Plants, through photosynthesis, capture CO2 from the atmosphere. But the decline of marine phytoplankton and the difficulties affecting terrestrial vegetation are causing a drop in the global capacity to absorb this greenhouse gas, a dynamic which will only aggravate global warming.

ÀNNIA MONREAL | NOVEMBER 4TH, 2010

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