Yolanda Picó

Tracking the footprint of pollution

Yolanda Picó, Full Professor of Nutrition and Bromatology at the University of Valencia, analyses emerging pollutants, both their concentrations in the environment and their long-term effects on biota.

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Francesc Mesquita

Researching aquatic invertebrates

Francesc Mesquita works at the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, where he carries out research on aquatic invertebrates as indicators of water quality and evolutionary aspects.

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babouin

The interface between humans and other primates

Habitat loss and degradation is one of the main threats to primates. When protecting the environment, the cultural diversity of the population groups living in protected areas cannot be ignored, because the survival of biodiversity depends on the attitudes of these communities.

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folch

Border

Are borders established because of differences or are differences the result of borders? The author ponders on this question.

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Microplastics

Much of the plastic debris fractures into micro- or nanoparticles called microplastics that can be ingested by marine organisms.

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More biodiversity to improve our health

Contact with nature generates measurable benefits for people’s psychological and physiological health.

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Intensification of livestock farming in times of climate change

Livestock grazing modifies and even degrades arid ecosystems, which threatens the sustainability of livestock farming itself.

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Valenciolenda fadaforesta

The underground world, a source of biodiversity

The description of the «Valencian wood fairy» or Valenciolenda fadaforesta (Hoch & Sendra), a new species and genus, was recently published.

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The hat

The hat connect with our complacency in the face of global biodiversity loss and habitat fragmentation.

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puesto frutas nutrición

Disentangling nutrition facts from fiction

There is a widespread misconception, mainly due to perverse agnogenic practices, that nutrition is hard and confusing, that we do not really know what to eat and that health professionals cannot agree.

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