Project: Fluxes and fate of Microplastics in the Northern European waters
| Acronym | FACTS |
| Duration | 01/04/2020 - 30/09/2023 |
| Project Topic | FACTS will create new knowledge and improve our mechanistic understanding on the sources, transport, occurrence, and fate of small microplastics (MP≤500 μm) in the northern marine waters. |
| Website | visit project website |
| Network | JPI Oceans |
| Call | Joint call for proposals on microplastics in the marine environment |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aalborg University | Coordinator | Denmark |
| 2 | Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre of Polar and Marine Research | Partner | Germany |
| 3 | Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH | Partner | Germany |
| 4 | GEOMAR Helmholtz Zentrum für Ozeanforschung | Partner | Germany |
| 5 | Technische Universität Berlin | Partner | Germany |
| 6 | University of Oldenburg, ICBM, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment | Partner | Germany |
| 7 | National ResearchCouncil of Italy | Partner | Italy |
| 8 | Institute of Marine Research | Partner | Norway |
| 9 | Norwegian Institute of Air research | Partner | Norway |
| 10 | Norwegian Research Center NORCE | Partner | Norway |
| 11 | Universitet i Bergen | Partner | Norway |
| 12 | University of Gothenburg | Partner | Sweden |
| 13 | Heriot-Watt University | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 14 | Ocean ScientificInternational Limited | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 15 | Sigray | Partner | United States |