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Microplastics deposited on the seafloor triple in 20 years
22 Dec 2022
The total amount of microplastics deposited on the bottom of oceans has tripled in the past two decades with a progression that corresponds to the type and...
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Greener cities promote social and climate inequalities
19 Dec 2022
Cities creating or restoring greenspaces experience gentrification processes that exclude citizens from more vulnerable social groups. This is the result of...
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Scientists outline key policies for degrowth in the fight against climate change
12 Dec 2022
Leading researchers in ecological economics have published in Nature a strategic policy framework to ensure a just transition to post-growth economies.
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17% of rural land exposed simultaneously to high degrees of depopulation and aridity
05 Dec 2022
A total of 28% of rural land in Spain is exposed to high levels of depopulation, while 45% has problems with aridity, and 17.5 % suffers from both problems...
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The SO-CLOSE project creates digital tools to combat the exclusion of refugees
30 Nov 2022
Over the course of three years, the team coordinated by the UAB has co-created open-use digital cultural content that is now available for consultation and...
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Data sovereignty in community-based environmental monitoring
29 Nov 2022
Indigenous communities are an essential source of environmental information and knowledge, but using such knowledge in scientific monitoring may aggravate...
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Ocean warming and acidification impact marine food web
24 Nov 2022
Ocean warming and ocean acidification driven by climate change decrease the nutritional quality of some marine organisms, causing disruptions to the ocean...
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A low-carbon energy transition may result in substantial emissions
18 Nov 2022
A new ICTA-UAB study shows that the process of transitioning to a low-carbon energy system could lead to significant global emissions, consuming much of the...
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What makes us decide to use electric micromobility?
15 Nov 2022
Researchers from the Department of Geography and ICTA-UAB have identified the main psychosociological factors (functionals and non-functionals) influencing...
