CREAF's new slogan: ecology moves us
A research centre's 30th anniversary only happens once. We are celebrating ours with a new slogan.
30 years
Ecology moves us
Institutional
From the Arctic to the tropics: researchers present a unique database on Earth’s vegetation
Which plant species grow where, alongside which others - and why? In a new study, an international research team presents the world's first global vegetation database which contains over 1.1 million complete lists of plant species for all terrestrial ecosystems.
On science, environmentalism and optimism
The human footprint on Earth is undoubted and inevitable to some extent . Science and technology, far from contributing to create more inequalities, must be able to mitigate these impacts, contribute to progress and improve the welfare of all the people in the world.
Tree rings show how the tropics shifted 800 years into the past
Studying shifts of the northern-most edge of the tropics revealed that periods of tropical expansion coincided with severe droughts, an article led by Raquel Alfaro Sánchez (CREAF) found.
Open registration for the first iberian ecological society congress
The conference will be held at University of Barcelona (UB). The conference is aimed to be the kickoff of SIBECOL (Sociedad Ibérica de Ecología) a new scientific society, joining ecologists from Iberian countries, whatever the system or approach they work on.
