Joint Programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans (JPI Oceans) is a pan-European intergovernmental platform aiming to increase efficiency and impact of research and innovation for sustainably healthy and productive seas and oceans. After a successful first call and still remaining urgent scientific questions, JPI Oceans launched a second call in 2018 on the topic ”Sources, distribution & impact of microplastics in the marine environment”. Six projects were selected for funding (ANDROMEDA, microplastiX, HOTMIC, RESPONSE, FACTS, i-plastic). The projects seek to identify sources of microplastics, to advance analytical methods for identifying smaller micro-and nanoplastics, to monitor their distribution and abundance in marine ecosystems, and understand their effects thereon. The expected results will bring forth information on marine microplastic degradation and help developing concepts to reduce inputs of plastics into the marine environment. An uptake of the results by relevant user groups and decision-makers in politics, business, science and society is foreseen as a long-term goal. The ongoing projects have already provided valuable input to the European Commission’s Technical Group on Marine Litter and contribute to achieve set goals within regulations and directives on European and international level. This introductory talk will be followed by oral presentations about facts and detailed scientific findings of the six funded projects and their ongoing knowledge transfer activities.
Primary Presenter: Jella Kandziora, JPI Oceans (jella.kandziora@jpi-oceans.eu)
Authors:
Careen Krueger, Project Management Juelich (c.krueger@fz-juelich.de)
Willem de Moor, JPI Oceans (willem.demoor@jpi-oceans.eu)
JPI Oceans Joint Action: Ecological Aspects of Microplastics – From Science to Action
Category
Scientific Sessions > SS081 JPI Oceans Joint Action: Ecological Aspects of Microplastics – From Scientific Findings to Political Action
Description
Time: 08:30 AM
Date: 6/6/2023
Room: Sala Palma