Martínez Varela, Alícia (Date of defense: 2022-04-29)
Increasing quantities of organic pollutants (OP) are being released to the environment, posing a threat to Earth’s life system. In the marine environment, OP pollution caused by oil spill accidents ...
Martí Donati, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2017-07-14)
Explosive volcanic eruptions can eject large quantities of particulate matter that, along with other aerosol droplets and trace gases, are carried upwards into the atmosphere by the buoyant eruption ...
Ferrer Ramos, Núria (Date of defense: 2019-07-18)
One of the main drivers of the current global change is the climate change characterized by increased number and increased length of drought periods. Another relevant driver that will imply greater ...
Ruiz Restrepo, Daniel Felipe (Date of defense: 2020-06-12)
Bentonite-based materials are being currently considered in several countries as a backfill component in the multi-barrier concept for deep geological disposal of radioactive waste. The bentonite barrier ...
Ramírez Pérez, Marta (Date of defense: 2017-06-09)
There is a growing concern for protection and conservation of coastal ecosystems, which require a proper understanding of ecosystem dynamics and the ability to detect and predict changes in the ecosystem ...
Fontanet i Ambròs, Mireia (Date of defense: 2019-11-25)
By 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations predicts that two-thirds of the world population will experience water stress conditions. In addition, it is expected that world ...
Barcons Roca, Jordi (Date of defense: 2017-11-21)
Near-surface wind fields are typically obtained from mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models. These models describe the physics and dynamics of atmospheric phenomena with characteristic ...
Palau Berastegui, Rosa Maria (Date of defense: 2021-09-23)
Rainfall triggered shallow slides and debris flows constitute a significant hazard that causes substantial economic losses and fatalities worldwide. Regional-scale risk mitigation for these processes ...
González Flórez, Cristina (Date of defense: 2023-10-06)
(English) Atmospheric mineral dust is composed of a variety of mineral particles exhibiting distinct composition, shape, and size. The wide range of diameters exhibited by dust particles, spanning more ...
Solaraju Murali, Balakrishnan (Date of defense: 2023-01-26)
(English) Unfavorable and extreme climate events such as drought and heat stress heavily impacts the agriculture sector and food security globally, and the impact of these climate hazards is expected ...