To investigate the recent changes in the relief of the Iberian Peninsula and their causes is an unfinished challenge of the Spanish scientific community. The great social significance of this… Seguir Leyendo Topo-Iberia: Spanish scientists will create the largest seismic station and GPS network in Spain
Francisca Martínez and Francisco J. Jiménez Espejo, who are researchers of the Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra and the research group ‘Mineralogía y Geoquímica de los ambientes sedimentario… Seguir Leyendo Scientists from the UGR participate in the discovery of the last Neanderthal settlement in southern Spain
Every summer, we face the same problem. The levels of reservoirs fall alarmingly and experts try to find solutions, such as awareness campaigns, saving measures, or the use of less… Seguir Leyendo Researchers from the UGR suggest groundwater as an alternative water supply during droughts in Spain
In 2008, Zaragoza will become the world capital city of scientific knowledge thanks to the Universal Exhibition that will be held there from the 14th of June to the 14th… Seguir Leyendo The Universidad de Granada has been entrusted the dynamic calculation of the Third Millennium Bridge, a symbol of Zaragoza’s World’s Fair, in the Wind Tunnel
Far from being an isolated case, the high temperatures experienced in our country in the last days respond without doubt to the growing global warming, and man is directly responsible… Seguir Leyendo Scientists of the UGR warn that the last five years have been the warmest of the period between 1901 and 2005
The loss of soil after an ecological disaster like that in Doñana (Seville), due to the burst of a supporting wall of the reservoir containing the toxic wastes of the… Seguir Leyendo A correct soil cleaning after an ecological disaster like that in Aznalcóllar (Spain) allows to recover its properties to a great extent
How did the rodents which inhabited the south of the Iberian Peninsula live six million years ago? The researcher of the UGR Raef Minwer-Barakat has attempted to answer this question… Seguir Leyendo The study of rodent fossils allows to determine the climate of the south of the Iberian Peninsula six million years ago
According to María Luisa Calvache Quesada, researcher in charge of project and professor of the Department of Geodynamics of the UGR, the dam, approximately located 14 kilometres upstream of the… Seguir Leyendo UGR studies predict the impact of the Rules dam on the aquifer of the coast of Granada
Certain ecosystems have been affected by the continuous exposure to environmental pollution. The effects of certain pollutants on organisms are not always obvious, and they are often disguised. To isolate… Seguir Leyendo UGR researchers determine the causes for birds´ hormonal imbalance
With this project, financed by the Ministry of Education and Science, the scientists hope to contribute to explain the great incognita of the possibility of life in Mars. The meteorite,… Seguir Leyendo UGR scientists study criteria to distinguish the origin of natural samples applicable to life searching in Mars