Research*eu Results Magazine December 2016-January 2017 [antikvár]

I 'ir. research eu RESULTS MAGAZINE Published by The Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) managed by the Publications Office of the European Union 2, rue Mercier 2985 Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG [email protected] Editorial coordination Melinda KURZNE OPOCZKY THE RE5EARCH*LU MAGAZINES ARE FREE OF CHARGE. For all issues of the research'eu results magazhe you can: - download the PDF or e-book version - order single paper copies - subscribe to have every issue posted to you at http://cordis.europa.eu/research-eu Disclaimer Online project information and links published in the current issue of the research'eu results magazine are correct when the publication goes to press. The Publications Office cannot be held responsible for information which is out of date or websites that are no longer live. The technologies presented in this magazine may be covered by intellectual property rights. ISSN 1831-9947 (printed version) ISSN 1977-4028 (PDF, EPUB) ® European Union, 2016 Reproduction permitted, provided the source is acknowledged. Neither the Publications Office nor any person acting on its behalf is responsible for the use that may be made of the information contained in this publication or for any errors that may remain in the texts, despite the care taken in preparing them. For reproduction or use of photos and any other artistic material, permission must be sought directly from the copyright holder Excluded from this constraint are the photos and artistic material owned by the European Union. Cover ghDto © Nicram Sabod, Shutterstock CC EDITORIAL by the editorial team CLOSING IN ON THE WORLD'S FROZEN TIME CAPSULES In the early 1950s, a handful of pioneering scientists initiated the first ice core drilling in the likes of Alaska, Antarctica and Greenland. The practice, which is now commonplace, has allowed for the analysis of ice samples dating back 130 000 years in Greenland and 800 000 years in Antarctica. Just like tree age rings, these ice cores feature annual layers which can easily be dated, and provide invaluable information about past climate and atmospheric conditions. Even though they have been studied for almost seven decades, ice cores still have much to tell us. Not only about our planet's past, but also indirectly about its future. In the face of rising concerns over the consequences of unbridled CO^ emissions and the resulting climate change, scientists indeed hope that ice core-related revelations will allow for the design of better climate models. The EU is no stranger to ice core science. The European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPiCA), which was partly supported by the European Commission, notably helped to obtain full documentation of the climatic and atmospheric record archived in Antarctic ice and compared it with that of Greenland — thereby revealing precious infomnation about natural 'Even thouoh they cumate variability and mechanisms of rapid _ ^ J« J * climatic changes during the last ice age. 'Even though they have been studied for J___ J__ These efforts have been pursued under FP7 aimOSl seven aecanes, and now under Horizon 2020, with a total of ^ArAC etlll half A 21 projects funded under the two framework cures suit nave programmes. As winter comes and some of mil^l« tell US * ^^^^^ projects get very close to their end, the CORDIS editorial team decided It was time to put the spotlight on seven of them. From traces of cosmic dust to forest fires, abrupt climate changes and oceanic carbon storage, these projects provide a great insight into ice core science's added value for the scientific community. As usual, this special feature is followed by eight other sections focusing respectively on biology and medicine, social sciences and humanities, energy and transport, the environment. IT and telecommunications, industrial technologies, food and agriculture, and physics and mathematics. The magazine closes with a list of upcoming events hosted by or involving EU-funded research projects. We look forward to receiving your feedback. You can send 1 [email protected] mm ^m lestions or suggestions to: Want more information on the contents of this issue? For online versions or information about the contributors in this issue of research'eu results magazine: CORDIS ¦ http://cordl5,europa.eu/projects • http://cQrdis.europa.eu/news research NEXT ISSUE Focus on Galileo applications: what lies ahead