They are 4 students studying Biology or Environmental Sciences at university and come from very different cities and backgrounds. They are united by their curiosity and determination to accept the challenge of joining a CREAF research group for 2 months, thanks to the Summer Fellowship programme.

Under the name PRIMARY, a documentary journalism project focused on imported deforestation of tropical forests was born. The project, led by the photojournalism organization RUIDO Photo, has the advice of the CREAF research center.

The journal Science publishes on Friday 21th a perspective article by CREAF researchers Josep Peñuelas and Jordi Sardans on the imbalance of nutrients on Earth, its effects on life and possible solutions.

[This article has been writen together with Carla Kuhleis, during her stay at CREAF doing an international communication internship.]

The COVID-19 pandemic has arisen at a time when governments were already reasonably convinced of the need to make their data accessible via open data portals. The need in question is a relatively new phenomenon, one with not only technical but also strategic and economic factors.