This disciple of Professor Ramon Margalef heads the Global Ecology Unit of the Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). He has recently been awarded one of the two new Awards for Research of Catalonia, sponsored by Talència, specifically in recognition of his scientific career. The Scientific Career Award was accompanied with a purse of 40,000 euros.

JORDI MONTANER | OCTOBER 18TH, 2010

Tall and serious, Jaume Terrades i Serra is a man of few words and who never speaks with prior deliberation. He is critical, but also exhibits a touch of melancholy well suited to this scientist who is also a poet. His book Ecologia viscuda (Experienced Ecology) is based on his own life as an ecologist. In the poem “Auca de los sesenta y pocos” (“Auca at sixty-something”), he bares his soul with a familiar tone and a certain playfulness. Professor Emeritus of Ecology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and member of the Institute of Catalan Studies, Terrades organized the first research team on terrestrial ecosystems in Spain and was one of the first proponents of environmental education in this country.

JORDI MONTANER | SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2010

On April 20, the Deepwater Horizon oilrig, owned by British Petroleum (BP), exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven workers died, and the sea turned black in mourning, covered with another 757,000 liters of oil each and every day since the accident, according to the Associated Press. Amid the shouts predicting the doom of the Gulf coast ecosystem, some experts argue that if appropriate measures are taken, the environment will rebound over time.

Ànnia Monreal | 12 may 2010

The possible ban on bullfighting in Catalonia raises a question. If the bulls in the ring can not suffer, is there a right to inflict pain on animals that are eaten, become clothes or are killed in scientific experiments? The experts are optimistic: the law recognizes increasingly clearly that an animal is much more than an object.

Michele Catanzaro | 23 March 2010