GLOBE objectives and research lines

The current direction of the research on Geosciences requires to clearly define the objectives and action plans focusing on the needs of our society in the near future. In this sense, the mission of the Georisks and Global Change research group (GLOBE) is to contribute to enhance key areas in knowledge-driven research and to use this knowledge to meet major industrial and societal challenges in Earth Systems Science with the final aim of working towards a less vulnerable, more sustainable, and more resilient society. The scientific activity of GLOBE is structured in 6 main research lines:
 
  1. Ecology of Global Change and Natural Hazards (Head: E. Montoya)
  2. Paleoclimatology and Global Change (Head: S. Giralt)
  3. Modelling of environmental and geological risk processes (Head: A. Folch)
  4. Deep-time palaeoenvironments and biodiversity (Head: E. Mujal)
  5. Geohazards and vulnerability assessment (Head: A. Geyer)
  6. Life habitability on Earth: natural and human drivers (Head: C. Soriano)

Our research lines are addressed to:

 

  • Understand and quantify the evolution of Global Change and assess its impact on the planet dynamics at all spheres (Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere and Atmosphere).
  • Characterisation and assessment of geological, environmental, and climate hazards and to analyse their cause/effect relationship with Global Change.

Ultimately, our final goal is to contribute to enhance key areas in knowledge-driven research and to use this knowledge to meet major industrial and societal challenges in Earth Systems Science with the final aim of working towards a less vulnerable, more sustainable, and more resilient society.