Carbon fluxes across the land-ocean interface: the role of Submarine Groundwater Discharge

The land-ocean interface plays a key role in the global carbon cycle, chiefly influencing Earth climate. There are however large unknowns on sinks and sources of carbon in marine coastal areas. Among the sources, the supply of dissolved carbon via submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) remains poorly understood, mainly because SGD is an invisible process that […]

Ecological drivers of the ocean carbonate pump and carbon export: linking biodiversity, trophic interactions, and carbonate biogeochemistry

Rational and motivation: The ocean plays a pivotal role in the global carbon cycle, absorbing atmospheric CO₂ and sequestering it in the deep ocean and sediments via physical and biological processes. The ocean carbonate pump influences atmospheric CO₂ storage and sequestration by modulating surface alkalinity (through calcification and shallow dissolution) and by exporting inorganic carbon […]

Smart gas sensors based on 2D materials

Smart, edge sensors are a cornerstone of Industry 4.0, enabling the seamless integration of physical and digital systems. The key aspects of their application include data collection and monitoring (real-time data on parameters such as temperature, pressure, humidity, specific gas concentration in the environment etc.), predictive maintenance, quality control and most importantly safety and compliance, […]

Data-driven approaches for tracking anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions changes

Substituir el text dins “Research project description” pel següent, modificat per supervisors: ” There is a need to track changes in anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions in a timely manner to evaluate the effectiveness of emission reduction policies. Typical approaches rely on bottom-up emission inventories which provide no real assessment of concentrations in the atmosphere […]