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ENDOCLIMA Marie Curie Training Site
Combined Effects of Endocrine Disrupters and Climate Change
Endocrine disrupters and climate change are currently regarded as two of the most worrying anthropogenic threats to biodiversity and mankind. Endocrine disrupters may significantly alter the ability of organisms and populations to adapt to human caused environmental changes. On the other hand, human induced environmental changes (such as global warming) may significantly modulate the functional effects of endocrine disrupters in organisms and populations. To understand and minimise the impact of these two major factors on biodiversity and ecosystem function, it is of vital importance to study their interactive effects.
The scientific aims of the ENDOCLIMA Training Site are thus to focus on the combined and interacting effects of endocrine disrupters and climate change on organisms and populations in order to forecast possible effects of these anthropogenic factors on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Focus will in particular be put on Arctic and Subarctic species and populations. The doctoral students will be able to follow a range of courses, and will be given an integrative biological education in organismal and population biology in relation to endocrine disrupters and climate change issues. The students have the opportunity to work with research projects in the laboratory and/or in the field, and focus on invertebrates, amphibians, fish, seabirds, mammals in the North of Norway/Arctic ecosystems at Svalbard.
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