Antarctica: UB research goes back to the white continent

Crossing the Drake Passage by boat, the southern 62º latitude and doing research in an extreme environment to know and protect Antarctic biodiversity are elements in common in the research projects led by Conxita Àvila and Lluís Cardona, from the Faculty of Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) of the University of Barcelona.

 

With these objectives, the UB research joins once more the international effort to promote research in the Antarctica and to study the response of the natural ecosystems regarding the challenge of adapting new conditions of a planet under continuous environmental evolution.
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