Author: Anna Ramon

A raccoon (Procyon lotor) being fed by a person. Generally, you should never feed wild animals. Anyone who comes across a wild raccoon in Catalonia should call the territory’s Rural Agents (telephone no. 93 114 68 87). Photo: public domain.
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Catalonia presents its invasive alien species blacklists and watchlists

The report, addressed to the more than 140 governments that constitute the IPBES, describes almost 300 species that require control and eradication actions, in the case of 172 blacklisted species, and monitoring and surveillance in the case of 125 on the watchlist.

Pont de Querós (in Sant Hilari Sacalm), a medieval bridge that is usually underwater in Susqueda Reservoir. Source: Jordiavus (Wikimedia Commons).
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How to tackle the current water shortage, and the one on the horizon

Catalonia has declared a drought-induced “state of exceptionality”. The situation is serious, and simply folding our arms and hoping for rain is not enough. All this is explained in full inside, based on a discussion with CREAF’s water management expert, Annelies Broekman.

Miño River as it passes through Galicia. Image: Alejandro Piñero Amerio (Wikimedia Commons).
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Climate change impacts how rivers breathe

A study recently published in Nature led by an international team in which CREAF postdoctoral researcher Lluis Gómez Gener has participated, shows that river ecosystems play a valuable role in the exchange of greenhouse gases and, consequently, in the study of global climate change.

The Bayan Obo mine in Inner Mongolia (China) contains a large amount of rare earth minerals. Source: REUTERS (2011).
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Humans milk the periodic table turning a blind eye to its risks

For millions of years, nature has basically been getting by with just a few elements from the periodic table. However, to build the world of humans we need many more. A new article analyses the reasons and consequences of this divergence.

Credit: Kalen Emsley, unsplash.
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CREAF attends the Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, COP15

It will do so thanks to a CREAF delegation teamed up with Alícia Pérez-Porro, CREAF scientific coordinator, Lluís Brotons, CSIC researcher at CREAF, and CREAF researchers Sergi Herrando and Daniel Villero, all of them will be in Canada from 9 to 16 December.

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