Catalan Water Research Institute research and innovation for the sustainable use of water

RiE2. Aquatic Biogeochemistry

Keywords : freshwater carbon cycle, climatización de los cambios impacts y adaptación, dry inland waters, ecological forecasting, contaminante modeling, reservoirs, rivers, lakes

Research topics:

  • Carbon cycling in freshwaters, including emissions of carbon dioxide and methane and organic carbon burial in sediments, with a focus on shrinking inland waters.
  • Detection and attribution of climate change impacts in lakes, reservoirs, and river networks.
  • Forecasting water quality in lakes and reservoirs, and the fate of emerging pollutants at large scales.

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