The partners in the European project POCTEP RISC_PLUS value the care of rivers with the students of CEIP do Xurés (Lobios – Ourense).
The activity “Rivers that unite us”, developed in the environment of the Baixa Limia-Serra do Xurés Natural Park, combined educational games and a drawing contest to raise awareness of the value of water and the impact of climate change. Awareness-raising actions that reinforce cross-border cooperation between Galicia and northern Portugal under the European program POCTEP. […]
The UVigo brings knowledge about climate change and floods to the school La Purísima de Ourense
The University of Vigo, as a partner of the RISC_PLUS project, has participated in an educational day at the La Purísima School in Ourense, aimed at students in the 4th year of ESO. The session focused on the impact of climate change and flood risk management in the Miño and Limia river basins. During the […]
The Miño-Sil Hydrographic Confederation reinforces its surveillance system in Valdeorras to prevent droughts and floods
The organisation monitors the rivers, reservoirs and groundwater in the region every five minutes in order to anticipate extreme phenomena The Miño-Sil Hydrographic Confederation (CHMS) has intensified its surveillance system with the aim of monitoring in real time the state of the rivers, reservoirs and groundwater in Valdeorras, a region particularly vulnerable to the effects […]
Risc_Plus advances in risk prevention in the Miño-Sil basin
New Control Stations and innovative hydrological prediction tools will improve management in the face of extreme phenomena Project with a budget of more than €1,610,000 The Joint Working Group (JWG) of the European project POCTEP RISC_PLUS, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Interreg VI A Spain-Portugal (POCTEP) 2021-2027 programme, has held […]
VigoÉ| The UVigo shares with students of Put you Caldelas the system of early alert of floods
The Risc_Plus project aims to strengthen the resilience of the Miño and Limia transboundary river basins in the face of climate challenges The University of Vigo, through the Ephyslab research group, reinforces its commitment to environmental education and climate risk management within the framework of the European Poctep Risc_Plus project. Researchers Helena Barreiro, Diego Fernández, […]
Pontevedra Viva| The University of Vigo presents tools of environmental alert in the Caldelas IES de Ponte Caldelas
The initiative, in addition to providing a rigorous scientific perspective, created a space for students to reflect and debate on climate change. In an outreach session held at the IES de Ponte Caldelas, the European project POCTEP RISC_PLUS was presented, aimed at preventing climate risks through environmental education. Through this initiative, students learned about the […]
The UVigo makes visible the European project RISC_PLUS in the IES of Ponte Caldelas in Pontevedra
The European POCTEP RISC_PLUS project is committed to environmental education as a key tool in the prevention of climate risks and training in sustainability. The students of the IES of Ponte Caldelas participated in an informative session on the impact of floods in Ourense and early warning tools for their prevention. The University of Vigo, […]
Maps, data and interface: this is UVigo’s system for dealing with extreme rainfall
A method developed by the Ephyslab group calculates river flow rates and simulates the damage caused by torrential rainfall. The EphysLab team, from the Water Campus of the University of Vigo in Ourense, is finalising the creation of an early flood warning system for the Miño-Sil basin. This model runs daily and is connected to […]
La Región| The discharge of the river Lobios will have greater surveillance
The goal is to control floods and protect people and property in Lobios. The Lobios river, as it passes through the capital of the same name, will have a real-time control and monitoring system for the riverbed’s hydrographic situation. Technicians from the Miño-Sil Hydrographic Confederation were supervising the new installation yesterday, called the Automatic Hydrological […]
Faro de Vigo|More water monitoring points on the Miño, Sil and Limia rivers
As part of a European project, the Miño-Sil Hydrographic Confederation is strengthening control in the international district The European Risc-Plus project, focused on strengthening the resilience of the Miño and Limia transboundary basins against climate change, is progressing with the implementation of automatic hydrological and water quality information systems, drought analysis and flood forecasting. Currently, […]
