Work Package 4

WP4: International Partnerships and Upscaling Carbon Estimates

Leaders: Adam Ali (ISEM) & Yves Prairie (UQAM), Participants: 8P

WP4 focuses on fostering international collaboration to consolidate global data on carbon (C) fluxes and stocks in lentic waters. The DEEP-C consortium will identify and cluster with relevant projects, both within and beyond the EU, to promote cross-project cooperation, knowledge exchange, and joint activities. This effort aims to maximize the impact of DEEP-C by leveraging existing communication networks and research channels.

Key Collaborations:
The France-funded Strategic Research Consortium on cold forests (IRN Cold Forests), led by Prof. Adam Ali, with long-standing France-Canada cooperation.
The Canadian NSERC-UQAT-UQAM Industrial Research Chair in Sustainable Forest Management and the Institut de Recherche sur les Forêts (IRL).
Collaboration with Prof. Paul Del Giorgio and the NSERC-HYDRO-QUEBEC Chair, focusing on climate change impacts on boreal lakes.
Global Dataset Contributions:
DEEP-C will utilize a global dataset of paleo C signals derived from 370 sediment records, including sediment accumulation rates, dry bulk, and C data. These records, collected between 2017 and 2021, were processed through collaborations with Max Planck Institute (Germany) and LACCORE (USA).
Trans-Atlantic Impact:
The consortium will reinforce EU leadership in inland water C cycle research by engaging in data exchanges, joint meetings, and comparative studies with international partners. WP4 will also support global dataset contributions and upscaled C cycle estimates, informed by researchers in WP1 and WP2.
By enhancing global collaboration and leveraging extensive datasets, WP4 aims to improve understanding of the C cycle in inland water systems and its response to climate change.