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The research provides valuable insight into the impact of agricultural activities in two protected areas. Credits: Pixabay A study on phytosanitary products in protected areas of Spain has revealed the widespread presence of these substances - some banned since 2009 - in the national parks of Doñana and Tablas de Daimiel.

A systematic review conducted by researchers from the Department of Ecology at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) reveals the paucity of studies on the impact of photovoltaic plants on biodiversity. This review, published in Conservation Letters, helps to better understand these effects, as well as to guide future research efforts that prioritize knowledge gaps.

A team of biologists, with the participation of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), has discovered a new species of piranha in the upper Madeira River system in Bolivia. The newly identified Serrasalmus magallanesi adds a new link to the rich biodiversity of the Amazon basin. This finding underscores the importance of continuing research on the region's ichthyofauna for its proper conservation.

Research staff from the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology of the Universitat de València and the Gandia Campus of the Universitat Politècnica de València have studied the consequences of climate change on the productivity of two species of passerine birds. The results show that extreme weather conditions, such as warmer temperatures and higher frequent torrential rainfall could threaten the preservation of the population of these birds.

A team from the Global Change Unit-IPL of the University of Valencia has just published the first high-resolution local climate zone (LCZ) map of Valencia in the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, based on satellite data. The study aims to analyse the effects of the 'heat island' and 'heat wave' phenomena in major Mediterranean cities and to provide mitigation measures to improve the environment and public health.

Developed by a UC3M spin-off, the company Hiili Measuring energy consumption derived from digital activity from a scientific point of view is the challenge faced by Hiili, S.L. , a compa

The exhibition, inspired by themes proposed by marine biologists, will go to Austria in September and to Barcelona in October.

According to a study by UC3M and the Elcano Institute The individual pressure that each person can exert to combat climate change has a significant effect on their environment to promote green behaviour. This is one of the conclusions of a scientific study by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies that analyses the socio-political factors that influence the acceptance of climate policies in Spain.

The team at the Desertification Research Centre (CIDE, UV-CSIC-GVA) has carried out the first global, systematic and quantitative study on the effects of changes in fire regime on vegetation. The results show that intensified fire regimes reduce woody plants abundance, diversity and fitness, especially in conifer forests.

The team at the Desertification Research Centre (CIDE, UV-CSIC-GVA) has carried out the first global, systematic and quantitative study on the effects of changes in fire regime on vegetation. The results show that intensified fire regimes reduce woody plants abundance, diversity and fitness, especially in conifer forests.

Members of the Enviroplanet plastics research network, formed by several Spanish research groups specialized in plastic pollution and thanks to an agreement signed by the Autonomous University of Madrid in collaboration with the Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU), have published a study in the journal Scientific Reports on the presence of microplastics in bottled water.

Mara Segovia, Erasmus+ researcher at the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (ICBiBe) of the University of Valencia, has participated in a study that reveals the response capacity of seaweed to the effects of climate change. Over the last 60 years, diatoms - the subject of this study - have increased their optimal temperature by 1°C to adapt to global warming.

A team from the Desertification Research Centre (CIDE) collaborates in a study on the role of the so-called 'facilitating plants' in the survival of other plants in adverse conditions. The implications of this work, in which a total of 141 different plant species from the south of the Iberian Peninsula were recorded, are very important in the current context of climate change.

Jaume Pla and Javier Esparcia, researchers from the University of Valencia (UV), have analysed rural depopulation in the Valencian press between 1996 and 2022, and conclude that this factor or job creation has been subordinated to the construction of parks wind farms, often without paying enough attention to environmental issues.

A team from the University of Seville has analyzed the evolution in the flowering date of fifty plant species during the last 35 years in the Doñana National Park .

An article published in the journal Trends in Ecology & Evolution by the Desertification Research Centre (CIDE, UV-CSIC-GVA) and the ECOAQUA Institute (ULPGC) proposes for the first time a conceptual framework for the study of fire ecology in the marine environment. The work warns about the disturbances caused by forest fires in marine systems and raises the main ideas and questions to be resolved from this new study perspective.

A study by IDOCAL (Research Institute in Psychology of Human Resources, Organisational Development and Quality of Work Life) of the University of Valencia concludes that women have higher levels of performance and green behaviours in social economy organisations, especially in cooperatives.

Researchers from the Cavanilles Institute of the University of Valencia (UV) reveal in an article published in the journal Urban Science that the surface area of three beaches south of the port of València (Pinedo, El Saler and La Garrofera) has increased from 170 hectares of sand in the decade of the 90s to 43 in 2022.

An article from the Image and Signal Processing (ISP) research group of the University of Valencia (UV), led by Gustau Camps-Valls and which has used Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a tool, concludes that the socioeconomic level explains the population movements that occur after catastrophes generated by extreme natural phenomena such as floods, windstorms and landslides.

Researchers at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) have developed a process based on the photo-Fenton method that allows the efficient degradation of polystyrene nanoplastics in water. This breakthrough could be key in the fight against plastic pollution, especially in wastewater treatment plants (WWTP).