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The UGR presents its Research Awards 2022

The rector of the University of Granada, Pilar Aranda, will preside over the award ceremony of the UGR Research Awards for the year 2022 in its different modalities. The ceremony will take place on Thursday, 25 May, at 1pm in the Rector’s Hall of the Royal Hospital. We highlight the prize awarded to Prof....

Cordobeses of the Year 2022: María José Polo

The Professor of Hydraulic Engineering at the University of Cordoba is the first woman in Spain to receive the International Hydrology Award. She has been a full professor at Etsiam since 1998. The Professor of Hydraulic Engineering at the University of Cordoba and the María de Maetzu Unit of Excellence, María José Polo Gómez...

Spain participates in the European infrastructure for atmospheric research ACTRIS

The European Commission has established ACTRIS as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium to provide state-of-the-art data and services in atmospheric research to support science-based policy making. Spain participates in ACTRIS, a scientific facility recently established by the European Commission as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) to provide state-of-the-art data and services in atmospheric...

Photo Contest OBJECTIVE SIERRA NEVADA

The University of Granada and the Diputación Provincial de Granada invite you to participate in the first edition of the Photo Contest Objetivo Sierra Nevada. This is an initiative framed in the Smart Ecomountains project, which the University of Granada is developing in collaboration with the European infrastructure LifeWatch-ERIC and the Diputación de Granada, co-financed...

Report at IISTA, World Climate Day

On the occasion of World Climate Day, celebrated on March 26, @ConcienciaRTVA  dedicates a report to the work of the ANDALUSIAN INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH (IISTA). https://www.canalsurmas.es/videos/detail/70365-conciencia-i-semestre-2023-26032023

UGR research uncovers the unknown work of magpies: they disperse seeds in the countryside and thus help to regenerate forests and agroecosystems

The magpie is a bird that disperses large seeds such as acorns, nuts or almonds in agroecosystems. This process is key to regenerating forests and regulating the environment. Like other corvid species, a magpie can disperse up to 1,500 acorns in a few weeks. This is demonstrated by a series of experiments carried out...