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Project to analyse microplastic pollution in cities
28 Oct 2022
New UAB crowdfunding campaign to develop a simple sampling methodology for urban areas.
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The UAB, top university in sustainable research in Spain according to the QS ranking
27 Oct 2022
The new QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2023, which evaluates 700 universities worldwide, classified the UAB as the top university in...
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European project to explore pathways towards post-growth economics
25 Oct 2022
The ERC is providing 10 million euros for an ICTA-UAB project that will study how to escape from a growth economy and ensure social welfare and planetary...
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Ivan Savin among top five nominees worldwide for the USERN prize in Social Sciences
19 Oct 2022
ICTA-UAB researcher Ivan Savin has been named among top five nominees worldwide for the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN) prize in...
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Urban greening protects against cardiovascular risk factors, some diseases, and mortality depending on gender and sex differences
18 Oct 2022
The results of a recently published study indicate that urban greening is more beneficial for women in terms of the possibility of suffering a stroke and in...
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ICTA-UAB pays tribute to Joan Martínez Alier
17 Oct 2022
The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) is organising a full-day event to pay tribute to...
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Melting permafrost increases the emission of greenhouse gases in Arctic lakes
06 Oct 2022
Groundwaters circulating through the subsoil as a result of the melting permafrost can transport carbon dioxide and methane—gases with a strong greenhouse...
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Report calls for Indigenous Peoples' knowledge to be included in climate policy
29 Sep 2022
A new report highlights how recognising Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ knowledge systems could do more to address climate change than many...
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The expansion of capitalism led to a deterioration in human welfare
23 Sep 2022
Far from reducing extreme poverty, the expansion of capitalism from the 16th century onward was associated with a dramatic deterioration in human welfare,...
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Cristina Madrid-López, mentor of the "Women in Energy Storage" programme
16 Sep 2022
Cristina Madrid-López, researcher at ICTA-UAB, has been elected one of the mentors of the “Women in Energy Storage” programme.
