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25/03/13
Two journalists from EuroNews Television were in Aveiro (19-20 march) to make a documentary (coproduction between EuroNews and the European Commission) about LAGOONS project.
In the EURONEWS webpage you can choose any of the 12 broadcasting languages, including Portuguese and Spanish for listening interviews, in the language that they were originally recorded.
The documentary is available here.
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22/03/13
Mónica Amorim, researcher in CESAM and Biology Department, was elected vice-president of Society of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (SETAC) in Europe. Mónica Amorim will take office in Glasgow, during the SETAC Europe Annual Congress, between May 12 to 16, 2013
http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/deta.....mp;c=33653
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19/03/13
The SETAC-Europe Environmental Education Award 2013 was assigned to Amadeu Soares, director and professor at the Department of Biology of the University of Aveiro, and vice-chairman of CESAM. This award is atributed to cientists with a relevant contribution in the development and promotion of interdisciplinary activities related to knowledge dissemination in the environmental area and to the substantial contribution for the education on the subject, in particular in the higher education field.
This prize will be awarded at a ceremony to be held in Glasgow, under the SETAC Europe Annual Congress, between 12 and 16 May.
More details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/deta.....&lg=pt
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06/03/13
The National Ocean Strategy is a public political instrument that presents the Portuguese vision, for the 2013-2020 period, for the development model based on the preservation and sustainable use of marine ecossystems resources and services, leading to a long term path towards economical, inteligent, sustainable and inclusive growth, grouinded on the maritime component.
By deliberation of the Interminesterial Comittee for Sea Affairs, a procedure of public consultation of the document was established, from March 1st to May 31st, 2013.
Thus the Sea Politics General Directorate invites all stakeholders and interest parties to participate, by filling the "Formulário de Participação no Processo de Consulta Pública" and sending it by email: enm@dgpm.gov.pt until the final deadline.
The Form (Formulário de Participação no Processo de Consulta Pública) can be found:
http://www.dgpm.gov.pt/Documents/Formulário_ENM.docx
The National Ocean Strategy 2013-2020: http://www.dgpm.gov.pt/Documents/ENM.pdf
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22/02/13
The mission of Aveiro Institute for Marine Science and Technology (AIMare) is the coordination and aggregation of scientific expertise of the University of Aveiro in the coastal management and marine research areas, promoting synergies with the private and public sectors related to the sea.
The Sea Technology Platform, meanwhile, intends to merge entrepreneurs, teachers and researchers in a network of expertise to value sea products and services and promote a culture of entrepreneurial cooperation of scientific and technological base.
The two new structures of the UA, focused on research and the sea economy, were launched on 22 February.
More details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?c=33332
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18/02/13
Psychiatric drugs found in the final effluent wastewater treatment plants ...Does it seems strange? In fact, a researcher at the University of Aveiro, from the Associated Laboratory CESAM, found the antiepileptic carbamazepine concentrations on the order of micrograms per liter, enough to suspect chronic effects - arising from long exposures - in aquatic organisms.
More details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?c=33276
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01/02/13
A team of researchers from CESAM / UA discovered the presence of levels of organic tin compounds in dust collected in Portuguese homes that are unsafe for human health. Traditionally used in paints to cover the hulls of ships and used on wallpaper, foams, silicones, PVC, and in various products of daily use, such as clothes or toys, organic tin compounds interfere with the hormonal functioning, are carcinogenic, diminish the effectiveness of the immune system and promote obesity.
Additional details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?c=33116 and http://www.cienciahoje.pt/inde.....amp;op=all
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23/01/13
Sofia Reboleira is a biologist and a specialist in subterranean fauna of CESAM. In recent years she has discovered several subterranean new species, unchartered by science, such as pseudoscorpions, arachnids and crustaceans. The discoveries of this biologist, many of which in portuguese caves, have decisively contributed to the strengthening of the Portuguese biological heritage .
Read the interview
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