See the Press section for a compilation of news in the media derived from our research.
> Fernando Maestre´s editorial about the book “El primate que cambió el mundo” written by Alex Richter-Boix, published in the newspaper Investigación y Ciencia (in spanish) (01/11/2022)
Video with Fernando T. Maestre´s conference: ¿Será España un desierto? Mitos y realidades sobre los desiertos y la desertificación, organized by the University Jaume I (28/10/2022) (in Spanish)
> Fernando T. Maestre participated in the radio program Onda Regional de Murcia, talking about water and desertification (13/10/2022) (in Spanish)
Video with Fernando T. Maestre´s conference: Comprender la desertificación para poder solucionarla, organized by the Confederación de Sociedades Científicas de España (05/05/2022) (in Spanish)
> Paper published by Jaime Martínez Valderrama in the newspaper Investigación y Ciencia: “Entender la desertificación para detenerla” (september 2022) (in Spanish)
› Video summary of the paper “Climate legacies drive the current distribution and future restoration potential of dryland forests ”, publlished in Nature Plants (22/07/2022)
>Jaime Martínez Valderrama, Fernando Maestre y Santiago Soliveres talks about Lo natural at the blog Árida Curtis in the newspaper Investigación y Ciencia (in Spanish) (19/07/2022)
> Paper published by Jaime Martínez Valderrama in the newspaper Investigación y Ciencia: “Cuando lo sostenible se torna insostenible” (july 2022) (in Spanish)
>Jaime Martínez Valderrama participated at iAgua Magazine: Desertificación o como un territorio pierde su capacidad para producir y albergar agua (july 2022). (in Spanish)
› Vídeo with the BIODIRECTO about the presentation of the Estrategia Nacional de Lucha contra la Desertificación, organized by the Ministerio de Transición Ecológica y el Reto Domográfico, where Jaime Martinez Valderrama has participated (27/06/2022) (in Spanish)
Jaime Martínez Valderrama participated in the radio program Cambio Climático, at Canal Sur Radio (min. 23.22) talking about desertification (16/06/2022) (in Spanish)
> Fernando T. Maestre participated in the radio program No es un día cualquiera, at RTVE (min. 27.45) talking about the degradation of the earth (4/06/2022) (in Spanish)
› Video about the Day of the Earth, in Valencia, where Fernando T. Maestre has participated (22/04/2022) (in Spanish)
› Video with the meeting “Desertificación y Cambio Climático. Pasando a la acción” organized by la Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències because of the Day of the Earth, in Valencia, where Fernando T. Maestre has participated (22/04/2022) (in Spanish)
Video with Jaime Martinez Valderrama´s conference: Comprender la desertificación para poder solucionarla, organized by the ONG Paz y Cooperación at VI Foro Naciones Unidas-Desarrollo Sostenible (19/04/2022) (in Spanish)
Video with Lena Neuenkamp´s conference: Micorrizas y microorganismos en zonas áridas, at the Seminarios Avanzados en Ecología de la Restauración y Conservación, 2021-2022, organized by the Departament of Ecology at the University of Alicante (17/03/2022) (in Spanish)
› Video with the interview with Fernando Maestre, realized by the student from the School Sagrada Familia de Elda. In Spanish. (10/03/2022)
› Video with the interview with Lena Neuenkamp, realized by Guillermo Bueno, from the South American Mycorrhizal Research Network, about how shade, light availability, and light demand by plants affects arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in roots and in soil (14/02/2022)
> Paper published by Jaime Martínez Valderrama in the newspaper Investigación y Ciencia: “El poderoso aleteo de una mariposa en el S.XXI” (in spanish) (01/02/2022)
>Jaime Martínez Valderrama, Fernando Maestre y Santiago Soliveres talks about Desertificación: nuevos enfoques para un viejo problema at the blog Árida Curtis in the newspaper Investigación y Ciencia (in Spanish) (january 2022)
› Video with the I Jornada de Ciencia Canaria organized by Jovenes por la Investigación de Tenerife, where Fernando T. Maestre has participated (13/12/2021) (in Spanish)
> Paper published by Jaime Martínez Valderrama in the newspaper Investigación y Ciencia: “Sobre los alimentos de kilómetro 0” (in spanish) (01/12/2021)
› Vídeo with the Jornada de la Academia Joven de España 2021 – Jóvenes, conocimiento y Agenda 2030, organized by the Academia Joven de España, where Fernando T- Maestre has participated (26/11/2021) (in Spanish)
› Vídeo with the Fernando T. Maestre´s conference: “El coste ambiental de la agricultura intensiva en las zonas áridas de nuestro planeta” organized by the Grupo de Investigación de Alimentación y Nutrición (ALINUT), University of Alicante (22/11/2021) (in spanish)
› Vídeo with the Lena Neuenkamp´s class of 30 min taught to 11-12 yr old students during the event “Science is Wonderful” by the European Commission (10/11/2021)
› Vídeo with the Fernando T. Maestre´s conference: “Tierra, ¿por qué se desertifican las zonas áridas?” organized by Casa de la Ciencia, CSIC, Valencia (17/11/2021) (in Spanish)
› Vídeo with the Fernando T. Maestre´s conference:“Comprendiendo la ecología de las zonas áridas de nuestro planeta como herramienta para promover su restauración ” organized by the University de Loja, Ecuador (11/11/2021).
