Projects
Exploring the impact of climate change on the microbial wine terroir: from vineyard soil to high quality wine. KU Leuven
The project seeks to investigate grapevine agronomical potential of Chardonnay and Pinot noir grape and wine microbiome between three new world wine producing countries (Belgium, China and South Africa) under different climatic indices.
Evaluation of climate change impacts and adaptation responses for marine activities Ghent University
Research and modeling to differentiate the primary impacts of climate change from the natural evolution at the North Sea scale. Then secondary impacts of climate change both on the ecological system of the North Sea as well as on social-economic activities will be assessed. Two extensive case-studies (coastal flooding, fisheries sector) have high extrapolation potential towards the global North Sea environment. Adaptive measures will be ...
Modelling and assessing surface change impacts on Belgian and Western European climate (MASC). University of Antwerp
Climate Change Impacts on Arctic soil and lake microbiomes Ghent University
The specific objectives of CLIMARCTIC are to:
•study the biodiversity and structure of dormant and active microbial communities and food webs in soils and lakes in the high Arctic along environmental and temporal (diurnal and seasonal) gradients;
•assess the role of biodiversity and climate change on ecosystem functions such as carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in soils and lakes;
•study the ...
Learning from the past: The impact of abrupt climate changes on society and environment in Belgium - LEAP Ghent University
During the Early and Middle-Late Holocene at least eight abrupt centennial-scale Rapid Climate Change events (RCC) have occurred, which have been globally identified by recent climate records. However, still little is known about the effects and impact of these RCC’s on past societies and their ecosystems. This interdisciplinary LEAP project aims to document these rapid climate changes for Belgium in high resolution and assess the associated ...
Learning from the past: The impact of abrupt climate changes on society and environment in Belgium - LEAP Vrije Universiteit Brussel
FORBIO CLIMATE: Adaptation potential of biodiverse forests in the face of climate change Ghent University
FORBIO CLIMATE FORBIO CLIMATE: Adaptation potential of biodiverse forests in the face of climate change Fed. Wet. Beleid BR/132/A1
Climate change is expected to have a large impact on the distribution, composition and functioning of forest ecosystems
worldwide due to the limited migration and adaptation potential of trees. Creating resistant and resilient forests is thus a
key challenge for forest management. It has ...