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.
A detailed study recently published in the journal New Phytologist reveals how understory species in Europe have changed in the last four decades.
Episodes of drought, fires and plagues as a result of climate change are a threat to the Mediterranean climate forest, which is added to the constant human action linked to both socio-economic activity and leisure. In this context it is increasingly critical to take into account the concept of forest resilience.
A study published in the journal PNAS has revealed that short-term droughts (lasting a year or less) of extreme intensity reduce the carbon storage capacity of shrublands and grasslands by 35%, a figure higher than previously estimated.
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.
The UAB will transform the Plaça del Coneixement into a climate shelter through urban reforestation thanks to the Uforest project.
