Virtual exhibition
This exhibition is part of the project “Science in Action: Forests and the Climate Emergency” (FCT-20-15850), funded by the Call for Grants to Promote Scientific, Technological, and Innovation Culture (FECyT). Here, you will find both research methods and tools, as well as findings from research projects focused on the role of forests in the face of climate change.
Through scientific research, the exhibition raises several questions:
- How do we know that climate change exists and that its origin is anthropogenic?
- How does climate change affect forests, and how is this impact studied?
- What is the relationship between forest fires and climate change, and how are the effects of fire measured?
- Trees, the fundamental species of forests, adapt to environmental changes like all living beings, but the rapid pace of current climate change is unprecedented. Will trees be able to adapt to climate change? What are their strategies, and what can we do to support their long-term conservation?
- The forests of the future depend on the conservation of current forests, the new forests we plant, and sustainable forest management. What are the benefits and limitations of reforestation as a method of combating climate change?
- Is it possible to obtain goods and services from forests while conserving them? What opportunities does silviculture offer to intervene in forests in ways that benefit both ecosystems and society?
- Science and technology provide us with increasingly powerful tools to deepen our understanding of forests and to implement forest management that is both more sustainable and capable of addressing climate change.
The digital format can be viewed here. We hope you enjoy it!
1. The Climate Crisis and Global Change
Although the term climate change is commonly used, it is, in fact, a global change. So, what is climate change, and how have […]
2. Carbon sequestration
Forests have been identified as important carbon sinks, but where is carbon stored, and how is it distributed in forests? Among greenhouse gases, CO₂ […]
3. A fragile equilibrium
Forests are part of the planet’s balance. The Earth and your life would not be the same without forests. They perform functions that only […]
4. Forest fires
How does climate change promote forest fires? In response to significant environmental change, species can migrate, adapt, or go extinct. The rapid pace of […]
5. Will trees adapt to climate change?
In response to significant environmental change, species can migrate, adapt, or go extinct. The speed of current climate change is unprecedented. What can trees […]
6. Planting the future
Mature Forests Mature forests are those that have persisted for centuries, evolving naturally and constituting true living treasures. In the aging process, these forests […]
7. Bioeconomy
a) 21st Century: The Century of Wood The history of Humanity has been linked since prehistory with this fantastic natural and renewable resource. […]
8. And How Do We Do It? Connecting Research and Management
Although the principles of Forest Resource Management date back to the 18th century, the needs of that time were very different from today’s. Back […]
9. Big Data
Forest Science Needs to Rely on a Large Amount of Data on Trees, Biodiversity, Climate, and Soil, Among Others What is Big Data? The […]
Women, science and forests
Still in the 21st Century, It’s an Obstacle Course In the world of research, we are moving away from equality. Comparing the scientific career […]
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