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Prehistoric human remains from South-America help to uncover the origins of treponemal diseases
25 Jan 2024
One of the biggest mysteries in historical epidemics is whether syphilis was introduced in Europe by Columbus’ first voyage to the Americas. A new...
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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...
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90% of textile waste generated by Catalonia's population ends up in landfill or incinerators
12 Jan 2024
A total of 90% of the municipal textile waste generated in Catalonia ends up in landfills or incinerators, according to a study by ICTA-UAB, which shows that...
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Joan Martinez Alier reviews the movements for environmental justice in a book
11 Jan 2024
“Land, Water, Air and Freedom. The Making of World Movements for Environmental Justice” is the title of the new book written by ICTA-UAB ecological economist...
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Xavier Gabarrell, new Vice-Rector for Campus and Sustainability
21 Dec 2023
ICTA-UAB researcher Xavier Gabarrell i Durany will be the new Vice-Rector for Campus and Sustainability at the UAB, replacing Carmen Miralles. This was...
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Low economic growth can help keep climate change within the 1.5°C threshold
19 Dec 2023
A new study shows that economic growth rates make a big difference when it comes to prospects for limiting global warming to 1.5 °C, as per the Paris Agreement.
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Jeroen van den Bergh: "We cannot keep expecting COPs to solve the climate crisis"
18 Dec 2023
Following the completion of COP28, held earlier this month in Dubai, ICTA-UAB climate policy researcher Jeroen van den Bergh says we cannot keep expecting...
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La emergencia climática, teatralizada por científicos del ICTA-UAB
14 Dec 2023
Los investigadores del ICTA-UAB implicados en el programa "Jóvenes, Ciencia y Ética" de la Fundación Catalana para la Investigación y la Innovación (FCRI)...
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Drivers of social-ecological changes in Important Agricultural Heritage Systems? Small-scale farmers identify them
04 Dec 2023
Climate change, alongside other local biophysical, social and economic factors such as deforestation or overexploitation, constitute the main drivers of...
