Research area

Dynamics of the Earth System in greenhouse climates

The past helps us to understand the present and provide insights into the response of the Earth Systems to the increase in greenhouse gases. We study the natural dynamics of the atmosphere, oceans and continental ecosystems, and the global biogeochemical and hydrological cycles, during episodes of global warmth and extreme climates.

Projects in this area

  • Climate Change
  • Climate Mitigation
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Unburnable fossil fuels
  • Decarbonization

To limit the increase in global mean temperature to 1.5 °C, CO2 emissions must be drastically reduced. Accordingly, approximately 97%, 81%, and 71% of existing coal and conventional gas and oil resources, respectively, need to remain unburned. The UNBURNED project will develop the first global geospatial platform integrating policy-relevant information on fossil fuel reserves, state-level political indicators, biodiversity indicators, and social and economic indicators associated with fossil fuel divestment plans, impacts and activities. The platform will be presented in the COP29 next November and will propose sensitive areas that should remain entirely off-limits to fossil fuel extraction.

December 2019 to November 2023
  • Climate Change
  • Palaeoceanography
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Aerosols
  • Atmospheric circulation
  • Stable Isotopes
  • Wildfires
  • Organic geochemistry

Tropical climates are changing rapidly in the most populated regions of the planet. The changes largely arise from alterations in the Hadley circulation driven by natural and anthropogenic factors, ...

June 2018 to May 2022
  • Climate Mitigation
  • Soil chemistry
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Land Use Changes

Agricultural landscapes undergo significant above- and belowground ecosystem changes following the cessation of intensive cultivation. Improvements in soil health after agricultural land abandonment ...

January 2019 to December 2021
  • Climate Change
  • Palaeoceanography
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Atmospheric circulation
  • Stable Isotopes
  • Wildfires
  • Trace Metals
  • Remote Sensing
  • Chemical Oceanography
  • Biomarkers

The overall aim of the PYROWIND project is to develop an innovative palaeo-proxy approach to investigate the natural range of variability of key elements of the Hadley Circulation. Specifically, the ...

2019 to 2021

ImpactANT és reconegut com a Grup de rercerca emergent amb finançament.

Past projects in this area

January 2018 to December 2019
  • Stable Isotopes

Finalidad del proyecto: adquisición de un sistema de análisis de isótopos estables de compuestos específicos para ampliar la capacidad de análisis del Laboratorio de Análisis de Isótopos Estables de ...

September 2015 to August 2017 (and two annual renewals)
  • Palaeoceanography
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Stable Isotopes
  • Carbon cycle
  • Remote Sensing
  • Chemical Oceanography
  • Organic geochemistry
  • Biomarkers

The general topic of this proposal is the study of nitrogen isotopes in chlorins, here broadly defined as chlorophylls and their diagenetic products (i.e. dihydroporphyrins that are functionalized ...

January 2014 to December 2016 (plus two annual renewals)
  • Climate Change
  • Palaeoceanography
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Carbon cycle
  • Remote Sensing
  • Chemical Oceanography
  • Organic geochemistry

The general topic of the proposal is the study of the marine carbon cycle and its role in the climate system by driving atmospheric CO2. The investigation of this interaction is vital to ...

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