Sensitivity analyses, which relate the variability of output values to the input values of a process, are applied to a very broad range of research fields. Researcher Andrea Saltelli observed however that 96% of these types of analyses published in scientific journals...
Moving towards a more urbanized world implies rethinking the effect that our infrastructures have on the environment. This PhD dissertation by Francesc...
Human activity has caused an increase in nitrogen emissions. The use of resin-based rain collectors will allow a less frequent sampling of nitrogen deposition than with conventional collectors. This will...
This study aims to stimulate the discussion on the effect of working time on environmental pressures. By distinguishing between different time periods for developed and developing country groups respectively, we confirmed the significant relationship between...
Concepts such as environmental racism, popular epidemiology, environmentalism of the poor and the indigenous, biopiracy or food sovereignty, and many others, serve to describe and participate in ecological distribution conflicts. They are conflicts related to the extraction...
The links between climate change, economic development, and poverty reduction have gained increasing attention over recent years. However, most of the existing literature tends to focus on direct, short-run...
In Europe, pork is the most widely consumed meat with an annual average of almost 32 kg per capita, and it is also responsible for around 26 per cent of total CO2 emissions by the farming sector. This study...
Scots pine is the tree species with the greatest latitudinal distribution between Siberia and the Iberian Peninsula. A study carried out by researchers from the National Museum...
A multidisciplinary international team has advanced in the understanding of the terrestrial and ocean responses to climate variability in the western Mediterranean during the past millennium including the industrial era. Two high-resolution...
A study on the development of future energy has shown the need to consider the ultimate consequences of these. For this, it addresses three possible scenarios: business-as-usual, developing cheap...
