• UP-GRADE BS-SCENE: Up-grade Black Sea Scientific Network, EC FP7 Research Infrastructures, 2009-2012.
• RADPAR: Radon Prevention and Remediation, EC Executive Agency for Health and Consumers, contract nr 2008 1217, 2009-2012
• PERGAMON: Permafrost and gas hydrate related methane release in the Arctic and impact on climate change: European cooperation for long-term monitoring, European Concerted Research Action COST Action ES0902, 2010-2014 (www.cost-pergamon.eu)

• Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (Belgium): Statistical and geostatistical analysis of the radon database of risk zones in Belgium, 2009-2010.

• INTAS: Assessment of the Feasibility of CO2 Storage in the Russian Permafrost, INTAS N 06-100025-9220, 2007-2009
• Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (Belgium): Radon mapping of municipalities located in potential risk zones in Belgium, 2004-2008.
• EC FP6: Black Sea Scientific Network (BLACKSEASCENE), contract No 022868, 2005-2008
• INDUWASTE: Management and Remediation of Hazardous Industrial Wastes in the Western Balkan Countries, EC INCO SSA Contract n° 515919, 2005-2006, IBES coordinator .
• INTAILRISK : Assessment of Environmental Risk for Use of Radioactively Contaminated Industrial Tailings, contract n° INCO-CT-2004-509214, 2004-2007, IBES coordinator.
• CRIMEA: Contribution of High-intensity Gas Seeps in the Black Sea to Methane Emission in the Atmosphere, contract n° EVK-2-CT-2002-00162, 2003-2006, IBES participant.

Considering that the flux of methane to the atmosphere is considerable in the Black Sea, this multidisciplinary research project project will focus on the effects on the atmosphere of the release of methane resulting from high-intensity outbursts which ascent in the water column.

The fate of methane will be traced from its origin in the sub-bottom sediments through its ascent in the water column until its escape into the atmosphere, and the methane budget will be established.

Finally, the effects of high-intensity seeps on the stability of the water column will be quantified, and the influence of methane escape on the composition of the atmosphere will be modelled.