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EUROBiG - pan-EUROpean BioGeodynamics network
Duration:	24. 9. 2024 - 23. 9. 2028
Evidence number:	CA23150
Program:	COST
Project leader:	RNDr. Vozár Ján, PhD.
SAS cosolvers:	prof. RNDr. Bielik Miroslav, DrSc., Mgr. Dérerová Jana, PhD., Mgr. Pánisová Jaroslava, PhD.
Annotation:	Growing evidence indicates that the Earth’s interior and surface evolution is intrinsically interrelated with the evolution of its atmosphere, oceans, landscape and life. This lays down principal foundations of Biogeodynamics – an emerging scientific field that explores the interface of geodynamics, geomorphology, climate, ocean and atmosphere sciences, geobiology and ecology with special focus on how the evolution of the planetary interiors, surface, atmosphere, ocean, climate, and life is intrinsically interrelated. Despite its strong scientific and educational potential, Biogeodynamics has not been yet fully established as a new discipline and the progress in this direction in term of both science and education is relatively slow. An intrinsically cross-disciplinary character of Biogeodynamics creates organisational, educational and scientific challenges due to the necessity of truly collaborative research and education to efficiently combine scientific knowledge, research tools and training approaches from the very different research fields (such as Earth Sciences, Biology, Ecology, Climate Sciences, Planetology), which traditionally evolved independently from each other. To address the identified challenges, EUROBiG will establish the first pan-European Biogeodynamics network. This will accelerate the development of Biogeodynamics as a discipline in Europe and worldwide by supporting and linking the relevant communities, facilitating interactions to address the important scientific, methodological, educational and networking challenges of this new field. Conducting this COST Action on a pan-European level will allow establishing and maintaining European leadership in this new crucial scientific field with great future cross-disciplinary research, educational and societal potential.
Partner countries:	Albania, Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Project website:	https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23150/#tabs+Name:Description

HENRI, H2I-S&D - - Hydrogen Energy Reservoir (IPCEI - important projects of common European interest)
Duration:	15. 7. 2022 - 14. 7. 2028
Evidence number:	SA.64635
Program:	Iné
Project leader:	RNDr. Kotulová Júlia, PhD.
Annotation:	The project goal is to identify both an appropriate location for storing hydrogen mixed with natural gas and the maximum possible concentration that could be stored in a porous geological structure.The first phase of H2I S&D has experts seeking an appropriate location for storing hydrogen mixed with natural gas. Having identified an appropriate underground geological structure, laboratory research is being carried out to define the maximum permitted concentration of hydrogen. A broad spectrum of parameters would be researched, such as possible geochemical and microbial reactions and changes in the rocks.The second phase of the project involves constructing a pilot test of the technology to generate hydrogen through water electrolysis. The hydrogen would then be mixed with natural gas at concentrations defined in the first phase of the project, with the mixture stored in underground facilities. The objective is not one-cycle testing, but rather to test multi-cycle production and injection to obtain more data about the impact and behaviour of hydrogen stored underground, thereby creating a comprehensive image of how it can be stored in specific rock structures. Results from laboratory testing and the models thereby created will also be verified, with the models corrected by real data.
Partner countries:	Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovakia
Project website:	https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/project-henri/

EAlpG - European Alps Geoid
Duration:	1. 1. 2022 - 31. 12. 2027
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Program:	Multilaterálne - iné
Project leader:	Mgr. Zahorec Pavol, PhD.
Annotation:	The Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) have caused a fundamental and lasting change in the field of Geodesy. Due to the missing link to the gravity field of the Earth, GNSS measurements yield purely geometric heights relative to a reference ellipsoid. To derive physical heights, additional information is necessary that describe the undulations of the height reference surface. This information is computed from global or regional gravity field models and is denoted as geoid or quasigeoid models. The combination of GNSS measurements and geoid models provides an efficient tool to determine heights. However, it does not reach the accuracy of the traditional leveling methods. Height reference systems are therefore still measured on a national basis and by the use of precision leveling. The national height reference systems differ regarding the definition (height type), the applied numerical standards as well as the choice of the geodetic datum (zero level). In the geodetic practice this results in different height levels that become most apparent at the national borders, yielding up to about 50 cm (between France and Germany).The cooperation is expected to enable the following achievements: • Harmonization of the underlying data for regional geoid modeling in the border regions of the partnering countries, • Determination of a joint geoid/quasigeoid model in the Alpine region (European Alps Geoid), • Analysis of the datum differences between the national height reference frames of the partnering countries, • Derive appropriate transformation rules between the national height reference frames, • Validation of global and continental gravity field models.
Partner countries:	Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland

