the EU in year 3 during the return phase when Dr Coffey will rejoin the Bioresources Research C ...
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Design, construction and demonstration of solar biofuel production using novel (photo)synthetic cell factories (CYANOFACTORY)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

...e aim, to develop a (photo)synthetic cell factory, will have an enormous impact on the future options and possibilities for renewable solar fuel production. The consortium includes academic, research institute and industry participants with the direct involvement of two SMEs in the advanced photobioreactor design, construction and use. Purpose-designed, specifically engineered self-sustained cells ...
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Energy innovative food process for production of high quality frozen foods (COLDmicroWAVE)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

... Epameinondas Xanthakis by developing an innovative environmentally sustainable process for blanching and freezing vegetables with improved textural and nutritional quality at SP -Technical Research Institute of Sweden. The study which will be carried out will involve the use of microwave electromagnetic irradiation (MW) for blanching and freezing of vegetables. COLDµWAVE will develop tailored equ ...
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Rivers as leak in the terrestrial C sink (C-LEAK)

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

...on of expertise will put the fellow into a unique position which meets a clearly defined need in ESM development and increases his chance to obtain a permanent position at a leading European research institute. This project promotes the knowledge transfer in Earth System Modelling between the University of Exeter (GB), Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (F) and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Be) an ...
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Sustainable Management of Urban Rivers & Foodplains (Smurf)

Start date: Aug 1, 2002, End date: Jul 31, 2005,

...t was made available on the project’s award-winning website. The user-friendly innovations of the site were recognised with a prize from the Royal National Institute of the Blind. This project has been selected as one of the 22 "Best" LIFE Environment projects in 2006-2007
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Control of hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea region (COHIBA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

...f the EU Baltic Sea Region Strategy.The project had 22 partners in 8 Baltic Sea region (BSR) countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden. Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) was the lead partner. Partners presented various branches including national authorities, municipalities, research institutes, NGOs and an intergovernmental organisation - HELCOM. The d ...
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European Atlantic Forecasting SYstem (EASY)

Start date: Dec 31, 2006, End date: Jun 29, 2008,

... From the outset of the project, together with the establishment of two committees (a management committee and a support committee), the EASY project relied on two external observers: Marine Institute of Ireland Marcel Cure (Ireland) and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science – CEFAS (UK). Thus it has been possible to renew the EASY project in the new programme with t ...
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Modern Water Management in the South Baltic Sea Area - upgrade project (MOMENT UP)

Start date: May 31, 2010, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

...ities have shown significant progress and are now fully implemented. The only exception is an Atlas that was to be done for the pilot area Primorskaya River. In consensus between the Shirshov Institute and the LB it was decided to abort this task as the time remaining was considered to be too reduced. The Component 4 activities have all shown great progress and have now been fully completed. The i ...
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NOFDP - Nature-Oriented Flood Damage Prevention (NOFDP)

Start date: Sep 30, 2002, End date: Jun 29, 2008,

..., led by the Hessian Ministry of Environment, Rural Development and Consumer Protection, brings together seven partners from Germany and the Netherlands including four waterboards, the German Federal Institute of Hydrology and a group of outside experts. The main output of the project is the development of an Information and Decision Support System" (IDSS) software which will couple databases and ...
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Global Earth Observation for integrated water resource assessment (eartH2Observe)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

The project eartH2Observe brings together the findings from European FP projects DEWFORA, GLOWASIS, WATCH, GEOWOW and others. It will integrate available global earth observations (EO), in-situ datasets and models and will construct a global water resources re-analysis dataset of significant length (several decades). The resulting data will allow for improved insights on the full extent of availab ...
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Quantifying projected impacts under 2°C warming (IMPACT2C)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

Political discussions on the European goal to limit global warming to 2°C demands that discussions are informed by the best available science on projected impacts and possible benefits. IMPACT2C enhances knowledge, quantifies climate change impacts, and adopts a clear and logical structure, with climate and impacts modelling, vulnerabilities, risks and economic costs, as well as potential respons ...
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Collaborative research on flood resilience in urban areas (CORFU)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

Collaborative research on flood resilience in urban areas (CORFU) is an interdisciplinary international project that will look at advanced and novel strategies and provide adequate measures for improved flood management in cities. The differences in urban flooding problems in Asia and in Europe range from levels of economic development, infrastructure age, social systems and decision making proces ...
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