STREAM climate change monitoring conference

As partners of the STREAM project, CSAR and colleagues from the Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating presented their research at the recent Climate Change Monitoring conference in Waterford, CSAR presenting a poster on Ballan wrasse temperature preference using Shuttle Box technology and the Centre, a presentation on Printable Sensor Design and Manufacturing. The conference aims to share the project's advancements and promotion of collaboration in understanding, measuring, and assessing environmental/ water quality change to help coastal communities and stakeholders better comprehend climate change. The conference will allow you to meet with various specialists, state agencies and commercial companies to discuss and see the available technologies

STREAM is a partnership between Ireland and Wales focusing on cross-border collaboration, cost-effective marine observation, and climate change monitoring. The project has brought together experts from the South East Technological University (SETU), Munster Technological University (MTU), and Swansea University (SU), which has contributors from the Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating (WCPC) and the Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research (CSAR). STREAM secured funding of €4.3 million over five years from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to support work on developing cost-effective systems for seawater analysis, methodologies for harmful algal bloom monitoring, deployment of an environmental network of sensors broadcasting live data, and conducting fish behavioural studies in the light of environmental change. 

STREAM is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Ireland-Wales Cooperation.