CLIMATE change is the greatest threat humanity faces – and we aren’t the only ones at risk. Global warming will harm millions of other species, including iconic endangered animals such as polar bears and tigers. Despite this, conservationists often don’t take climate change into account, meaning plans to preserve these species are doomed to fail. “It’s astonishing,” says Miguel Araujo at the . . . [ Read More ]
Admin Project Manager – Coastal Biodiversity Resilience to Increasing Extreme Events in the Caribbean
We are looking for an administrative project manager to a PARIBAS-funded international project: COastal biodiversity RESilience to increasing extreme events in Central AMerica (CORESCAM): implications for regional conservation and policy making Principal Investigators: Dr. Ana Rey CSIC-MNCN, Dr. Miguel B. Araújo CSIC-MNCN, Dr. Rosa Maria Roman-Cuesta, CIFOR 1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION A . . . [ Read More ]
Growing Green in Europe
Miguel Araújo is participating in a round the table discussion at the NOVA University of Lisbon's School of Business and Economics to talk about EU's new Green Deal. Registrations here. . . . [ Read More ]
Our success has depended on unlimited access to planetary credit
My recent interview to the magazine Lisboa (page 54, sorry in Portuguese alone) where I talk about broad issues of sustainability, biogeography, climate change, economics, and how these issues are linked together through the concept of metabolism. . . . [ Read More ]
Da viabilidade da vida na Terra
Artigo publicado no semanário Expresso, Crónica do Convidado, Alma Grande, dia 25 de Maio de 2019. É difícil compreender por que razão alguns pretendem partidarizar a problemática ambiental. Será que uma parte do espectro político não se preocupa com a qualidade do ar que respiramos e da água que bebemos e o outro sim? Mesmo assumindo como legítima a postura de quem nega a gravidade da . . . [ Read More ]