From the 23rd to the 25th of April, the inaugural RethinkBlue international conference convened, facilitated by EU COST Action CA22122 – Rethinking the Blue Economy: Socio-Ecological Impacts and Opportunities. The event, supported by COST – European Cooperation in Science and Technology, the University of Zadar, and the Croatian Science Foundation, served as a forum for […]
Organised for the first time in 2023, the European Ocean Days took place during the week of 4 to 8 March and included a series of events related to European maritime topics, covering the EU Mission Ocean and Waters, future priorities for Europe’s seas, blue innovation and investment opportunities, as well as ocean literacy activities. […]
The 11th edition of the World Ocean Summit by The Economist returned to FIL, Lisbon, from 11 to 13 March, leading the way to spark conversation and action in the transition to a sustainable ocean economy. Helena Vieira, researcher at CESAM, UAveiro and ERA Chair of the BESIDE EU project, participated as invited speaker in […]
Summary: For five years, an innovative project named LIFE LINES, funded by the European Union’s Life program, implemented a set of nature-based solutions to reduce the impact of threats on biological diversity. Over the course of the project, refuges for plants and animals were created, and structural changes were implemented in roads and power lines […]
Summary: Inaugurated by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, in 2017, ECOMARE is a Laboratory for Innovation and Sustainability of Marine Biological Resources at the University of Aveiro. It is a unique structure at the national level—a research center dedicated to marine sciences and, simultaneously, a center for the research and rehabilitation […]
Summary: Documentary on the importance of sardines in our history and culture. It explores the exchange of arguments among fishermen, regulators, and scientists, showcasing the art of purse seine fishing for sardines. Uncovering previously unknown stories and information, it takes a different and original approach to the theme of sardine fishing. The documentary was produced […]
Summary: This documentary portrays unknown natural stories to the general public, such as an eagle feeding its chicks with Asian wasp combs, battles between huge beetles, and the largest lizards in Europe living on a football field. In total, over 800 hours of footage capture animal behaviors, some never before filmed in Portugal. Located in […]
Summary: The Tagus Estuary, a refuge for thousands of birds choosing to spend the winter there. In this documentary, we will follow the migration of black-tailed godwits between the Tagus Estuary and the sub-arctic region of Iceland. It showcases the work of an international team led by Portuguese researchers who, for the past 15 years, […]
Do ar à água aims to showcase the biodiversity we have, sometimes very close to us, as well as some aspects of its ecology and biology. It encompasses four documentaries and seeks to raise awareness of the scenic beauty and biological diversity of the wetlands in our country. Mainly focused on the Ria de Aveiro, […]
Column published biweekly by CESAM in the Diário de Aveiro newspaper. In this column, readers can inquire about the effects of specific actions, understand why something is happening, or learn what they can do to contribute to a particular goal. The only limitation is that the topics must be related to ecology, biodiversity, atmospheric and […]
Initiative by CESAM consisting of three-minute thematic videos and one-hour podcasts. These contents were released on a weekly basis. All content is hosted on the website and is only available in Portuguese: https://cienciacomimpacto.pt. THEMATIC VIDEOS PODCASTS NEWS – Diário de Notícias / Diário do Alentejo / TVI Online
The objective of the series is to showcase the diversity of organisms, their roles in ecosystems, and the contributions they have made to science. Each episode begins with a kind of ‘identity card’ for an organism and will reveal the scientific discoveries associated with it. It is a catalog of biological diversity, from bacteria to […]
Mas afinal … Why are bees so important? Wednesday (June 15) at 10:40 on Manhãs Novas from Rádio TerraNova. This week, Inês Domingues (researcher from CESAM and DBio-UA) talks with Miguel Azevedo (CESAM & FCUL/ISA) about bees and the dangers threatening them. In this edition, we will also find out how many bee species exist […]