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.
The UAB will transform the Plaça del Coneixement into a climate shelter through urban reforestation thanks to the Uforest project.
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.
The ’10 New Insights in Climate Science’ report made public at COP28 warns through scientific evidence that we are not being able to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. And that the planet is moving at an accelerated pace towards the 1.5 °C limit established in the Paris Agreement.
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.
Soil becomes increasingly enriched with nitrogen from activities such as intensive agriculture, which uses nitrogen-rich artificial fertilisers, or from livestock excrements.
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.
Promoting climate-smart rewilding implies stimulating the natural capacity of ecosystems to adapt to global change and reverse biodiversity loss.
The Ministry of Innovation and Science of the Spanish government has awarded CREAF and CSIC researcher Josep Peñuelas Reixach the National Research Award 2023 ‘Alejandro Malaspina’, highlighting his research into global change, his leadership in technological innovation and his dissemination task.
A new study published in the journal Trends in Plant Science shows that ChatGPT can help to generate scientific questions related to plants, albeit with limitations.
