The Universidad Mayor has been awarded a new project by the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID), in the Specific Thematic Area of \u201cAntarctic Science\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Crist\u00f3bal Galb\u00e1n, from the GEMA (Genomics, Ecology and Environment) Centre, is leading the initiative \u201cRecirculation of emerging organic contaminants driven by meltwater and its trophic effects in Antarctic coastal ecosystems (ICE-trophic)\u201d, which he will develop alongside researchers from the University of Talca, Universidad San Sebasti\u00e1n, and Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Valpara\u00edso, institutions associated with the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The study will focus on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as \u201cforever chemicals,\u201d found in everyday products such as waterproof fabrics, firefighting foams, cosmetics, and takeaway food packaging. These contaminants are highly resistant to degradation and can travel thousands of kilometres via air and ocean currents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey have been detected in Antarctica in higher concentrations than classic pollutants,\u201d warned the academic. The team will investigate how these compounds are released as a result of melting accelerated by climate change, how they move through the ecosystem, how they affect microorganisms, plankton, fish, and invertebrates, and what their impact is on the Antarctic coastal food chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project aims to generate key information for the design of conservation strategies for the white continent and for the training of new polar scientists, among other objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Galb\u00e1n, this award \u201cwill allow us to answer frontier questions alongside researchers with whom I usually work,\u201d adding that \u201cwe will make a scientific contribution that had not been made before in Chile from the perspective of the objective we are addressing\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
La Universidad Mayor se adjudic\u00f3 un nuevo proyecto de la Agencia Nacional de Investigaci\u00f3n y Desarrollo (ANID), en el \u00c1rea Tem\u00e1tica Espec\u00edfica \u201cCiencia Ant\u00e1rtica\u201d. El Dr. Crist\u00f3bal Galb\u00e1n, del Centro GEMA Gen\u00f3mica, Ecolog\u00eda y Medio Ambiente, lidera la iniciativa \u201cRecirculaci\u00f3n de contaminantes org\u00e1nicos emergentes impulsada por el agua de deshielo y sus efectos tr\u00f3ficos en […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Universidad Mayor se adjudica proyecto Anillo Ant\u00e1rtico - Icemelt","description":"La Universidad Mayor se adjudic\u00f3 un nuevo proyecto de la Agencia Nacional de Investigaci\u00f3n y Desarrollo (ANID), en el \u00c1rea Tem\u00e1tica Espec\u00edfica \u201cCiencia Ant\u00e1rtic"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contaminacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icemelt.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icemelt.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icemelt.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icemelt.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icemelt.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1540"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/icemelt.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1547,"href":"https:\/\/icemelt.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions\/1547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icemelt.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icemelt.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icemelt.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icemelt.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}