New edition of the ΣPhD Ecological Symposium
The Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC) will once again bring together PhD students from across all areas of ecological research for the 4th edition of the ΣPhD Ecological Symposium,...
View ArticleWorld’s saline lakes support threatened species and provide key ecosystem...
An international study involving CEAB-CSIC, published in Nature Communications, has reached this conclusion. The analysis of 85 lakes across the globe identified 200 threatened species that depend on...
View ArticleCEAB Night 2026 highlights the role of science in nature conservation and...
The Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC) will open its doors to the public on Friday 25 September, from 7.00 pm, to celebrate a new edition of the European Researchers’ Night. The...
View ArticleFour Decades of Scientific Research and Societal Impact
In October 1985, the Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC) was inaugurated. Forty years later, it has established itself as an internationally recognised centre of excellence in the study...
View ArticleBanyoles host an international conference on the future of lakes this summer
The town will host the annual meeting of the GLEON scientific network, bringing together around 150 professionals in research, engineering and environmental management from across the five continents....
View ArticleUnexpected diversity of potentially pathogenic parasites detected in...
A new scientific study reveals a previously unknown parasitic biodiversity in the stomach contents of Antarctic fish, including microorganisms associated with diseases in fish, molluscs and...
View ArticleHealth Ministry strengthens mosquito surveillance through citizen...
The WHO has warned of an increase in dengue and chikungunya cases and the risk of the viruses spreading; in Spain, 108 cases of chikungunya and 124 cases of dengue imported from endemic areas have...
View ArticlePilot trial successfully eradicates minnow populations using a biodegradable...
Minnows have been completely eradicated from the lakes of Tres Estanys del Mig and Tres Estanys de Baix in Alt Pirineu Natural Park Ten months after the eradication programme, both lakes show a...
View ArticleFirst digital twin tools to predict water quantity and quality in the Ter and...
CEAB-CSIC is developing NEREIDA, a project that creates and uses digital twins (virtual replicas of rivers, reservoirs and coastal areas) to anticipate changes in water quantity and quality and support...
View ArticleA Mediterranean Sponge, an Ally in Restoring Life to Polluted Harbours
A scientific study identifies Chondrosia reniformis as a promising species for the renaturalisation of degraded harbour environments. Harbours are essential environments for human activities, but they...
View ArticleMangroves, Salt Marshes and Seagrass Meadows Can Release Mercury When They...
A new study reveals that these ecosystems, in addition to storing carbon, retain hazardous pollutants, including heavy metals such as mercury. The research estimates that their degradation and loss...
View ArticleReflooding the Aral Sea could prevent massive CO₂ emissions and generate...
A study published in Science shows that the exposed sediments of the desiccated Aral Sea have already released vast amounts of carbon dioxide since 1960, but also that they still contain a vulnerable...
View ArticlePresentation of the macroalgae forest restoration project in Menorca
The Macroalgal Forests initiative will begin with the restoration of populations of this species in Addaia Bay, within the S’Albufera des Grau Natural Park. One of the objectives is to develop...
View ArticleBanyoles host an international conference on the future of lakes this summer
The town will host the annual meeting of the GLEON scientific network, bringing together around 150 professionals in research, engineering and environmental management from across the five continents....
View ArticleInvasive alien species: challenges for public policy-making
The new report in the CSIC’s Science for Policy collection, Invasive alien species: ecological and socio-economic challenges for public policy-making, brings together and synthesises current scientific...
View ArticleInvisible cumulative thermal stress is fragmenting Posidonia oceanica meadows...
A new study, co-led by researchers from IFISC (CSIC-UIB) and CEAB-CSIC, demonstrates that prolonged warming degrades seagrass meadows even when temperatures remain below lethal limits. The research...
View ArticleScientific community issues recommendations to protect and restore Europe’s...
Fifty scientists from 17 countries, including researchers from CEAB-CSIC, have reached a consensus on a document aimed at policymakers, managers and civil society that brings together the leading...
View ArticleLIFE RESQUE ALPYR International Conference: Call for abstracts now open!
An international meeting on research, restoration and management of high mountain ecosystems across Europe. The LIFE RESQUE ALPYR International Conference will take place from 28 to 30 October 2026 in...
View ArticleA project coordinated by CEAB selected for Spain’s EU Framework Programme for...
E4Warning is one of the projects chosen for the scientific poster exhibition at the 13th edition of the event, which will be held on 16 June at the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya, in Barcelona....
View ArticleThe 3rd Mosquito Alert Science Fair brings together around a hundred students...
This morning, the gardens of the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC) in Madrid are hosting the 3rd Mosquito Alert Science Fair, the annual event that marks the end of the Mosquito Alert...
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