Puig Montellà, Eduard (Date of defense: 2019-07-16)
Numerical simulations at the pore scale are a way to study the behavior of multiphase flows encountered in many natural processes and industrial applications. In this work, liquid morphology and capillary ...
Ruiz Carulla, Roger (Date of defense: 2018-07-02)
The present thesis aims at the analysis of the fragmentation of rockfalls. The fragmentation is a complex phenomenon poorly understood with a lack of tools to reproduce it on rockfall simulators. The ...
Goyetche, Tybaud (Date of defense: 2021-07-19)
Freshwater quality and availability in coastal areas are affected by seawater intrusion into coastal aquifers. While coastal water quality and coastal ecosystems can be significantly affected by pollutants ...
Baró Esteban, Rocío (Date of defense: 2017-06-23)
The response of the climate systems to aerosols and their effect on the radiative budget of the Earth is the most uncertain climate feedback and one of the key topics in climate change mitigation. Air ...
Moure García, David (Date of defense: 2017-06-29)
The global seismic activity is extensively studied and well characterized by seismic networks focused on the seismic hazards derived from earthquakes. However, a specific study on volcano seismicity is ...
Salgado-Gálvez, M. A. (Date of defense: 2016-07-04)
Scheiber Pagès, Laura (Date of defense: 2017-06-09)
The natural environment in which we live, is subjected, to a greater or lesser extent, to the pressure of human activity, with water being one of the most sensitive elements. For this reason, aware of ...
Majeed, Husam Tareq (Date of defense: 2018-10-05)
Aerobiology is the science that focuses on the study of the airborne living organisms (bacteria, fungal spores, pollen, small insects, etc.). The influence of meteorology and climate change on plant ...
Cruz García, Rubén (Date of defense: 2020-07-01)
Arctic sea ice plays a central role in the Earth’s climate. Changes in the sea ice on seasonal-to-interannual timescales impact ecosystems, populations and a growing number of stakeholders. A prerequisite ...
Amorim, Samuel (Date of defense: 2012-05-14)
Human and economic losses caused by landslides have attracted the interest of the scientific community for the identification of the threatened areas and preventing their consequences. The goal of the ...