The future of the Amazon rainforest, in the hands of the smallest trees

A new study, led by the University of Exeter with the participation of Maurizio Mencuccini, ICREA research professor in CREAF, suggests small trees adapt better to droughts and could grow into a new generation to help the rainforest survive.

Amazons Climate change Drought Ecophysiology Exester @en Functional ecology Functional traits Hydraulics Jungle Maurizio mencuccini @en Plant physiology Water stress

The challenge

We are in year one after the first pandemic. The planet is occupied entirely by humans who still believe in GDP ... Well, not entirely... A research center populated by a little bit of everything, the truth, is looking for ways to keep the planet habitable for our species.

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CENTRE: A different summer

We are in year one after the first pandemic. The planet is occupied entirely by humans who still believe in GDP ... Well, not entirely... A research center populated by a little bit of everything, the truth, is looking for ways to keep the planet habitable for our species.

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Earth Observation Training in Science and Technology at the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Creating less flammable landscapes would as much as halve the area expected to be affected by fire in the next 30 years

Using mathematical models, a joint Spanish and Portuguese study has shown that altering the landscape, so as to reduce vegetation density and combustibility for example, and promoting farming activities of high natural value would drastically reduce the amount of land damaged by fire.

Combustibility Ecosystem services Fire Fire-smart management Forest fire Lluis brotons @en Núria aquillué Silvana país University of santiago de compostela

Ozone affects plants, insects and microorganisms, and poses a threat to global biodiversity

According to a study co-authored by CREAF-based CSIC researcher Josep Peñuelas and published in Science Advances, increases in ozone in Earth’s atmosphere will be a danger to the biodiversity of the Mediterranean Basin, Japan and equatorial Africa by 2100.

Biogeochemical cycle Carbon cycle Cov @en Csic @en Josep peñuelas @en Nitrogen cycle Nutrient cycle Organic volatile compound Ozone Pollination

CENTRE: The new girl

We are in year one after the first pandemic. The planet is occupied entirely by humans who still believe in GDP ... Well, not entirely... A research center populated by a little bit of everything, the truth, is looking for ways to keep the planet habitable for our species.

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Total mobility

We are in year one after the first pandemic. The planet is occupied entirely by humans who still believe in GDP ... Well, not entirely... A research center populated by a little bit of everything, the truth, is looking for ways to keep the planet habitable for our species.