The olive soil of the area of Cazorla is more and more eroded. The lack of essential nutrients such as organic matter, nitrogenous or phosphorus is the main reason for… Seguir Leyendo UGR experts advise the use of pruning remains to prevent olive soil degradation
Reproducing the sea conditions of an area to verify its effects in docks, ports or coasts is one of the main functions of the multidirectional surge tank, a device entirely… Seguir Leyendo Experts of the UGR design a surge tank, unique in Andalusia, in order to verify docks and study coast sections
The research group ‘Física de la Atmósfera’ of the Universidad de Granada, coordinated by Lucas Alados Arboledas, is immersed in different work lines to characterize the radioactive effect of clouds… Seguir Leyendo Scientists of the UGR study the increase of ultraviolet sun radiation and its harmful effects on human health
What would happen on Earth if a meteorite would crash again such as the one that exterminated dinosaurs 65 million years ago? In order to answer this question a team… Seguir Leyendo Researchers of the UGR analyse the trace of the meteorite that exterminated dinosaurs 65 million years ago
The Spanish mountains, like most mountains, and especially the Mediterranean ones, can not be conceived regardless of a permanent human action since antiquity. With this precept, the professor of Regional… Seguir Leyendo A book published by the UGR reveals the singularity of the Andalusian orography and landscape
Bad territorial planning of the greenhouses in Granada’s coast could turn the area into a new El Ejido, characterized by soil erosion, environmental pollution and flood risk. This conclusion can… Seguir Leyendo Scientists of the UGR advice to reorganize the greenhouses of Granada’s coast in order to avoid pollution, erosion and floods
The lack of rainfall puts under scrutiny again one of the most important resources of men: water. Last autumn and this spring have been the driest seasons in the last… Seguir Leyendo Measures against drought
The scarcity of rainfall registered throughout last autumn and this spring forecasts a dry summer inclined to big forest fires. One more year the mountains of the province are in… Seguir Leyendo Appropriate vegetation management could be a key question in forest fire prevention, according to a research work of the UGR
Recent environmental studies have revealed the precarious situation of certain population centres near to rubbish tips and dumps. The new guidelines imposed by the European Union have given raise to… Seguir Leyendo The University of Granada develops an Intelligent System to assess rubbish tips areas
José Aguilar Ruiz, Professor of the Department of Pedology and Agricultural Chemistry of the University of Granada, together with the head of the Soil and Water Department of the Centre… Seguir Leyendo UGR scholars analyse nutrient loss in crops of arid areas banks