› Vídeo with the round table discussion: “Microbiota ambiental bajo el cambio global” organized by the Sociedad de Amigos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, where Fernando Maestre has participated (02/11/2021) (in Spanish)
>Jaime Martínez Valderrama, Fernando Maestre y Santiago Soliveres talks about Reverdece el interés por la desertificación at the blog Árida Curtis in the newspaper Investigación y Ciencia (in Spanish) (14/10/2021)
› Vídeo with the Jornada de debate sobre la elaboración del nuevo Programa de Acción Nacional contra la Desertificación, organized by the Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico, where Jaime Martínez Valderrama has participated (07/10/2021) (in Spanish)
> Paper published by Jaime Martínez Valderrama in the newspaper Investigación y Ciencia: “El ocaso del omnivoro” (in spanish) (01/10/2021)
> Fernando Maestre´s editorial about the book “Ecologismo real” written by J. M. Mullet, published in the newspaper Investigación y Ciencia (in spanish) (01/10/2021)
› Video with the conversation between Amparo Navarro, Rectora of the University of Alicante, and Fernando Maestre, in the Forum “4 estaciones, Universidad y Ciencia”. In Spanish. (29/09/2021)
› Video with Jaime Martínez-Valderrama at “Noche mediterránea de las Investigadoras-Mednight 2021” talking about: Desert and desertification, concepts and solutions. In Spanish, difunded by UAdivulga (21/09/2021)
› Podcast with Fernando´s interview in Un alto en el camino, at Onda cero radio, talking about mental health in science (in Spanish) (14/08/2021)
> Fernando Maestre´s editorial about the book “Los números no mienten“, written by Vaclav Smil, published in the newspaper Investigación y Ciencia (in spanish) (01/08/2021)
> Paper published by Jaime Martínez Valderrama in the newspaper Investigación y Ciencia: “Ni la carne es tan mala ni la quinua tan buena” (in spanish) (01/08/2021)
>Video with the presentation of the “Decálogo para promover la felicidad en los grupos de investigación” at the University of Alicante (in Spanish) (20/07/2021)
› Video with Fernando´s interview at UAdivulga talking about desertification (in Spanish) (17/06/2021)
>Interview to Jaime Martínez Valderrama in the podcast Radio Estrada: Salto da Cama, about desertification (in Spanish) (17/06/2021)
>Jaime Martínez Valderrama, Fernando Maestre y Santiago Soliveres talks about Mares moribundos, otro zarpazo de la desertificación at the blog Árida Curtis in the newspaper Investigación y Ciencia (in Spanish) (17/06/2021)
>Paper published in Frontiers for young minds written by Angela la Fuente and Concha Cano: “Can Methane-Eating Bacteria in Drylands Help Us Reduce Greenhouse Gases?” (16/6/2021)
› Video with Fernando´s webminar “Suporting African female early career researchers: the Alicante for Africa initiative” organized by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (10/06/2021)
› Video with Fernando´s webminar “Estrés en la carrera investigadora y decálogo para desarrollar ambientes de trabajo más felices” in the meeting “Gestión de las emociones: el catalizador de la productividad”, organized by el Club de científicos Rafael del Pino (in Spanish) (10/06/2021)
› Video with Fernando´s webinar “How to create healthy labs in an hyper-competitive world” organized by AEET: Online conference for Early-Career Scientists (09/06/2021)
> Paper published by Jaime Martínez Valderrama in the newspaper Investigación y Ciencia: “Aceite para hoy, sequía para mañana” (in spanish) (01/06/2021)
>Jaime Martínez Valderrama, Fernando Maestre y Santiago Soliveres talks about Posverdad y desertificación at the blog Árida Curtis in the newspaper Investigación y Ciencia (in spanish) (26/05/2021)
› Video with Fernando´s webminar “Soil microbial communities in a warmer and more arid planet” organized by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (26/05/2021)
> Fernando Maestre´s editorial about the book Petrocalipsis, written by Antonio Turiel, published in the newspaper Investigación y Ciencia (in spanish) (01/05/2021)
› Vídeo with the conference: “Aridity thresholds exist in the relationships between ecosystem functioning and remolety sensed indicators across patagonia” organized by the Faculty of Engineering in the University Autonoma de Guerrero, Mexico (27/04/2021).
