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Bloomberg Green, 17 January 2021

“Now, consider a government or company that knew two weeks ago there was a risk that this would happen,” said Francisco Doblas-Reyes, a physicist at Barcelona’s Supercomputing Center. “Knowing the risk that a 1-in-20-year event was going to happen would have given more possibilities to prepare.”

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El Periódico, 17 January 2021

La crisis climática aumenta la intensidad y frecuencia de fenómenos meteorológicos como la borrasca ‘Filomena’. La región mediterránea será una de las zonas más afectadas de todo el planeta.

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Gencat news, 12 January 2021

Dr Mar Reguant Rido and Dr Asun Lera St.Clair have joined the Advisory Council for the Sustainable Development of Catalonia (CADS) following the Government’s approval of their appointment at its meeting on Tuesday. The consultants will have a two-year term of office, renewable for additional two-year periods.

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Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, 17 December 2020

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The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service together with Spain’s Barcelona Supercomputing Centre confirm lockdown-induced reductions in nitrogen oxides (NOx) and CO2 fossil fuel emissions throughout Europe during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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La Vanguardia, 12 December 2020

El Departamento de Territorio y Sostenibilidad, la Autoridad del Transporte Metropolitano (ATM) y el Barcelona Supercomputing Center ponen en marcha un proyecto de modelización de la calidad del aire, que debe permitir diagnosticar y alertar de situaciones de contaminación en Cataluña.

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Via Verda, Ràdio 4, RTVE, 31 October 2020

El desplaçament del corrent del Golf causarà més tempestes i més intenses a Europa. El desplaçament/eixamplament del corrent del Golf cap a l’oest, generarà fins a un 25% més de tempestes a Europa que, a més a més, seran més intenses. Ens ho explica Eduardo Moreno-Chamarro.

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Science News, 1 October 2020

The European Union is finalizing plans for an ambitious “digital twin” of planet Earth that would simulate the atmosphere, ocean, ice, and land with unrivaled precision, providing forecasts of floods, droughts, and fires from days to years in advance.

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Sónar+D CCCB, 19 September 2020

AIRE/ARIA/AIR is based on the study of the city through the application of digital technologies to analyse big data, viewed as an invaluable tool for empowering citizens and for enabling architects to design more sustainable, healthier, fairer cities.

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News4JAX, 5 August 2020

Based on the Atlantic hurricane season so far and predictions for the next few months, Colorado State University (CSU) revised its long-term forecast, raising the number of storms and hurricanes it expects for the 2020 season.

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E-flux architecture, 20 July 2020

The Institut Ramon Llull presents "Catalonia in Venice - air/aria/aire", a Collateral Event of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021 and an exhibition curated by architect Olga Subirós.

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