ENVRI - Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
Partners:
LifeWatch ERIC
MARIS
OGS
ICOS ERIC
IFREMER
EMSO ERIC
NOC-BODC
EMBRC ERIC
VLIZ
HMRC
UGOT
The project aimed to integrate different scientific disciplines in the marine subdomain, such as chemistry, physics, biodiversity, ecosystems, genomics and socio-economics, into an analytical framework to increase knowledge about the impact of non-indigenous and invasive species (NIS) on European marine biodiversity and ecosystems.
Scientific & Technical Challenge.
Climate change poses severe threats to life on earth; yet much remains unknown about its concrete impacts. While many aspects of climate change impacts on different parts of the Earth’s biosphere still need to be fully examined, this project specifically investigates the rapid increase of non-indigenous and invasive species (NIS) in European ecosystems. These species may not only replace indigenous ones but also alter habitats, interacting with the changing environment, with the potential to severely impact established socio-economic regimes.
This issue calls for a comprehensive approach. Perhaps more important than the appearance of NIS, is the bulk of the accompanying biotic and abiotic variables and interactions. Examining these requires access to big datasets, from genomics to in-situ and satellite-borne environmental data. It also involves high computational power, especially for models with iterative algorithms.
Climate change poses severe threats to life on earth; yet much remains unknown about its concrete impacts. While many aspects of climate change impacts on different parts of the Earth’s biosphere still need to be fully examined, this project specifically investigates the rapid increase of non-indigenous and invasive species (NIS) in European ecosystems. These species may not only replace indigenous ones but also alter habitats, interacting with the changing environment, with the potential to severely impact established socio-economic regimes.
This issue calls for a comprehensive approach. Perhaps more important than the appearance of NIS, is the bulk of the accompanying biotic and abiotic variables and interactions. Examining these requires access to big datasets, from genomics to in-situ and satellite-borne environmental data. It also involves high computational power, especially for models with iterative algorithms.
The EOSC platform provided computing resources and technical support for onboarding and integrating the web services.
The project has connected the analytical framework and federated access to relevant data infrastructures on the EOSC platform, to mobilise and empower a larger community of researchers and potential data providers.
The project has demonstrated and promoted the benefits and potential of web-based science using EOSC.
Resources
Open Science project:
Publications:
- Climate Change Impact on Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Europe: Assessing the impact of Non-Indigenous Invasive Species (NIS) in European ecosystems