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The Conversation, 16 March 2021

Over the last month, parts of Europe were hit by intense dust storms. First, a massive dust plume that originated in northeast Algeria caused reddish skies in large parts of Europe. Then, dust deposits tinted the snow-covered Pyrenees and the Alps brown.

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Engineering and Technology, 25 February 2021

Weather forecasting and climate modelling have come a long way over the past 50 years. But life on Earth is affected by more than just weather. Could future technology fully predict the ups and downs of the planet’s behaviour including human activity?

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El Periódico de Aragón, 6 February 2021

Gran parte de la comunidad recibe una lluvia de barro debido a un frente procedente del norte de África. El fenómeno es muy visible en las pistas de esquí del valle de Benasque.

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TV3 News, 31 January 2021

Els efectes del canvi climàtic es comencen a notar a Catalunya. Bàsicament la temperatura pujarà. Un canvi amb greus efectes, al mar, al litoral, als cultius, als boscos i a l'alta muntanya. El marge per evitar els efectes més greus són 10 anys.

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El País, 27 January 2021

Un estudio de un equipo de científicos del Barcelona Supercomputing Center (Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC)) concluye que el 20% de la contaminación por dióxido de nitrógeno (NO₂) de Barcelona, que procede sobre todo del tráfico, se debe al exceso de emisiones de los coches y furgonetas diésel.

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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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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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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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