› Video with Fernando´s online talk “Salvaguardar los ecosistemas áridos para alcanzar los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible ” on Natural Science section, organized by Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de España (in spanish) (21/04/2021)
› Video with Lena Neuenkamp´s online talk “Light availability and light demand of plant shape the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in their roots” at EGU 2021 (19/04/2021)
> Interview to Fernando in the magazine Mètode about desertification, climatic change and the use of socio-economical resources (in spanish) (05/04/2021)
> Interview to Fernando in the magazine Mètode about his work in drylands and the healthy labs in science (in spanish) (08/03/2021)
> Fernando Maestre, Jaime Martínez Valderrama and Santiago Soliveres talks in the blog Árida Curtis about their work published in Nature Sustainability (in spanish) (23/03/2021)
Video with Lena Neuekamp´s talk “Urban restoration, great, but how to do it? in the Master en Gestión y Restauración del medio natural, organized by the University of Alicante (17/03/2021)
› Video with Fernando´s talk “Como combatir la desertificación en España” on the youtube channel Premios Rei Jaume I (12/03/2021)
> Interview to Fernando Maestre in the newspaper Mètode about his research in drylands and the work environment in science (in spanish)(08/03/2021)
Video with Fernando´s talk “In the footsteps of Humboldt: Understanding the ecology of our planet through global scientific collaboration” on Ecology live 2021 organized by the British Ecological Society (04/03/2021)
Fernando talks about Dr. Jayne Belnap on the occasion of HerScienceSparkledMine campaign to commemorate the Women In Science Day (24/02/2021)
> In Lokis por la ciencia, Laura Concostrina talks about her actual research and about her scientific career because of the Women in Science Day (18/02/2021)
Jaime Martínez´s blog post Arida Cutis about the results of our paper “Mediterranean landscape re-greening at the expense of South American forests” (21/02/2021)
> Fernando Maestre´s editorial about the book Contenedor Amarillo S.A, published in the newspaper Investigación y Ciencia (in spanish) (01/02/2021)
› Video summary of the paper “Tracking, targeting and conserving soil published in Science (15/01/2021)
› Webinar by Fernando Maestre: “Creating healthy environments in a hypercompetitive world”, on 5ºEncontros Serrapilheira (in english) (11/12/2020).
Paper published in Frontiers for young minds written by Lena Neuenkamp: “Tiny fungi in the soil are like medicine for nature” (27/11/2020)
> Interview to Jaime in the program El Faro: Desierto (between 1h46 to 1h54), of Cadena Ser (03/11/2020)
› Video summary of the paper “Desertifying deserts”
› Conference by Fernando Maestre in the opening of the academic year 2020/21, organized by the “Aula de la Ciencia” at the “Sede Universitaria Ciudad de Alicante” (in spanish) (17/09/2020)
› Webinar by Fernando Maestre on creating healthy environments in research laboratories (in Spanish) (30/04/2020)
› Conference by Fernando Maestre at the University of Valencia on creating healthy environments in research laboratories (27/02/2020)
> Miguel Berdugo´s blog post Arida Cutis about the results of our paper “Global ecosystems tresholds driven by aridity” (20/02/2020)
› Conference by Emilio Guirado at the University of Alicante on artifical intelligence for conservation (in Spanish) (17/02/2020)
› Video summary of the paper “Global ecosystems tresholds driven by aridity” (extended version, 13/02/2020)
› Vídeo summary of the paper “Global ecosystems tresholds driven by aridity” (short version, 13/02/2020)
> Conference given by Miguel Berdugo within the Advanced Seminars of the Master’s Degree in Ecosystem Restoration at the University of Alicante, 14th November 2019 at 14:30.
