29-O: One Year Later

Climate change and climate risks in the iberian mediterranean

La Universitat de València promou la Càtedra de Canvi Climàtic, Territori i Riscos Ambientals al Mediterrani

Joan Romero, Mavi Mestre i Ana Camarasa.

La UV presenta las conclusiones de la I Conferencia de Expertos sobre cambio climático y territorio en el Mediterráneo ibérico

Javier Martín Vide (esquerra) i Joan Romero.

Canvi climàtic, estat de la qüestió: la temperatura del Mediterrani puja un grau i mig

Javier Martínez Valderrama i Ana Camarasa.

La desertificació és un tema complex que necessita estratègies de prevenció

El perill dels Grans Incendis Forestals

Debat sobre turisme i canvi climàtic a l'Aula Magna de La Nau.

Una nova política turística en consonància amb l’emergència climàtica

Carles Sanchis, en primer terme. Taula sobre agricultura i canvi climàtic celebrada a La Nau.

La implicació de les comunitats agràries per fer front al canvi climàtic

La gestió del risc, clau davant els esdeveniments extrems del canvi climàtic

Research

The DANA of València reaffirms the value of media as public service

A study by Universitat de València Full-Time University Professor in Journalism Carolina Moreno-Castro that was published on the Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico scietific paper analyses how journalists covered the València DANA clearly, rapidly, abundantly and objectively.

Closing conference by Department of Geography professor Josep Vicent Boira

Conference on the València DANA conclude that the disaster was avoidable

According to Jaume Guillamet, the València DANA disaster was avoidable: there was scientifice knowledge and technical prediction, but the lack of action from authorities turned into human lives loss and suffer.

<i>Myriophyllum spicatum</i> a l’Albufera, al juny de l’any 2018.

Les imatges de satèl·lit confirmen que la qualitat de l’aigua és clau en la recuperació de la vegetació aquàtica de l’Albufera

Personal investigador de la Universitat de València, mitjançant imatges dels satèl·lits Sentinel-2 i Landsat-8, han confirmat que mantenir una bona qualitat de l’aigua i una gestió hídrica adequada és essencial per a recuperar els prats de vegetació aquàtica històrics de l'Albufera.

CIDE analyses groundwater affected by the DANA in Valencia

A research team involved with the Desertification Research Centre (CIDE, UV-CSIC-GVA) has started to work on the analysis of groundwater in zones affected by the DANA in Valencia. After analysing samples from wells, gutters, and ponds; the results will determine if groundwaters have been affected...

Firefighter collaborating in taking samples at the entrance to a flooded garage. Photo: Patricio Artigas.

The University of Valencia analyses mud and water in the area affected by the DANA to detect potential infectious diseases and prevent epidemics

The Health Parasitology Unit of the University of Valencia, an official collaborating centre of the World Health Organization (WHO) and a reference centre for the FAO/United Nations, is analysing both urban and rural waters in the area impacted by the weather phenomenon known as the DANA. This...

Researchers design more effective AI-based early warning systems to enhance decision-making in response to climate change impacts

After reviewing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the understanding of extreme weather events, an international research team, with significant participation from the University of Valencia (UV), has published a study exploring how advanced AI models can be used to design more...

The emergency map: how the UV accurately delineated the magnitude of the DANA

On 29 October 2024, an episode of torrential rains shook the Valencian Community, leaving behind a trail of devastation and numerous flooded municipalities. The response of the Universitat de València (UV) did not wait long: a multidisciplinary team of experts created in record time the first...

Violeta Atienza and Isaac Garrido, from the teaching staff of the Department of Botany and Geology of the Faculty of Biological Sciences of the University of Valencia.

The University of Valencia investigates up to 20 species of fungi in paper documents affected by the DANA

Violeta Atienza and Isaac Garrido, professors in the Department of Botany and Geology at the University of Valencia, are investigating approximately twenty species of fungi that have appeared in archived documentation affected by the Mediterranean storm known as DANA of 29 October, which was...

(From left to right). Josep María Canal, Esther Roca, Mireia Barrachina and Sara Carbonell.

A study explains, using the example of the DANA in Valencia, how schools are key to community recovery in the face of adverse events

Researchers from the University of Valencia and the University of Barcelona have produced one of the first scientific studies which, using the example of the DANA, the extreme floods that struck Valencia in October 2024, offers guidance for educational practices in disaster response scenarios,...

Equip internacional Ellis en la seua darrera reunió

Artificial intelligence will be key to mitigating the impacts of climate change

An international research team, co-led by the University of Valencia (UV), has just published an article in Nature Communications reviewing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to deepen the understanding of extreme climate phenomena — floods, droughts, wildfires and heatwaves — with the aim of...

EUROSCICOMM2024 Science Communication Conference highlights decision-making failures during the DANA Event

The Faculty of Philology, Translation, and Communication at the University of Valencia (UV) hosted the EUROSCICOMM2024 social science communication conference on December 2-3, an international scientific meeting analysing the communication management of the DANA before, during, and after October...

(From left to right). Samples obtained from the Albufera with a sediment extractor, in the south, west, north and center of the lake.

The DANA caused in one day the usual sedimentation volume of 30 years in the Albufera

Researchers from the Limnology group at the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology of the University of Valencia have extracted sediments from different parts of the Albufera of Valencia for chemical analysis. They have confirmed that the approximately six centimetres added...

Study published analysing infectious disease risks following the October 2024 flash flood in Valencia

Professors Santiago Mas-Coma and María Dolores Bargues, both from the area of Parasitology, along with professor of Physiology Consuelo Borrás, presented the findings on infectious agents, individual infection risks and epidemic threats in the area affected by the flash flood known as DANA in a...

(From left to right) Jorge Tamayo, Pilar Bernabé, Rosa Donat and Rafael Martínez.

World Meteorological Day in the Valencian Community focuses on improving early warning systems

The Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET) and the Government of Spain, in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), organised the World Meteorological Day in the Valencian Community on Monday, 24 March. The event, titled "Together, Let’s Close the Gap in Early Warning...

Training of specialists in the education sector in Peru for disaster risk management (DRM). The photo shows the National Workshop on Emergency or Disaster Response in the Education Sector.

A study on public policies for natural disaster risk management in Peru finds parallels with the Valencian case

The University of Valencia (UV) has presented a doctoral thesis analysing training policies in environmental education (EE) and disaster risk management (DRM) in the field of education in Peru, identifying connections with the situation in the Valencian Community following the weather phenomenon...

Training

La UEG va dedicar un espai especial a la reflexió sobre les conseqüències del canvi climàtic.

La 42 edició de la Universitat d’Estiu de Gandia reflexiona sobre les causes i conseqüències de la dana a través del lema ‘Vulnerabilitat i resistència’

La 42a edició de la Universitat d’Estiu (UEG) va estar l’ocasió de retre un homenatge a tota la societat que va patir els efectes de la dana del 29 d’octubre, així com a les desenes de milers de persones que van oferir ajuda al poble valencià, reflexionant sobre l’onada de solidaritat que es va...

Un moment de la sessió de formació a la Facultat de Formació del Professorat

La Universitat de València forma la ciudadania en autoprotecció

La Universitat de València, a través de la Càtedra de Model Econòmic Sostenible de València i el seu Entorn (MESVAL), ha reforçat el seu paper com a referent en la capacitació social davant emergències dins del pla municipal València + Segura. Aquesta iniciativa, desenvolupada junt amb l'Ajuntament...