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The international scientific community to debate the dichotomy between economic growth and the fight against the climate crisis
06 Mar 2024
Human activity is irreversibly changing our planet, especially the climate. The voracious demand for fossil fuels and natural resources has led us to an...
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The diet of prehistoric Andean populations was based on cultivated plants, not fish
04 Mar 2024
The earliest complex societies developed from 3000 BCE onwards on the Central Andean coast were based on cultivated plants other than maize, and only...
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Leopoldo Gerhardinger joins the Steering Committee of the Decade Coordination Office "Connecting People and Ocean"
26 Feb 2024
Our ICTA-UAB postdoctoral fellow Leopoldo Cavaleri Gerhardinger has recently been appointed to the Steering Committee of the UN Decade Coordination Office...
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It's true, happiness doesn't cost much
06 Feb 2024
Many Indigenous peoples and local communities around the world are leading very satisfying lives despite having very little money. This is the conclusion of...
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Big oil companies continue to expand fossil fuel extraction worldwide
02 Feb 2024
Despite the growing social and political discourse in favor of energy transition and the greening of the industry, big oil companies continue to rely almost...
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Networked media and information ocean literacy: a transformative approach for UN ocean decade
31 Jan 2024
The United Nations’ Ocean Decade calls for co-designing transformative science, ocean networks, and learning strategies to address ocean health decline and...
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What do researchers on carbon pricing really think about it?
26 Jan 2024
Climate policy researchers feel that carbon pricing can achieve effective emission reductions.
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Laura Talens to participate in the «Smart education for innovative teaching» challenge
26 Jan 2024
From 31 January to 2 February, the University of Stavanger, Finland, is offering a challenge-based course entitled «Smart education for innovative teaching»,...
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Project aims to reduce nutritional and health poverty in Barcelona
23 Jan 2024
A new project led by ICTA-UAB will tackle the problem of nutritional and health poverty in the city of Barcelona, with the aim of designing and implementing...
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A pioneer project to create the first eco-friendly urea fertilizer from CO2 and nitrogen compounds
17 Jan 2024
ICTA-UAB is participating in a project that will develop a device capable of electrochemically converting carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen (N2) into urea...
