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Primeur Weekly Magazine, 13 November 2018

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the entrusted entity for the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), has signed with the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) the contract for the implementation of the Evaluation and Quality Control (EQC) function of the C3S Climate Data Store (CDS). The CDS is the largest fully public global repository of climate data.

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Platinum, November 2018

Two projects dealing with specific tangible problems linked with airborne dusts. It is possible to avoid volcanic dusts, after an eruption, paralizing air flights, as happened with the eruption in Iceland in 2010? Or that this happens due to radiactive dusts possibly released by a nuclear incident? And again, how can the bad effects of desert dusts, mainly of Sahara origin (allergies, pollution, photovoltaic panels with working problems just to mention a few) be mitigated?

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Diário de Notícias, 29 October 2018

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Portugal is part of a project financed by the European Union with almost five million euros, which aims to address the potential threats of climate change to agricultural sectors such as wine. The project, called MED-GOLD, started in December 2017 and was presented today in Vila Nova de Gaia, within the framework of its first general assembly.

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La Opinión, 19 October 2018

Francisco Javier Doblas asegura que las sequías serán más severas y las tormentas más intensas. Director del departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra en el Centro Nacional de Supercomputación. Ponente del congreso sobre meteorología celebrado en la Universidad Politécnica, Francisco Doblas habla de cómo influye el cambio climático en las predicciones y la necesidad de afinar aún más en los resultados.

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GuiaBCN

Existeixen aplicacions pel mòbil que ens permeten conèixer i avaluar la qualitat de l’aire. Taller pràctic amb els programadors de tres aplicacions per smartphones en el que podrem posar en pràctica les seves funcionalitats. A càrrec de Thigis Serveis Ambientals, Ecologistes en Acció i Barcelona Supercomputing Center.

Activities Aula Ambiental Sagrada Familia (leaflet, in Catalan)

El Punt Avui, 15 September 2018

El Port de Barcelona s’ha fixat com a objectiu reduir de manera efectiva les emissions. Un dels eixos centrals d’aquesta estratègia és promoure l’ús del gas natural liquat com a combustible alternatiu per a vaixells, camions i maquinària de terminal.

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EurekAlert, 22 August 2018

In other media: Primeur Magazine, Diari de Girona

In a multi-national collaborative study published August 22, 2018 in Science Advances, climate simulations and subsequent analyses of tropical cyclone activity were led by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), the University of Melbourne and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC).

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Horizon Magazine, 14 August 2018

The impact of heavy droughts, heatwaves and cold spells on energy demand and supplies would be lessened with seasonal climate forecasts that allow energy companies to better predict spikes in usage ahead of time, researchers say.

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UN News, 16 July 2018

In other media: World Meteorological Organization (WMO) News

From higher morbidity and mortality rates to reduced economic growth, the impact of sand and dust storms can be major, especially for lower-income nations and vulnerable communities. However, with stronger collaboration and improved information-sharing, much of the risk could be managed and mitigated, a UN meeting heard on Monday.

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European Commission, EASME, 14 June 2018

Loss of Arctic sea ice due to climate change is the most serious threat to polar bears throughout their circumpolar range. The largest land carnivores on Earth cannot hunt without ice platforms in the sea.

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