"Shifting perspectives: from macrophyte collapses to global environmental change mitigation agents" 22/09/2022 Seminari
Shifting perspectives: from macrophyte collapses (tipping element) to global environmental change mitigation agents A càrrec del MSCA-Post Doctoral Fellow, el Dr. J. Boada (Laboratoire d’Océanographie Villefranche, Sorbonne Université).Es farà de dues maneres: a) a la Sala Gavarres de la Facultat de Ciències de la Universitat de Girona (Campus de Montilivi) i; b) per Teams mitjançant l'enllaç: https://bit.ly/3yGlbxq En el cas que hi hagués cap problema per accedir-hi a través d’aquest enllaç, se n’enviaria immediatamentun altre per correu electrònic a les llistes de contacte a través de les quals se’n fa difusió. Abstract: Human action alters global environmental conditions at unprecedented rates, including ocean acidification and warming. Marine macrophytes contribute to climate regulation but information concerning their capacity to mitigate environmental change is still limited. The EU-funded SHIFT2SOLVE project addresses this knowledge gap by quantifying macrophytes' capacity to buffer environmental change in the present and in the future. The project forecasts the resilience of macrophytes as a tipping element by studying species acclimatisation to future environmental conditions. Additionally, drones and machine learning will be used to identify ecosystem contractions. This interdisciplinary project mixes surveys along natural gradients of temperature and ocean acidification (CO2 vents), manipulative experiments, genetic analyses and mathematical modelling to understand and preserve the resilience of the Earth System.