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Globally, the coastal lagoons of Lagos (Nigeria), Sakumo (Ghana) and Bizerte (Tunisia) --close to large urban centres and without waste and sewage treatment systems-- are among the most affected water ecosystems of this nature by microplastic pollution.

Researchers conclude that the instability of marine-based ice sheets—those that flow directly into the ocean—was instrumental in accelerating global warming.

Models would be used for anti-submarine warfare (ASW), amphibious landings, mine and special warfare, sea bottom warfare, and mission planning.

Recent research headed by the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) and the University of Barcelona (UB) reveals how great diversity of marine organisms attach themselves to plastics and are dragged along by marine currents.

A new study led by members of the Faculty of Earth Sciences of the University of Barcelona and the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) revealed th....

Ariño is a site inside an open mine of lignite. Photo: Xavier Delclòs (UB-IRBio) For the first time in fossil records, root amber, related to the

New findings of amber in the site of Ariño in Teruel have enabled the reconstruction of a swampy paleoenvironment with a rich coastal resin forest from 110 million years ago

Image of a lake in a volcanic crater in the Azores Islands. Photo: Alberto Sáez (UB) Sample extraction in a UWITEC floating platform. Photo: Alberto

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A study published in the journal Geology rules out that extreme volcanic episodes had any influence on the massive extinction of species in the late Cretaceous. The results confirm the hypothesis that it was a giant meteorite impact what caused...