Por Cristina Antunes (Environmental Stress & Functional Ecology group (ESFE), Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes).

Uma peça de teatro onde sacos de plástico flutuantes da microalga Arthrospira (também conhecida por Spirulina), cultivada na algoteca do MARE-DBV, contracenam com vários agentes das áreas da ecologia, dança, antropologia e artes visuais.

Antropocenas é uma colaboração entre Rita Natálio e João dos Santos Martins, que reflete sobre a discussão em torno do Antropoceno e da atual crise climática.

Por Anne Magurran (Researcher and Professor of Ecology and Evolution at Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK).

Phylogenetics is one of the scientific areas of Biology that has grown fast and evolved in methodological terms in the last years. Its applications go from the studies of the evolution of species and populations to the least expected, as the study of the origin of the AIDS virus or seasonal cycles of the flu. The course is aimed at students and professionals that intend to get started in phylogenetic analysis as well as researchers already with some experience wanting to deepen or update their knowledge in the field.

Symbiosis is a key strategy for life on Earth. Nevertheless, although many research groups have long been committed to the study of symbiosis, its definition and functioning are not fully understood, and its ecological role and relevance are still underestimated.

Lack of fertile land to feed the exponentially growing population, insufficient water availability and quality, changes in the flow of nutrients through the bio-geo-cycles (especially N and P) and climate and land use changes are impacting ecosystems and their capacity to deliver goods and services for humans. It is striking that all these issues interact around one common resource - SOIL and its biodiversity.

Sara Carolina Gusmão Coito Madeira defende a tese "Evaluation of thermal stress in tropical marine organisms in the context of climate warming".

Por Robert Park (Judith & David Coffey Chair of Sustainable Agriculture The University of Sydney Faculty of Science, School of Life & Environmental Sciences Plant Breeding Institute, The University of Sydney).