Impacts

Social impact can revolutionize scientific culture

If we were today to climb into the time machine that H.G. Wells imagined, we could, for example, travel back to the 19th century to witness the dawn of modern science. In those days, the boundaries between science and society were not as clean-cut as they are now, and scientific research was greatly influenced by public interests and needs.

Ciència contemporània Cultura científica Impacte social @es Impacts Networks Science & society Social conflicts

Climate change is already threatening the Mediterranean ecosystems of Catalonia

An extensive review of studies and databases reveals that drought and an increase in temperature are already causing species substitutions, greater aridity, higher forest fire risk, lower soil fertility, and lower water availability, among other negative impacts.

Adaptation Aridity Beech Climate change Droughts Ecosystems Fire risk Forest Forest management Garraf @en Geu @en Holm oak Impacts Joan llusià @en Jordi sardans @en Josep peñuelas @en Mediterranean Monitoring Montseny @en Mortality Plants Prades @en Rise Scrublands Soils Species Substitution Temperatures @en Water Wildfire