CLIMECS Experiments
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"CLIMECS (CLImatic Manipulation of ECosystem Samples) is a mesocosm test system, originally developed to study the effects of climate change on soil ecosystems under simulated natural conditions. Within the PAPILLONS project, the CLIMECS system is used to study the effects of microplastics under more realistic, but still well-controlled conditions, as an intermediate step between single-species toxicity tests and field-plot experiments.
CLIMECS combines different species of soil organisms, representing different trophic levels, in a natural soil, to simulate the conditions in soil ecosystems. And by its unique capacity of controlling abiotic conditions like temperature and humidity, it allows studying both the direct and indirect effects of microplastics on different biotic and abiotic parameters. CLIMECS also provides a unique tool to study the fate of microplastics in soil, alone or in interaction with soil organisms. The results of these studies, will be published as scientific journals."
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PAPILLONS
Ongoing | 2021-2025
- Main funding source
- Horizon 2020 (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
- Geographical location
- Norway