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"Advanced" countries' wealth depends on the appropriation of resources and labour from the global South
22 Mar 2022
Economic growth in the “advanced economies” of the global North relies on a large net appropriation of resources and labour from the global South, obtained...
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Umberto Lombardo receives an ERC Consolidator Grant to reconstruct human demography in prehistoric times
17 Mar 2022
ICTA-UAB researcher Umberto Lombardo was awarded a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for the development of a project aimed at...
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High pollen levels expected in spring, with normal values returning in summer
16 Mar 2022
Spring pollination will be high and may reach above average levels after the recent rainfall, but normal pollination levels are expected during the summer....
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Women defending our earth
08 Mar 2022
The Philippines is one of the most gender-equal countries in Asia, according to the World Economic Forum report Global Gender Gap. There have been two female...
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PhD programme in Environmental Science and Technology receives Excellence Award
07 Mar 2022
The PhD Programme in Environmental Science and Technology, affiliated to and managed by ICTA-UAB, received the AQU Catalunya's preliminary report...
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ICTA-UAB commits to a responsible and sustainable travel strategy
23 Feb 2022
The ICTA-UAB has designed a responsible travel strategy with the aim of helping researchers at the centre, as well as researchers from the rest of the UAB,...
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Local communities around the globe claim the disappearance of wild edible plants
22 Feb 2022
Local and Indigenous communities warn of a significant decrease in the abundance of wild edible plants and mushrooms that negatively impacts their nutrition...
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Dr. Martí Rufí: "El concepto 'cero emisiones' en los Juegos de Invierno hay que cogerlo con pinzas"
15 Feb 2022
A pesar de que la nieve hizo acto de presencia inesperada en los primeros días, los Juegos de Invierno de Pekín serán los primeros Juegos Olímpicos de...
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New project to analyze marine biodiversity loss through the study of marine calcifying plankton
10 Feb 2022
Most knowledge on marine biodiversity loss comes from larger nekton and macro-species, with far less information however coming from micro-organisms at the...
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International scientists call for more sustainable and equitable land use to tackle climate change
08 Feb 2022
A new international scientific report in which the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) has...
