The Aphekom study of the air quality of 25 European cities has confirmed that air pollution has a major negative impact on human health. Reducing levels of fine particles to those recommended by the World Health Organization would increase life expectancy by 22 months and save 31,500 million euros in health care costs

STAFF | MARCH 10TH, 2011

Increasing CO2 levels are causing significant changes for individual organisms as well as entire ecosystems like forests. In this new environmental scenario, evergreen forests are conquering territory from deciduous forests, according to a study by the Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution

STAFF | MARCH 3RD, 2011

Spain’s Institute of Oceanography has warned that the rise of sea levels in the Mediterranean is accelerating. A group of researchers of the center has set sail to collect more data on the effects of climate change on the sea

STAFF | FEBRUARY 28TH, 2011

The European project called MedSeA, led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, is setting out to research the ecological and socioeconomic impacts of the acidification of the Mediterranean Sea caused by global warming. The aim is to map vulnerable areas and devise strategies to mitigate its effects

STAFF | FEBRUARY 23RD, 2011