Scientific news

The BIO Hesperides research vessel sets sail today bound for Antarctica with thirty researchers of PEGASO (Plankton-derived Emission of trace Gases and Aerosols in the Southern Ocean, Spanish State grant), BIO-NUC (BIOgenic Marine Aerosol: from NUcleations to Clouds, Spanish State grant) and MANU (Marine Aerosol NUcleations, EU Marie Curie project) projects.

From 22 to 26 September a course on ‘Qualitative Mathematical Modelling of Complex Systems’ was held at ICM headquarters, by Professor  Jeffrey Dambacher from CSIRO (Australia). A group of 20 scientists and student from Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, USA and Australia attended the workshop.

Biological invasions have become major players in the current biodiversity crisis, but realistic tools to predict which species will establish successful populations are still unavailable.

An international team of scientists from Italy, Spain and the United States, with the participation of the Institute of Marine de Barcelona (CSIC) e Pompeu Fabra University, developed a method to predict how quickly and easily can develop invasive alien species populations .

From 16 to 19 September, the ICM will host in Barcelona an ICREA workshop on climate during the Pliocene and implications for the future, jointly organized by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and the ICM.

From July 24 to 26, ICM is hosting in Barcelona the 3rd meeting of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). GOOS is a permanent global system for observations, modelling and analysis of marine and ocean variables to support operational ocean services worldwide.

From July 21 to 23, ICM is hosting in Barcelona the 17th meeting of the Ocean Observation Panel for Climate (OOPC). The mission of this international panel is to develop recommendations for a sustained global observation of the oceans in relation to climate. In order to do so, OOPC provides support to global ocean observation activities, monitors the evolution of present systems and draws the needs for future observational implementation.