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Alternative methods to understand the water regime of the temporary rivers

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The Water Framework Directive of the European Union obliges to the management of all rivers with basins higher than 10 square kilometers, but disregards temporary rivers, with a variable water regime. A new study shows that interviews with neighbors and a series of high-resolution air photographs is an alternative way to find out information about the situation of temporary rivers when there is not enough hydrological data.

A project will study the climate change impact on marine organisms

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The European project CERES, which just has been launched, will focus on the impact of climate change impact on most important fishes, crustaceans and shellfish populations in Europe, its habitats and the economic activities that depend on these species.

This moth mates as a butterfly

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A study conducted by scientists from the CSIC and the UAB describes the first known case of a female moth which has lost the pheromone gland, therefore doesn’t produce pheromones to attract males and it behaves like day-flying butterflies.

More than 50% of Socotra’s reptiles, still undiscovered

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A study led by CSIC scientists unveils that over 50% of reptile species in Socotra Archipelago, Yemen, could be unknown. The result comes out from the sequencing of the gene ‘COI’, which is common to all animals. The technique, the so called DNA barcoding, enables cheap and quick identification of species.

Sea warming effects on ecosystems

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The sea temperature rise is a key element closely related to the climate change. How does it happen? How does it affect marine organisms? In the Mediterranean Sea, scientists are monitoring seawater temperatures at different depths and investigating the impacts on marine ecosystems.

Fishermen and scientists, together to reduce the impact of trawling on the seafloor

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Scientists and the Fishermen's Association of Palamos are working together in a study to assess the impact of different models of trawl doors on the seafloor.

A fishery management pilot project for recovering hake population

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European hake populations in the western Mediterranean Sea are overexploited. This is the conclusion of all the assessments made since 1992 until now by CSIC scientists at the Institut de Ciencias del Mar and from other research institutions, like IEO and IFREMER. Fishermen and administrations have joined to tackle fishery pressure.

A project analyzes the microparticles in European subway

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Hexacomm is a European Project aimed at studying the risks associated with human exposure to particles in the air. One of its sub-projects will analyze the exposure of passengers to the particles in the subway of some European cities: Barcelona, Prague, Athens and Porto.

The first global genetic catalogue of the ocean microbiome

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The Tara Oceans expedition describes the unknown planktonic diversity of the planetary ocean. CSIC scientists have participated in this project whose first results are published in a special issue of Science. This first global genetic catalogue of the ocean microbiome includes several million genes, 80% of which are totally new to science.