News archive
News archive
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Ocean oxygen decline threatens deep-sea fish populations and ocean health, new study warns
31 Jul 2025
The ongoing decline in ocean oxygen levels is intensifying due to climate change, significantly impacting marine ecosystems, including mesopelagic fish...
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A novel study solves the mystery of the ocean carbon budget
30 Jul 2025
One of the major challenges in oceanography has been constraining ocean carbon budgets.
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A citizen science project promotes urban sustainability among Catalan students
24 Jul 2025
A total of 266 primary and secondary school students from Catalonia participated in an innovative environmental education project in which educational...
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New study on the renewable energy conflicts in Spain
23 Jul 2025
ICTA-UAB researcher, Arnim Scheidel, is one of the 18 grantees of the Social Research Call 2025 by the Social Observatory of the ”la Caixa” Foundation, which...
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The double edge of urban Nature-Based Solutions: local gains, global costs
23 Jul 2025
The implementation of certain Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in urban areas brings local benefits but may also increase global environmental pressures due to...
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Barcelona could suffer heat waves up to 6ºC more intense by the end of the century
17 Jul 2025
Heat waves that already affect the population of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB) could significantly intensify in the future, with temperature...
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ICTA-UAB receives the María de Maeztu Excellence Accreditation
17 Jul 2025
The Scientific Director of ICTA-UAB, Esteve Corbera, received the new accreditation as a "María de Maeztu" Unit of Excellence, awarded for the third...
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FairNature: embedding justice in the scaling of NbS
16 Jul 2025
FairNature is an international research project, in which the ICTA-UAB is one of the participating institutions, aiming to develop approaches for scaling...
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One in four Spaniards allocates most of their income to housing
14 Jul 2025
A total of 40% of Spanish tenants spend more than 30% of their income on housing, surpassing the threshold that defines households as excessively...
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Urban policies in Brazil advance housing but fail to curb urban expansion
11 Jul 2025
Brazil’s national urban policies have achieved clear progress in expanding housing and improving basic services in 27 major cities over the past 30 years,...
