Xavier Querol, deputy director of the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, is an expert on pollution detection. In relation to the current high levels of air pollution affecting Barcelona, his position is clear: "Sometimes it seems that the weather is the culprit, but pollution is mainly caused by cars"

DAVID SEGARRA | FEBRUARY 11TH, 2011

The permanent snow line has risen more than 200 meters in Patagonia during the last 20 years. The Argentine specialist Jorge Rabassa, a professor at the National University of Patagonia, explains that climate change is no meteorological curiosity, but a global problem that seriously affects the environment

JORDI MONTANER | JANUARY 5th, 2011

Asthma, allergies, bronchitis, malnutrition ... climate change will have remarkable effects on the health of everyone. The journal The Lancet has declared climate change as the major health challenge of the XXI century. Respiratory diseases and the health of children are two of the main areas of concern.

ÀNNIA MONREAL | NOVEMBER 25TH, 2010

Painkillers, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory and psychotropic drugs ... rivers are becoming the final resting place for an increasing number of medicines. Researchers at the Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA) followed the trail of these drugs and analyzed their impact on communities of aquatic organisms.

JORDI MONTANER | NOVEMBER 8TH, 2010