CREAF adheres to the CERCA code of conduct
The CREAF Board of Trustees has approved the adherence to the CERCA code of conduct in its meeting held on this July.
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Drought poses a threat to soil biodiversity and nutrient cycling across Europe
A CREAF-led European study published in the journal Global Change Biology warns that the drought associated with climate change could reduce soil fauna diversity and slow the decomposition of leaf litter (fallen leaves, twigs, bark, etc.), potentially hindering the recycling of nutrients for plants throughout Europe.
Nunc incrementa lente exeunt, festinatur in damnum
For Ramon Margalef, in the centenary of his birth.
Why do not we find ecosystems in the atmosphere, as in oceans and continents? In the atmosphere, spores, pollen grains and micro-organisms float, most of them expelled from soils. But trophic networks are not established, nor are there large flows of energy and matter controlled by living beings.
Drought is the main factor in falls in Mediterranean bird and butterfly populations
This is reflected in data from bird and butterfly monitoring programmes that have been running in Catalonia for 17 and 25 years respectively. Drought affects bird and butterfly populations differently, with butterfly species from arid areas and bird species from humid areas undergoing the greatest declines.
e-shape: a new project which aims at strengthening the benefits for Europe of GEOSS
Participation of CREAF will be in the showcase about Ecology with a certain continuity of the EcoPotential activities.
The key to halting climate change is reducing fossil fuel combustion, not planting trees
Against the backdrop of today’s Global Climate Strike, we report on an article according to which planting trees could become an excuse to carry on emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Josep Peñuelas, a CSIC researcher based at CREAF, says our priority should be reducing fossil fuel combustion to zero.
CREAF engaged with an european working group to boost Ethics and Integrity in Research
Olga Roig participated in the last ENRIO meeting, a European group to discuss the practical side of Research Ethics and Integrity.
Last November 2018, Olga Roig on behalf of CREAF took part in the first meeting of ERION, the Ethics and Research Integrity Officer Network within EARMA (European Association of Research Managers and Administrators) held in Brussels.
CREAF participates in a new COST ACTION to increase understanding of alien species through citizen science
Bernat Claramunt participates in the COST Action AlienCSI to address multidisciplinary research questions to develop and implement citizen science strategies to increase the scientific understanding of IAS ecology and dynamics, specifically informing decision-makers to implement technical requirements of relevant legislation.
