Sostenipra research group (ICTA-UAB) has studied the sewer networks of 68 Spanish cities to perform an environmental and economic analysis of the urban water cycle. The results show differences in electricity consumption between Atlantic and Mediterranean...
Energy Harvesting, Solar Oxides, Siterm and Fuelium were chosen from among over 200 proposals based on innovative solutions in the field of energy efficiency and energy saving.
Cathy Yule, an Australian aquatic ecologist, is professor of the Faculty of Sciences at Monash University Malaysia. She specialises in the biology of peat swamp forests. These regions are unique and of global importance given their large biodiversity and role as carbon storers, but are now being seriously threatened.
The construction sector increasingly incorporates photosynthetic organisms on the outside of building elements, for aesthetic, environmental and economic reasons. This research compares the results of building materials with improved physical and chemical...
The presence of nitrate in groundwater, due to intensive farming and agricultural activities which include high levels of fertilizer application and animal waste disposal, is a worldwide problem and could increase the incidence of some diseases....
Exotic plants can strongly affect the composition, structure and functioning of the invaded ecosystems and it seems that they are able to change their own chemical composition and toxicity. To determine whether these changes actually take place, the Chemical Ecology and...
Understanding the patterns of consumption of water and electricity in water supply networks is needed to determine which factors influence the environmental impacts reduce its environmental burdens. The article presents...
A research team from ICTA-UAB has developed a new approach to study controversies over technology governance, applied to the case of nuclear power, which has been one of the most controversial and, at the same time, largely deployed...
Water resources in coastal cities support many tensions due to phenomena such as the acceleration of urbanisation, population growth and tourism. This thesis presents new lines of research and strategies to improve urban water policies linked to the tourism sector, with frames to analyse...
The yellow sugarcane aphid feeds on plants of the family of grasses. Researchers from the UAB and CREAF and from the University of León have discovered this species in Tarragona and Girona, which probably arrived from Northen Africa. Up to now it is unknown to what extent the aphid...
