A study recently published in the journal Nature Foods warns that increased concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and rising temperatures are exacerbating differences between the rice yields of high- and low-income countries.
The massive use of nitrogen in agricultural fertilisers has led to an increase in agricultural yields, but also to an inefficient system that loses almost 80% of these inputs, wreaking havoc on nature.
Our researcher Mariona Ferrandiz considers 10 basic aspects about urban forests that we want to share.
CREAF is part of a network of centers that requests the new Commissioner for the Mediterranean announced by EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen take into account the profound impacts of climate change on security, the economy, society and finance of the region.
A new study reveals that trees consume methane, a greenhouse gas responsible for around 30% of global warming.
Spain, according to INAP data, has lost 5.3 million inhabitants between 1960 and 2021. Against this backdrop, one of the main objectives of current policy has been to reverse this situation. Even so, at a time of biodiversity crisis, bringing people back to the countryside can be perceived as a threat to nature conservation.
Science has succeeded in unravelling the origin of the butterflies population explosion in 2019 and how they spread across several continents.
