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SUMMARY:Highlights on the 2022 CLIMACT Starting Grants (Part 1)
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Rizlan Bernier-Latmani\nProf.Gabriele Manoli\nDr. Horst 
 Pick\n \nIrrigation practices and their impact on greenhouse gas emission
 s\nPresented by Prof. Rizlan Bernier-Latmani\, ENAC\, EPFL\nGreenhouse gas
 es (GHG)\, particularly nitrous oxide and methane\, are produced by soil m
 icroorganisms. The production is related to microbial activity that occurs
  in the absence of oxygen. Therefore\, waterlogged soils tend to produce h
 igher fluxes of these GHG. In irrigated mountain grassland (such as in Wal
 lis)\, automated irrigation that optimises water use and plant growth has 
 been deployed as part of the ODILE project. By reducing soil water content
 \, automated irrigation also has the potential to reduce GHG production fr
 om these grasslands.\nProject description => CLIMACT - Impact of mountain 
 grassland irrigation in nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions\n \nMonitoring urba
 n ecosystem services\nPresented by Prof. Gabriele Manoli\, ENAC\, EPFL\nTh
 e purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of urban built an
 d green areas on carbon fluxes and local climate. Specifically\, we aim to
  answer the following simple yet still open question: how should urban (gr
 een) areas be configured to minimise urban heat\, maximise water recharge\
 , and act as a carbon sink? Answering such a question is crucial for provi
 ding greener\, healthier\, and more sustainable environments for a growing
  urban population. As a first step\, we deployed a flux-tower at the roof 
 of the Géopolis building (UNIL). Initial monitoring results will be prese
 nted\, as well as an outlook for future research.\nProject description => 
 CLIMACT - Sustainable future cities: monitoring urban ecosystem services\n
 \nDesigning microbial communities for the environmental- and climate-frien
 dly degradation of end-of-life bioplastics\nPresented by Dr. Horst Pick\, 
 SB & ENAC\, EPFL\nBioplastics have a great potential to replace petroleum-
 based plastics\, moreover some of them show a higher biodegradability\, fo
 rming a closed cycle whereby material used to produce them can be redirect
 ed back into soil biomass via microbial degradation.\nThe project aims to 
 reduce the environmental persistence of undegraded bioplastics by directin
 g the bioplastic-derived carbon stock for longer-term storage in form of s
 oil microbial biomass.\nProject description => CLIMACT - Designing microbi
 al communities for the environmental- and climate-friendly degradation of 
 end-of-life bioplastics
LOCATION:https://epfl.zoom.us/j/63821341998
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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