The IC3 organises a debate on climate change with internationally renowned experts Blog Post

A debate on “Climate Change: new challenges for the XXI century”, organised by the Catalan Institute for Climate Sciences (), based at the Barcelona Science Park, was held on the 13 May at the Royal Academy of Sciences. The objective of the event was to establish a space for debate and reflection concerning the effects of global warming on water, energy, food and nutrition, tourism, and population’s health, especially in what concerns the proliferation of infectious diseases.

Xavier Rodó among Spanish authors of latest report from the IPCC, the organization awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Blog Post

Xavier Rodó, director of the Laboratori de Recerca del Clima (: Climate Research Laboratory) at the Barcelona Science Park, is one of the eight Spanish authors, and the only Catalan, who participated in the drafting of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (), the international organization that, jointly with the former vice-president of the United States, Al Gore, was awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

The PCB and the UB will extend research cooperation with Andorra Blog Post

The Rector of the UB, Màrius Rubiralta, the General Director of Barcelona Science Park (PCB) Fernando Albericio and the Director of the Barcelona Office of the Jordi Guillamet, located within the PCB, met a delegation from the Andorrran Government on the 28th September. The delegation was led by the Minister Spokesman for Culture and Education Juli Minoves, the Director of research Marc Jover and the Rector of the University of Andorra Daniel Bastida. The purpose of the meeting was to extend the collaboration that has existed for many years between the UB and the Government of Andorra, and to define new projects for joint collaboration in research.

Global warming may contribute to the re-emergence of malaria in regions of Eastern Africa Blog Post

The rise in temperature registered in the mountainous regions of Eastern Africa may contribute to an increase in cases of malaria in this area according to a study published in this week’s edition of the journal “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” (). The research, which has involved the director of the of the Parc Científic de Barcelona (PCB, Barcelona Science Park) and ICREA researcher, Xavier Rodó, proposes that the effect of global warming on the re-emergence of this disease cannot be discarded.

A study shows how climatic variations affect the development of epidemics in diseases such as cholera Blog Post

An international team of researchers, which includes the climatologist Xavier Rodó, head of the at the Parc Científic de Barcelona (PCB, Barcelona Science Park), has published a study that shows how climatic variations, in certain circumstances, affect the development of an infectious disease. In this study, the researchers have developed a mathematical model that allows them to describe the evolution of cholera and to improve the predictions of epidemic outbreaks. The results of this study have been published in this week’s issue of the scientific journal Nature.

The Oceanic Gymkhana at the PCB Blog Post

The Parc Científic de Barcelona (PCB, Barcelona Science Park), through the , is to participate in the to be held on Friday 15th April. This event is an educational game aimed at secondary school students and has been designed to disseminated scientific knowledge about marine ecosystems and to make young people aware of the importance of oceans.