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… Seguir Leyendo A study warns about the serious environmental risk of building in the only open space left in Marbella
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… Seguir Leyendo A new physics model will analyse microscopic mechanisms responsible for traffic jams and natural phenomena such as sand dunes
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… 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
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… Seguir Leyendo Spanish scientists point at climate changes as the cause of the Neanderthal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula
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… Seguir Leyendo A new project will try to recover flora and fauna in one of the very few dunes located on the Mediterranean coast
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… Seguir Leyendo Experts in urban development warn of a lack of planning in the use of resources
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’?… Seguir Leyendo Scientists from the UGR are using olive stones to depollute industrial sewage water
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… Seguir Leyendo Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) explore the evolution of floral morphology in a plant species of Sierra Nevada (Spain)
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… Seguir Leyendo International experts will investigate the volcano system in Tenerife, Spain, to a depth of nearly 10 km
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… Seguir Leyendo Scientists of the UGR use sludges from wastewater treatment systems to restore road taluses