Earth and Environment - Environment
Citizen science to fight marine plastic pollution and improve environmental management
Plastics are becoming more present in the seas and oceans around the world. The Mediterranean - a semi-enclosed marine basin - is one of the seas that accumulates more plastic waste from the continent, a situation that is endangering biodiversity and marine ecosystems. Now, the University of Barcelona is working on a citizen science project to better understand the origins and final destination of the plastics that reach the sea and thus improve the marine environment conservation strategies in the north-western Mediterranean.
New methodologies reveal recovery of Bonelli’s eagle population, a threatened species
Knowing how wildlife populations change is decisive for improving the management and conservation of biodiversity.
Red coral colonies survive a decade after being transplanted in the Medes Islands
The red coral colonies that were transplanted a decade ago on the seabed of the Medes Islands have survived successfully.
Human-caused marine debris has already reached the deepest point in the Mediterranean Sea
Waste generated by human activities has now reached the deepest point in the Mediterranean: the 5,112-metre-deep Calypso Deep in the Ionian Sea.
Family businesses are more sustainable, according to a UC3M study
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), in collaboration with Arizona State University (ASU) and Universidad de Salamanca, has carried out scientific research that indicates that family businesses show more environmentally responsible behaviour than non-family businesses.
Glaciers, ice and snow are shrinking at an accelerated rate on the Iberian Peninsula
Over the last decade, glaciers in Spain have experienced an accelerated retreat, with a significant loss of extension and thickness.
Finding the evolutionary code of molluscs
The study, now featured on the cover of Science , provides a ground-breaking perspective on the evolutionary history of molluscs. An international team of experts has resolved long-standing questions about the evolutionary history of molluscs, one of the most diverse zoological groups on the planet.
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PostDoc: Sustainable Management of Agriculturally Used Peatlands Agroscope, Zürich (mittelfristig 1725 Posieux FR)
