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Miguel B. Araújo Lab | Blog

Predicting the effects of environmental change on biodiversity

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Conference: Climate Action – Strategic Challenges 2020

I was invited to an interesting political discussion surrounding the strategic actions required to face the challenges of climate change. The conference took place in Porto (Portugal) with the presence of 5 ministers of Portugal as well as many other decision makers. The slot in which I participated about "agriculture and climate change starts roughly at 2h26 min of the following . . . [ 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 ]

Agriculture sustainability at risk in the Alentejo

Together with a number of Portuguese academics, I co-signed an opinion article in Expresso about problems in the distribution of water for agriculture in the Alentejo region. The problems is likely more general.  The article can be accessed here.   . . . [ Read More ]

Environmental debate – Fundação Eugénio de Almeida

I was thrilled to participate in one and half hour discussion about environmental issues, sustainability and disease in webinar organised by the Fundação Eugénio de Almeida, together with Teresa Pinto Correia and Alfredo Cunhal Sendim. You can follow the discussion at: https://www.facebook.com/fundacaoeugeniodealmeida/videos/216258779414860   . . . [ 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 ]

Research Highlights

The evolution of critical thermal limits of life on Earth

Climate shapes community trophic structures and humans simplify them

The marine fish food web is globally connected

Standards for data and models in biodiversity assessments

The effect of multiple biotic interaction types on species persistence

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