With seafront promenades washed away and extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure, the destruction caused by Storm Gloria could run into the tens of millions. What are the causes of such devastating effects? And what can we do to prevent them? Vídeo from À Punt Notícies Both the Research Institute for Integrated Management of Coastal […]
On Saturday, November 16th, Campus Gandia of the Universitat Politècnica de València UPV took part in Biofira, a fair held in Gandia with the intention of raising awareness and proposing ideas to respond to the challenges of climate change. Biofira was organized by the Gandia – la Safor Climate Change and Sustainability Neighborhood Movement (MVCCS, […]
Campus Gandia UPV has held the first participatory meetings for the REDAPTA project, promoted by CREAF (Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications), whose objective is to prepare a climate change strategy for the Serpis and Tordera (Catalonia) river basins. Last week, the REDAPTA project, “Building spaces of governance for adaptation to global change in […]
Nuria Felis, under the supervision of the Campus Gandia professors Silvia Falco and Miguel Rodilla, has conducted the first study on microplastic density the southern area of the Gulf of Valencia in her Master’s Thesis for the Masters Program in Environmental Assessment and Monitoring of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems of the Universitat Politècnica de València. […]
Enabling the adequate dilution of pollutants, facilitating self-purification in the marine aquatic environment and avoiding harmful effects to the environment and human health. This is the main goal of the submarine outfalls present on the Valencian coast, among them the Gandia outfall. The municipal wastewater is discharged through this pipeline into the sea, after having […]
Identifying the causes behind problems such as the odors, solid waste and isolated fish mortalities in the final stretch of the Serpis River, at the mouth in Gandia. This is the main objective of the project titled “Diagnosis of the Water in the Urban Stretch and the Mouth of the Serpis River for its Environmental Recovery”, […]
Campus Gandia of the Universitat Politècnica de València is orgnazing the Seminar: “Let’s Talk About the Environment: Management in the Industry”, which brings together representatives from the industry, public administration, scientists and professionals, on Wednesday, June 26th in the Aula Magna, from 9 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The event is aimed at all those interested […]
According to the 2016-2022 National Waste Management Plan (PEMAR, for its Spanish initials), organic matter represents 47% of the all-in-one bag, or of the remaining fraction. Therefore, in addition to being the fraction with the highest specific weight within the garbage bag, it is also the fraction that, due to its nature, requires a high […]
While I was in high school I had a keen interest in science, and that’s probably why my education turned more to that branch of studies, and I finally ended up the degree of Environmental Sciences at Campus of Gandia. It was a true reality-check to study that degree, where I realized two things: first, […]