Adria Array
Duration:	1. 1. 2022 - 31. 12. 2026
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Program:	Multilaterálne - iné
Project leader:	Mgr. Csicsay Kristián, PhD.
SAS cosolvers:	prof. RNDr. Bielik Miroslav, DrSc., Mgr. Bystrický Erik, RNDr. Cipciar Andrej, Mgr. Fojtíková Lucia, PhD.
Annotation:	The thematic focus of the AdriaArray Initiative is the understanding of active deformation of the “Adriatic plate and its surroundings”, referred to as “AdriaArray area” in the following. AdriaArray is an international initiative to foster collaborative research, capacity and community building, with a focus on the geodynamic processes and the associated geohazards. The AdriaArray initiative will further foster the scientific exchange and cooperation especially of early career scientists.
Partner countries:	Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom

FAIRNESS - FAIR Network of micrometeorological measurements, Akcia CA20108
Duration:	14. 10. 2021 - 13. 10. 2025
Evidence number:	CA20108
Program:	COST
Project leader:	RNDr. Nejedlík Pavol, CSc.
SAS cosolvers:	RNDr. Bilčík Dušan
Other cosolvers:	Viac ako 60 inštitúcií z Európy, Egypta a z USA, počet ešte mierne narastá
Annotation:	The FAIRNESS action intends to improve standardization and integration between databases/sets of micrometeorological measurements that are part of research projects or local/regional observational networks established for special purposes (agrometeorology, urban microclimate monitoring).Addressing identified challenges requires an effective transboundary network of researchers, stakeholders (extension services and environmental agencies, local authorities and ministries, SME) and civil society (specialized and general public) from Europe and beyond to identify and fill knowledge gaps, standardize, optimize and promote new environmental-tailored measurement and control procedures, enhance research effectiveness and improve dissemination.
Partner countries:	Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
Project website:	https://www.fairness-ca2018.eu

OPENSENSE - Opportunistic precipitation sensing network
Duration:	13. 10. 2021 - 12. 10. 2025
Evidence number:	CA20136
Program:	COST
Project leader:	Mgr. Onderka Milan, PhD.
Other cosolvers:	https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA20136/#tabs+Name:Management%20Committee
Annotation:	Despite advances in remote sensing, precipitation observations remain one of the weakest links in the description of Earth’s water cycle. This is especially critical in the face of climate change, human-induced hydrologic changes e.g. due to rapid urbanisation, and consequent increase in frequency and magnitude of extreme events. Opportunistic sensing can greatly improve spatial and temporal resolution of standard precipitation monitoring networks on continental scale by complementing them with measurements from personal weather stations or devices primarily not intended for precipitation monitoring such as commercial microwave links or broadband satellite terminals. The number of opportunistic sensors has already now exceeded traditional in-situ observations by an order of magnitude, and it is increasing exponentially. Nevertheless, it is still unclear how to make this data operationally accessible, achieve robust quality control of these observations, and integrate them into standard observation systems.OPENSENSE brings together scientists investigating different opportunistic sensors, experts from national weather services, owners of sensor networks, and end-users of rainfall products to build a worldwide reference opportunistic sensing community. It will i) overcome key barriers preventing data exchange and acceptance as hydrometeorological observations ii) define standards to allow for large-scale benchmarking of OS precipitation products developing new methods for precipitation retrieval iii) coordinate integration of the opportunistic observations into traditional monitoring networks, and iv) identify potential new sources of precipitation observations. These coordinated activities will boost uptake of OS as precipitation observation methods and enable generation of high-quality precipitation products with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution.
Partner countries:	Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

PEGMAT - Evolved magmatic and pegmatic systems as source of critical row materials and industrial minerals
Duration:	1. 5. 2022 - 30. 4. 2025
Evidence number:	ERA-MIN 3/2021/254/PEGMAT
Program:	ERANET
Project leader:	RNDr. Broska Igor, DrSc.
Partner countries:	Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Romania