The Pyrenees region is experiencing a warming rate higher than the global average, making it a critical observatory for the impacts of climate change. Researchers have begun efforts to chart the biodiversity of microorganisms living under the surface of 300 different lakes across the Pyrenees.
Frans de Waal, the Dutch primatologist who revolutionised the perception of emotions in primates, has died at the age of 75. CREAF pays tribute to his research career and prolific writing.
CREAF has obtained for the second consecutive time the Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence distinction awarded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of the Spanish government, with the aim of “promoting the quality of Spanish scientific research by recognizing the best centers and units, that stand out for the relevance and impact of their research results on an international scale”.
Sandra Nogué Bosch’s research explores a key aspect in ecology and paleoecology today: where biodiversity changes, at what speed and why, by studying 5,000 years of changes in plant biodiversity, as well as the agents of these alterations. Image: S. Nogué Bosch.
A detailed study recently published in the journal New Phytologist reveals how understory species in Europe have changed in the last four decades.
Fontinal ecosystems in the Mediterranean region, the natural capital of mountain regions and the maladaptation of forest species in a context of climate change are the areas of research addressed in the 3rd Synthesis Action del CREAF.
This data has been calculated using mathematical modelling and has been published in the journal Nature Communications.
Subnational governments and regional partners of Regions4 – including CREAF – have released a document and a video with a set of actions to help solve the global climate and biodiversity crisis.
In a recent report, the Society for Ecological Restoration Europe expresses deep doubts about the suitability of the proposed European Directive on soil monitoring and resilience and points out that it does not live up to expectations.
CREAF is attending the COP28 on climate change to contribute its scientific view and knowledge on the need for the world’s governments to promote actions to adapt to climate change and to preserve biodiversity, in a context of global change.
