Projects

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DADES DEL PROJECTE Título: La Oscilación del Mediterráneo Occidental (WeMO) y su influencia en la variabilidad pluviométrica de la fachada oriental de la Península Ibérica [Acrónimo: WEMOTOR] Investigador principal 1: Javier Martín-Vide Investigador principal 2: Joan Albert López Bustins Entidad financiadora: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad Referencia de proyecto: CSO2014-55799-C2-1-R (proyecto coordinado) Financiación concedida: 27.830,00€ Período de...

PROJECT DETAILS Title: Effects of the Environmental Change on the communities of MEDITERRANEAN Rivers (CARIMED) Principal Researcher: Narcís Prat Funding entity: Diputació de Barcelona Funding amount: 36.888,00 € (2016) Duration: ongoing since 1994 Participating entities: Agència Catalana de l’Aigua (ACA) Beneficiaries: Universidad de Barcelona ABSTRACT OF THE PROJECT The ‘Ecological Quality of the Rivers’ is a study program that...

PROJECT DETAILS Title: 3000 years of flooding in mountain catchments: connectivity, synchronization or teleconnection? Principal Researcher: Lothar Schulte Researchers: 7 Project’s code: CGL2016-75475-R (2016-2019) Duration: 2016-2019 Participating entities: Universitat de Barcelona, Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya, Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL (CH), Universität Bern (CH) Universität...

PROJECT DETAILS Title: GLOBAQUA, Managing the effects of multiple stressors on aquatic ecosystems with water scarcity Principal Researcher: Isabel Muñoz Coordinator: D. Barceló (IDAEA-CSIC) Project Reference: 7th Framework Programme EC.Contract number: 603629 (2015-19) ABSTRACT OF THE PROJECT Freshwater systems are under threat by a variety of stressors (organic and inorganic pollution, cover change, water abstraction, land...

PROJECT DETAILS Title: HOlistic analysis of the impact of heavy PrEcipitations and floods and their introduction in future scenarios. Application to adaptation and resilience strategies (HOPE) Principal Researcher: Maria del Carmen Llasat Botija Funding entity: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad Project’s code: CGL2014-52571-R. Programa I+D+I Retos 2014. Convocatorias 2014. Proyectos de I+D “EXCELENCIA” y...

PROJECT DETAILS Title: LIFE TRIVERS - Implementing the Water Framework Directive to temporary rivers: tools for the assessment of their ecological status Principal Researcher: Narcís Prat Funding entity: LIFE+ program European Union Project’s code: LIFE13 ENV/ES/000341 Funding amount: 682,962 € Duration: 02/06/2014 - 01/06/2018 Beneficiaries: Universidad de Barcelona (UB), Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA...

DADES DEL PROJECTE Títol: Ecosistemas fluviales temporales y cambio global: efectos sobre la estructura y función del ecosistema (FUNSTREAM) Investigador principal 1: Isabel Muñoz Investigador principal 2: Margarita Menéndez Referència del projecte: Projecte Ministeri Economia i Competitivitat. Programa I+D+I Retos 2014. CGL2014-58760-C3-1-R RESUM DEL PROJECTE La región mediterránea es particularmente sensible al cambio climático y global...

PROJECT DETAILS Title: Multi-proxy analysis of palaeofloods in mountain regions. Driving factors and impacts in the past, present and future Principal Researcher: Lothar Schulte Researchers: 8 Funding entity: Programa Nacional de Biodiversidad, Ciencias de la Tierra y Cambio global Project’s code: CGL2013-43716-R (2014-2017) Duration: 2014 - 2017 Participating entities: Universitat de Barcelona, Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya, Institut...