Which plant species grow where, alongside which others – and why? In a new study, an international research team presents the world’s first global vegetation database
The human footprint on Earth is undoubted and inevitable to some extent . Science and technology, far from contributing to create more inequalities, must be able
A study led by CREAF researcher Judit Lecina Díaz has mapped Spain’s carbon and biodiversity hotspots, which are located in the Pyrenees and their foothills,
Aedes japonicus is an invasive insect capable of transmitting diseases such as West Nile virus. The mosquito was found in Asturias (North Spain) when a person sent
Josep Penuelas visited China the first two weeks of May 2018 as grantee of the Distinguished Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Science.
Coordinated by CREAF and comprising more than 50 European organizations, NEMOR has produced a document seeking the European Commission’s recognition of mountains as a unique
In an article in the journal Science, Josep Peñuelas warns that we must immediately begin studying the changes we are causing in the microbial world,
The manual, in which the CREAF researchers Anabel Sánchez and Annelies Broekman have participated, summarizes the stages of the BeWater project and the lessons learned
The COP21 set the maximum temperature increase for 2100 at 1.5° C. The only scenario which would allow achievement of this goal would require vastly
Josep Peñuelas leads a study which suggests that rice yield will be more senstive to climate warming. Adaptatation polices to climate change are urgently needed
