Ciência e Educação na zona entre-marés: alterações climáticas e ciência cidadã
Por Diana Boaventura (Escola Superior de Educação João de Deus/MARE-ULisboa).
Por Diana Boaventura (Escola Superior de Educação João de Deus/MARE-ULisboa).
A contaminação da água e dos solos agrícolas por produtos farmacêuticos, e a procura de “novos bosões de Higgs” para explicar alguns teimosos enigmas, como a “matéria escura” ou a quase ausência de antimatéria, serão os temas em conversa na sessão de dezembro do PubhD de Lisboa.
Ciências ULisboa, membro ativo da comunidade do projeto GROW, vai comemorar o Dia Mundial do Solo no dia 5 de dezembro, das 10h às 23h, e vai aumentar a conscientização e ação para Melhorar a Saúde do Solo (#GrowSoilHealth).
Por Charles J. Moore (Algalita Marine Research & Education Foundation, EUA).
Por Afonso Pais de Sousa (Siemens Mobility).
Por Manuel Ribeiro (CERENA, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa).
With this course, we aim at providing the participants with the basics of lichen biology and ecology, biomonitoring and data analysis methods to allow the use of lichens for the interpretation of the environmental conditions and the development of a responsible scientific-based environmental management.
Currently, climate changes or alterations are known to be reflected on the stable isotope ratios of Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Carbon, Oxygen and Sulphur present in atmospheric gas forms, fresh or ocean water, as well as in plants and animals and organic matter in the soil. Samples from those matrices can provide a record for such changes across a given length of time and / or space. Also, ecological and physiological processes often reflect on stable isotope ratios, again setting a record in plant, animal or other living tissues.
Nature-based approach to Design solutions for a more resilient future aims to support societies address a variety of environmental, social and economic challenges in sustainable ways. This approach relies on actions that are inspired by, supported by or copied from Nature. Nature-based solutions use the features and complex system processes of nature, such as its ability to store carbon and regulate water flow, to achieve desired outcomes, such as reduced disaster risk, improved human well-being and socio-ecological inclusiveness.
Por André Vizinho (PhD student and project coordinator at CCIAM - cE3c).