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PALEOSIM · PALEOclimate modelling of Small Islands in the Mediterranean and possible impacts on arthropod habitats

„Хоризонт Европа“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2022-08-01 → 2025-01-31
Финансиране от ЕС: 219 628 €
Участници: 3
Схема: HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

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Накратко на български

Климатичните промени в малките острови около Сицилия и влиянието им върху местообитанията на членоподите се анализират чрез компютърни модели за периода от 21 000 г. пр.н.е. до 2100 г. н.е. Това помага да се разбере ролята на човека в екологичната дестабилизация и бъдещите рискове за тези екосистеми.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

PALEOclimate modelling of Small Islands in the Mediterranean and possible impacts on arthropod habitats

PALEOSIM (PALEOclimate modelling of Small Islands in the Mediterranean and possible impacts on arthropod habitats) focuses on the climate impacts on arthropod habitats of small islands using the Regional Climate Model (RCM), RegCM5. Arthropods play vital roles in the ecosystem (e.g. pollinators, detritivores, and others), and thus can act as indicators of ecosystem integrity. In recent decades, the anthropogenic impact on ecosystems, through climate change has been devastating, especially in vulnerable regions such as the Mediterranean Basin and its numerous small islands. Advances in RCMs have resulted in extensive climate studies of the region at 12.5 km resolution; however, this is a coarse resolution for many small islands. Convection Permitting (CP) RCM simulations allows models to resolve islands such as the Circum-Sicilian Islands (CSI), and hence study variations in arthropod habitats induced by climate change. By combining the CP and Paleoclimate modes, the RegCM5 can produce km-scale simulations between 21,000 BCE and 2,100 CE. This span of time is characterised by slow climate and geomorphological variation in the beginning, and rapid anthropogenic climate change at the end. The aim of these paleoclimate simulations is to shed light on the role humanity has played in the ecological destabilisation of many of these small islands. This investigation improves our understanding of past climate changes on the CSI, and showcases the potential of small islands RCM simulations. The project provides new insight into the expected habitat changes arthropods may experience in the future, and helps to mitigate the destruction of these fragile ecosystems.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

PALEOSIM (PALEOclimate modelling of Small Islands in the Mediterranean and possible impacts on arthropod habitats) focuses on the climate and Land-Use Change (LUC) impacts on arthropod habitats of small islands using a Regional Climate Model (RCM). Arthropods play vital roles in the ecosystem (e.g., pollinators, decomposers, and others), and thus can act as indictors of ecosystem integrity. Recently, the anthropogenic impact on ecosystems, through climate change and LUC, has been devastating, especially in vulnerable regions such as the Mediterranean Basin and its numerous small islands. Advances in RCMs have resulted in extensive climate studies of the region at 12.5 km resolution; however, this is a coarse resolution for many small islands. The introduction of Convection Permitting (CP) RCM simulations allows models to resolve islands such as the Circum-Sicilian (including the Maltese) Islands (CSI), and hence study variations in arthropod habitats induced by climate change.PALEOSIM is a multidisciplinary investigation of the climate and associated arthropod habitats in the CSI. For the first time, the RegCM can combine the CP and Paleoclimate modes to produce 2 km resolution simulations between 21000BCE and 2100CE. This span of time is characterised by slow climate and geomorphological variation in the beginning, and rapid anthropogenic climate change and LUC at the end. The paleoclimate simulations will shed light on the role humanity has played in the ecological destabilisation of many of these small islands.This investigation will improve our understanding of past climate changes on the CSI, and showcase the potential of small islands RCM simulations. The project will provide new insight into the expected habitat changes arthropods may experience in the future, and help mitigate the destruction of these fragile ecosystems.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

UNIVERSITA TA MALTA · MSIDAКоординаторМалта
MINISTERU GHALL-EDUKAZZJONI, L-ISPORT, IZ-ZGHAZAGH, IR-RICERKA U L-INNOVAZZJONI · FLORIANAМалта
UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION · ParisФранция