https://youtu.be/DIrNac2Eauk We - Shirin Taherim Babak Naimi, Carsten Rahbek and Miguel B. Araújo - just published the study in Science Advances. We reviewed 240 reports of climate-related species-range shifts and classified them based on three criteria. We ask whether observed distributional shifts are compared against random expectations, whether multicausal factors are examined on . . . [ Read More ]
Dangerous levels of subterranean water consumption
Opinion article in the newspaper Expresso / Artigo de opinião no jornal Expresso: "Apesar do valor estratégico dos aquíferos, a política de ordenamento e gestão do uso de solo, nomeadamente a que decorre da intensificação da produção agrícola e florestal, não tem garantido a máxima infiltração da água das chuvas. Urge estudar a dinâmica de recarga, monitorizar a captação de águas subterrâneas e . . . [ Read More ]
Welcome Nuria Galiana
Congratulations to Nuria Galiana who was awarded a Marie Marie Skłodowska-Currie research fellowship to work with us on issues related to the biogeography of food webs. While we are all waiting for the paper work to be finished, we made a few questions so that we can get to know her better. Below her answers. - Tell us a little bit about your professional background? I . . . [ Read More ]
Miguel Araújo identified as Highly Cited 2020
Miguel Bastos Araújo was identified as Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher 2020 in the field of Environment & Ecology. He has been part of this list every year since 2014. A honour he likes to share with collaborators & funders. The 2020 full list can be consulted here: https://bit.ly/3eSfQc4 #HighlyCited2020 . . . [ Read More ]
Biophilia Award to The Guardian
I am thrilled to have contributed to the decision to recognise The Guardian with the BIOPHILIA Award for its leading role in global efforts to communicate good-quality and information about the environmental challenges of our times. The original nomination was supported by several prestigious leaders in the field, including recently deceased Georgina Mace. The full justification for the . . . [ Read More ]
FBBVA Biodiversity Conservation Awards – 15th edition
Of the many committees I serve, there are few that give me so much pleasure and fulfilment than helping to identify together with other colleagues the champions of biodiversity conservation to be recognised. One of these committees is the BBVA Foundation Awards in biodiversity conservation this year in its 15th edition and given to the conservation of the bearded vulture in Spain, the protection . . . [ Read More ]
Opening of the EU Green Week
The 19th of October witnessed the Opening of the European Green Week, this year under scientific curation by Miguel B. Araújo and taking place at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. Despite the pandemic situation the event went well with a at least a good hundred of people present in the large auditorium of the Foundation and many more attending online. The . . . [ Read More ]
Talk to representatives of ministries of CPLP
I was happy to share some thoughts on biodiversity, climate change and conservation planning to the representatives of the environmental ministries of CPLP (referring to the "Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries"). My presentation starts at . . . [ Read More ]
Interview Diário de Notícias
Interview to Diário de Notícias onde 3rd of October 2020. Topics addressed: biodiversity, sustainability, diseases, climate change, consumption. You can read it here in you understand Portuguese. . . . [ Read More ]
2020 Lisbon Conference
I was trilled and honoured to participate in the 4th Lisbon Conference on "The Acceleration of Global Change and How the Pandemic is Affecting it" on the panel dedicated to "The divergence over climate action: what energy for what future?" together with Jennifer Layke (WRI) and Karin Backstrand (Stockholm University), with a debate chaired by Agostinho Miranda. Unfortunately, it had to be . . . [ Read More ]