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Researchers Address Economic Dangers of ‘Peak Oil’ in USA
Researchers from the ICTA-UAB and the University of Maryland (UMD) demonstrate in a new study which sectors could put the entire U.S. economy at risk when global oil production peaks (‘Peak Oil”). This multi-disciplinary team...
Use, modelling and organization of biodiversity data
A doctoral dissertation presented at CREAF, at the UAB, proposes an information system through the use of species distribution models, of interest for conservation species and exotic invasive species with the aim of generating maps useful in the conservation of...
Effects of Rising Oil Prices on Tourism Studied
A study involving an ICREA researcher at the UAB recommends designing strategies that minimize the economic impact on the Spanish tourism sector of a potential rise in oil prices. This paper has analyzed the possible effects of peak oil in this sector. According to these...
Climate conditions in the westernmost Mediterranean over the last millennium
Two recently published studies carried out by a group of researchers from the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), the CSIC, the University of Granada, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Royal Netherlands...
