Latitudinal extent of realised and potential thermal ranges In a new study published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, an international consortium of researchers led by Nikki Moore PhD student at McGill University, sheds light on how temperature shapes the living patterns of cold-blooded animals, revealing that marine species are more directly influenced by thermal limitations compared to . . . [ Read More ]
Além Risk (Beyond Risk) on RTP
The project Além Risco is reaching the end. A bit of news about in on Portuguese TV. You can also check the project's website here. TV news about Além Risco: https://www.rtp.pt/play/p11267/e673505/europa-minha?fbclid=IwAR31MoyLJnL0scHts2DNIBfgBwa-DD5_inTMCFAZHRLCtmHRVAxBUNssUP0 . . . [ Read More ]
Além Risco (Beyond Risk) project
Évora was awarded the title of European Capital of Europe in 2027. As part of a series of documentaries, the Além Risco project that Miguel Araújo leads was featured. This is a capacity building and inspirational project aiming at improving climate change adaptation of local communities through tree plantation in urban setting. You can watch the video below (Portuguese with English subtitles) or . . . [ Read More ]
New project: NaturaConnect
The European Biodiversity Strategy 2030 commits Union Member States to legally protect a minimum of 30% of the European Union’s land and sea area and to strictly protect at least a third of these protected areas. European Members States are also committed to effectively manage conservation areas and to restore Europe’s natural capital, thus taking a leading role in the Post-2020 Convention on . . . [ Read More ]
Operations Research in Turbulent Times Conference
Miguel Bastos Araújo will have the pleasure to give the opening keynote address to the XXII Congress of the Portuguese Association for Operational Research taking place at the University of Évora between the 6th and 8th of November. This year’s topic is “Operations Research in Turbulent Times: Adaptation and Resilience” and the talk will focus on “Self-organisation of complex networks in . . . [ 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 ]
Climate change adaptation: complexity and uncertainty
I was asked to write an essay about climate change adaptation. The original version can be read here, but I copy below the full text too because the format is not the most user friendly: Adaptação à mudança num contexto de complexidade e incerteza O mundo encontra-se num processo de transformação profunda. Se as alterações climáticas e a perda de biodiversidade globais já estavam na agenda . . . [ Read More ]
Interview in “20minutos”
Recent interview in the Spanish newspaper: "20minutos" . . . [ Read More ]
Interview to El País: “Estamos cambiando el funcionamiento elemental del planeta”
Manuel B. Araújo (Bruselas, Bélgica, 1969) explica que su especialidad, la biogeografía, surge de una pregunta muy antigua: ¿Por qué los seres vivos están distribuidos como están? “Es decir, ¿por qué, por ejemplo, los canguros no han habitado nunca la península Ibérica?”, ilustra el investigador del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales del CSIC, recientemente galardonado con el Ernst Haeckel Prize . . . [ Read More ]