In the context of the COP15 summit on biodiversity that took place in Montreal, Canada, by the end of 2022, MIGUEL BASTOS ARAUJO was interviewed by the newspaper Público. The full recorded interview can be heard in a podcast below (in Portuguese). . . . [ Read More ]
COP27 – Razones para optimismo?
Hay razones para optimismo? Como solucionar la crisis climática? . . . [ Read More ]
Human disturbances affect the topology of food webs
https://youtu.be/N4D--Wj3JvM What do galaxies and molecular structures have in common? Or trade between countries, communications on the Internet, and trophic relationships within ecosystems? One answer is that they all involve nodes interconnected by flows of mass and energy. In other words, they are networks. The study of networks has revealed intriguing regularities. For example, it is . . . [ Read More ]
Interview in Ambiente Magazine
Interview of MIGUEL BASTOS Araújo in Ambiente Magazine, about the recent study Biodiversidade2030, developing recommendations for biodiversity conservation in Portugal under climate and other environmental changes. You can access the interview here (in Portuguese). An excerpt: Reiterando o facto de as políticas de descarbonização, de conservação da natureza e da biodiversidade . . . [ Read More ]
Biodiversity 2030: New Agenda for Conservation under Climate Change
Publicado o estudo "Biodiversidade 2030: Nova Agenda para a Conservação em Contexto de Alterações Climáticas", encomendado pelo Ministério do Ambiente e Ação Climática e coordenado por Miguel Bastos Araújo. Participam ainda, como coordenadores setoriais, Sara Antunes, Emanuel Gonçalves, Rosário Oliveira, Sofia Santos e Isabel Sousa Pinto. O trabalho beneficiou ainda da colaboração empenhada de 14 . . . [ Read More ]
From science to climate change adaptation action
Interview to the Eugénio de Almeida Foundation book on social entrepreneurship: https://www.fea.pt/.../FEA_empreendedorismo_social_FINAL.pdf . . . [ Read More ]
Interview of Miguel Araújo in Amorim News
Amorim Group is the largest Cork Producer in the World. Miguel Araújo was interviewed by Amorim News about sustainability issues and the role of the corporate sector in solving the environmental crises. The interview is available in English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish. It can be read here. . . . [ Read More ]
Improvements in reports of species redistribution under climate change required
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 ]
Miguel B. Araujo Lab – Resumo de investigação passada e reflexão sobre investigação futura
Quando um leigo me pergunta sobre o objeto da minha investigação, nem sempre é fácil de explicar numa frase. Na verdade, quem trabalha em biodiversidade trabalha com sistemas complexos. Logo, para entender estes sistemas, para os modelar, para projetar dinâmicas futuras, são diversas as ramificações por onde se estende a investigação. Consciente da dificuldade em sintetizar a diversidade muitos . . . [ Read More ]
The future of coastlands in the era of mega hurricanes
News piece in the prestigious El Pais about the PARIBAS-Foundation-funded CORESCAM project, led by Miguel Araújo, Rosa Roman-Cuesta and Ana Rey. The article in Spanish can be read here. . . . [ Read More ]