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The field-scale climate change experiments combine two different approaches to study climate effects on ecosystems, the "space for time" substitution by investigating ecosystems along a precipitation and temperature gradient in Europe and by ecosystem manipulations. A major aim of the project is to provide access to the infrastructure for European-based research groups. The research in the project is focused on improving the non-intrusive technologies for realistic climate manipulations and for non-destructive sampling methodologies and by synthesis of long data records obtained from the same infrastructures during two previously EU-funded projects: CLIMOOR (1998-2000) and VULCAN (2001-2004).
INCREASE has three overall aims:
- Improved technologies for large-scale climate change experiments with realistic manipulation of climate
- Improved methodologies for studies of climate change effects on ecosystems
- To provide trans-national access to large scale field-based climate change experiments to a wider scientific community
Participants:
INCREASE is a consortium of 8 research groups from 5 European countries. Risø DTU (DK), University of Copenhagen (DK), University of Amsterdam (NL), Natural Environment Research Council (UK), University of Tuscia (IT), National Research Council of Italy (IT), Università degli Studi di Sassari (IT), Hungarian Academy of Science (HU).
Role:
The project is lead by University of Copenhagen but Risø DTU is the largest beneficiary with major responsibilities in the development of improved techniques and methodologies as well as management of two of the infrastructures (the Climaite experiment and the RERAF phytotron).
Resources:
INCREASE is financed by the EU infrastructure programme (FP7) and by the consortium institutions.
Duration: INCREASE is funded to run from 2009 through 2013.
Web page:
www.increase-infrastructure.eu
Employees involved:
Klaus Steenberg Larsen (project manager, improved methodology, trans-national access to the Climaite experiment), Teis Mikkelsen (improved technologies), Rikke Bagger-Jørgensen (trans-national access to the RERAF phytotron), Dan Bruhn (improved technologies), Leon Gareth Linden (improved modeling), Preben Jørgensen (technical support), Poul Therkild Sørensen (technical support).
Student projects:
Student projects at none-Danish consortium partners can receive support for travel and accommodation from the project.
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