The widediffusionoftroposphericozoneisamajorenvironmentalproblem,inurbanareaaswellasin rural andremotelocalities.Itsincreasingman-relatedlevelsareconnectedtosevereimpactsonhuman life andwelfare,intermsofadversehealtheffects,damagetomanufactsandinjurytoplants.Biological monitoring isapowerfultoolforfillingthegapbetweenthecausesandtheeffectsofenvironmental toxins, asbioindicationagentsassessinaneasy-to-detectfashiontheeffectsofpollutionon(selected) biota. Aprojectwaslaunchedin2012toinvolvesome190students(ages11–16)fromthreeschoolsin Central Italyinbiodetectionofozoneeffectswiththehypersensitiveplant Nicotiana tabacum Bel-W3. The project alsoinvolvedteachersandfamiliesofthepupils.Resultsimpliedthereadingof12,000biological data (ozoneinjuryoncotyledons)andwerefortifiedbydatacapturedbyfourautomaticanalyzers(1300 raw dataofhourlymeans).Biologicalandchemicaldatacomparedfavorablyandweretreatedwith geostatistical methods;resultsareexposedintheformofcartographicrestitutions.Undertheguidance of theirteachers,thepupilshadseveralopportunitiestopracticewithmanybasicandappliedstudy areas anddisciplinesandwereinitiatedintothescientificmethodinasimpleandabsorbingmanner. Though primarilyaneducationalexercise,thesurveyprovidedsoundresearchelementsandthepictureof pollution thatemergedhasincreasedtheknowledgeofairqualityinthearea.Biomonitoringisconfirmed to beapowerfultooltoinvolveyoungpeopleinenvironmentaltopics.
Biomonitoring of ozone: a tool to initiate the young people into the scientific method and environmental issues. A case study in Central Italy
PELLEGRINI, ELISA;CAMPANELLA, ALESSANDRA;LORENZINI, GIACOMO;NALI, CRISTINA
2014-01-01
Abstract
The widediffusionoftroposphericozoneisamajorenvironmentalproblem,inurbanareaaswellasin rural andremotelocalities.Itsincreasingman-relatedlevelsareconnectedtosevereimpactsonhuman life andwelfare,intermsofadversehealtheffects,damagetomanufactsandinjurytoplants.Biological monitoring isapowerfultoolforfillingthegapbetweenthecausesandtheeffectsofenvironmental toxins, asbioindicationagentsassessinaneasy-to-detectfashiontheeffectsofpollutionon(selected) biota. Aprojectwaslaunchedin2012toinvolvesome190students(ages11–16)fromthreeschoolsin Central Italyinbiodetectionofozoneeffectswiththehypersensitiveplant Nicotiana tabacum Bel-W3. The project alsoinvolvedteachersandfamiliesofthepupils.Resultsimpliedthereadingof12,000biological data (ozoneinjuryoncotyledons)andwerefortifiedbydatacapturedbyfourautomaticanalyzers(1300 raw dataofhourlymeans).Biologicalandchemicaldatacomparedfavorablyandweretreatedwith geostatistical methods;resultsareexposedintheformofcartographicrestitutions.Undertheguidance of theirteachers,thepupilshadseveralopportunitiestopracticewithmanybasicandappliedstudy areas anddisciplinesandwereinitiatedintothescientificmethodinasimpleandabsorbingmanner. Though primarilyaneducationalexercise,thesurveyprovidedsoundresearchelementsandthepictureof pollution thatemergedhasincreasedtheknowledgeofairqualityinthearea.Biomonitoringisconfirmed to beapowerfultooltoinvolveyoungpeopleinenvironmentaltopics.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
