Natural Resources and Environment

Natural Resources and Environment

A study warns about the serious environmental risk of building in the only open space left in Marbella

A study carried out by researchers of the Institute for Regional Development of the University of Granada states that no building should be constructed in the last open space on the western Costa del Sol, where the Department of Urban Planning of the Costa del Sol and the PGOU of Marbella (the latter has not… Seguir Leyendo A study warns about the serious environmental risk of building in the only open space left in Marbella

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A new physics model will analyse microscopic mechanisms responsible for traffic jams and natural phenomena such as sand dunes

Strange as it may seem, Theoretical Physics can not give a solid explanation for natural phenomena as common as atmospheric flux, cloud strips or desert dunes, or for other phenomena such as traffic jams, even though what causes them is the same. Statistical Mechanics looks for the explanation behind these phenomena. This discipline tries to… Seguir Leyendo A new physics model will analyse microscopic mechanisms responsible for traffic jams and natural phenomena such as sand dunes

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The UGR Water Institute is coordinating the creation of a catalogue that will include the 300 most important fountains and springs in Andalusia

A group of researchers from the Water Institute at the University of Granada have almost completed the first catalogue of fountains and springs in Andalusia. The project was conducted by Antonio Castillo Martín, professor at UGR and scientist at The Institute for Scientific Research. It is the result of an agreement signed in 2005 between… Seguir Leyendo The UGR Water Institute is coordinating the creation of a catalogue that will include the 300 most important fountains and springs in Andalusia

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Spanish scientists point at climate changes as the cause of the Neanderthal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula

Climate – and not modern humans – was the cause of the Neanderthal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula. Such is the conclusion of the University of Granada research group RNM 179 – Mineralogy and Geochemistry of sedimentary and metamorphic environments, headed by professor Miguel Ortega Huertas and whose members Francisco José Jiménez Espejo, Francisca Martínez… Seguir Leyendo Spanish scientists point at climate changes as the cause of the Neanderthal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula

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A new project will try to recover flora and fauna in one of the very few dunes located on the Mediterranean coast

The University of Granada, in association with the Valle del Genal study group and the Archaeological Museum of Estepona, will protect one of the few natural oases still left on the Spanish coastline which nowadays is full of building work. Researchers from the Institute for the Regional Development and Herbarium will study “El Saladillo-Matas Verdes”… Seguir Leyendo A new project will try to recover flora and fauna in one of the very few dunes located on the Mediterranean coast

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Experts in urban development warn of a lack of planning in the use of resources

In the short term, the current town planning boom in Spain will be extremely damaging for the management of natural resources such as water and energy. This is shown in a PhD thesis written by Juan Manuel Santiago Zaragoza, a researcher at the Andalusian Environment Institute and a professor at the Department of Graphic and… Seguir Leyendo Experts in urban development warn of a lack of planning in the use of resources

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Scientists from the UGR are using olive stones to depollute industrial sewage water

A question arises whenever olive oil is obtained: what can we do with its agricultural residues, such as olive vegetable water, browse leaves, or the solid waste known as ‘alperujo’? A study carried out by Dr. Germán Tenorio Rivas, a member of the research group “Solids concentration and bioremediation” from the Department of Chemical Engineering… Seguir Leyendo Scientists from the UGR are using olive stones to depollute industrial sewage water

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Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) explore the evolution of floral morphology in a plant species of Sierra Nevada (Spain)

Researchers from the Departments of Ecology and Genetics from the University of Granada have provided the first evidence of the help of natural selection in zygomorphy, which refers to flowers with only one plane of symmetry, in a natural population of Sierra Nevada. The researchers have noticed in the species studied, Erysimun mediohispanicum, that zygomorphic… Seguir Leyendo Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) explore the evolution of floral morphology in a plant species of Sierra Nevada (Spain)

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International experts will investigate the volcano system in Tenerife, Spain, to a depth of nearly 10 km

Next January, a group of experts, who belong to several international scientific institutions and will be directed by the researcher Jesús M. Ibáñez Godoy (Andalusian Institute of Geophysics of the UGR), will develop the largest campaign on seismic tomography undertaken to date, in Tenerife, Spain. The objective is to determine the internal structure of the… Seguir Leyendo International experts will investigate the volcano system in Tenerife, Spain, to a depth of nearly 10 km

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Scientists of the UGR use sludges from wastewater treatment systems to restore road taluses

Scientists of the research group ‘Microbiology and Ambiental Techniques (MITA)’ of the Universidad de Granada have studied the application of sludges generated by urban wastewater-treatment systems together with the application of the compost generated by urban solid-waste treatment systems in the replanting of highway slopes. The head of the study, Francisco Osorio Robles, a professor… Seguir Leyendo Scientists of the UGR use sludges from wastewater treatment systems to restore road taluses