The Barcelona Center for Subsurface Imaging (Barcelona-CSI) is formed by a Group of Earth Sciences researchers with a high degree of interdisciplinarity. Each senior member is an expert in 2-3 lines of research. The group is formed by Doctors and graduates in geology, geophysics and physics. Few international scientific teams have a similar know-how that permits to embrace in a coordinated manner the lines of (1) methodological development, (2) acquisition, analysis and processing of field data, and (3) their interpretation.

Multidisciplinary group devoted to investigate the processes that govern the dynamics of the current and recent marine sedimentary systems using observational and modelling techniques. We address the causes and effects of natural sedimentary processes and anthropic actions in the marine environment through a multidisciplinary approach, investigating the interactions they have with biological, geochemical and physical processes. We analyze their effects on the ecosystem, their implications for the management of the marine environment and natural resources and their consequences for society.

The Continental Margins Group focuses on basic and applied geological research on continental margins and deep marine environments. Throughout its history, it has gained extensive experience working in a variety of geological and geographical contexts, from the Mediterranean to the Antarctic. In addition to its research, the GMC manages one of the most important collections of marine sediments and seismic profiles in southern Europe

Since its creation in 1990, the research group has been studying continent-ocean interactions within the coastal ecosystem, including continental flows and their implications for the marine environment, mainly the nutritional enrichment of coastal waters and its consequences: harmful algal blooms and eutrophication. These studies include researching the mechanisms relevant to the associated biological processes and the relationships between continental inputs, spatial structure, and land use.

Our goal is to advance the knowledge of the marine pelagic ecosystem, to promote innovative research and inform the society about the importance of protecting the health of the oceans, for the benefit of human health and well-being. Our research focuses on studying the structure and dynamics of plankton, their response to environmental and anthropogenic disturbances (global warming, stratification, acidification, turbulence, atmospheric deposition, continental runoff, pollution -including plastics-) and their role in the cycling of key chemical elements in the ocean.

Our research addresses the central role of the marine biosphere in the cycling of elements (mainly C, N and S) in the oceans and across the ocean-atmosphere boundary in the context of global environmental change. Both benthic and pelagic ecosystems are considered as drivers and receptors of climate and biogeochemical changes, and the ecophysiological bases of their responses are addressed.

The group conducts research projects related to the factors and mechanisms that determine the resilience of marine benthic ecosystems face to the global change impacts. To this end the group adopted a multidisciplinary ranging from taxonomy and systematics, to species biology, structure and dynamics of populations and communities, both benthic and planktonic, and the relationship of biological processes with environmental factors.

The group was created in 1997 as a Quality Group (Generalitat de Catalunya) and became a CSIC group in 2004. Currently it includes 6 senior scientists, 3 RyC, 7 postdocs, 14 PhD students and 7 technicians. Its main goal is understanding the ecological role of marine microbes. The group applies complementary tools to samples from oceanographic cruises, coastal observatories and lab experiments.

The Physical and Technological Oceanography group is the largest research group at the Institute of Marine Sciences, clearly aiming at a collaborative critical mass. It is also the group with the largest scientific production in physical oceanography in Spain. Its interests focus on the observation and analysis of the ocean physical environment at a broad range of spatio-temporal scales, and on the study of the role of the ocean on the Earth system.

On the basis of a trans-disciplinary approach, combining physical, chemical and biological marine sciences, we will address the observation, experimentation and modelling of both evidence for and impacts of warming, acidification, fertilization and de-oxygenation of the ocean ecosystems in response to global change.