> Interview with Jaime Martínez Valderrama within the report Bio low cost: les dérives de l’industrialisation?, in Arte TV, emitted on 10th November 2019.
> On 6th November 2019, César Plaza participated in the Open House, giving the talk and a guided tour (in Spanish): «Tratamiento y reutilización de residuos orgánicos frente al cambio climático», XIX Week of Science and Innovation 2019, Institute of Agrarian Sciences, CSIC, Madrid.
> Paper published in The Conversation, written by Jaime Martínez Valderrama (in Spanish): “No podemos frenar el avance de los desiertos, pero sí la desertificación”. 14th October 2019.
> Participation of Laura Concostrina in the 10th European Night of Researchers and Researchers of Madrid-European Corner, presenting her project: “Integrative ecological indicators of global change based on biocrust tissue traits”, and taliing about Marie Curie actions. 27th September 2019. URJC, Campus of Fuenlabrada.
› Conference by Fernando Maestre: “Exploring the role of biodiversity on the functioning of global drylands” at the 15º Congreso de la Federación Europea de Ecología and 18º Reunión de la Sociedad Portuguesa de Ecología (01/08/2019)
> Our climate change experiment at the Aranjuez Experimental Station is highlighted in the reportage of the TV Program Informe Semanal “Actions against climate change“, 27 April 2019 (starts at the minute 2.37).
> Presentation of the activity (in Spanish) “Anticipándonos al cambio climático en la URJC”, by Laura Concostrina, within the URJC “Science a la carte” program, 15th March 2019.
› Conference of Pablo García Palacios “Laboratorio de Cambio Climático de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos” at the University Rey Juan Carlos, given within the XVIII Week of Science and Innovation 2018, November 2018.
› Inaugural conference of the Master in Management and Restoration of the Natural Environment of the University of Alicante by Fernando T. Maestre (31/10/2018).
> Seminar (in Spanish) “Alimentar a 9000 millones de personas sin cargarse el mundo“ by Pablo García Palacios within the “Pint of Science Festival”, at the De Raimundo pub in Madrid (16/05/18).
› Fernando participates in a video of @doctoradoURJC on the main methodological failures and difficulties encountered in the preparation of doctoral theses (08/05/2018).
› Talk by Fernando T. Maestre to 4th grade students of CEIP Cervantes de Sax (Alicante) about the research we do.
I really enjoyed talking yesterday to 9 yr old kids from Colegio Cervantes about what means being a scientist and the research we do at the @Maestrelab They had lots of questions and were particularly interested about biocrust-forming #lichens (what a pleasant surprise!) #Scicomm pic.twitter.com/hK9XFLYIBz
— Fernando T. Maestre (@ftmaestre) March 28, 2018
› Informative video in which the main results of our paper “A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found in soil” are presented (17/03/2018).
> Participation of Pablo García Palacios in “The applied ecologist blog” (15/03/2018).
› Interview with Juan Gaitán in Chacra TV in relation to his book (in Spanish) “Estimación de la pérdida de suelo por erosión hídrica en la República Argentina” (21/02/2018).
› Contributions by Pablo García Palacios in the Ecomandanga blog, explaining two of his papers (13/02/2018) and (22/02/2018).
› Video made by the European Research Council on the occasion of the publication of our paper “A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found in soil” publicado en Science (19/01/2018).
› Interview (in Spanish) with Fernando Maestre conducted within the project “Voces para una comunicación científica eficiente” (18/09/2017).
› Mónica Ladrón de Guevara participated in the outreaching activity (in Spanish) «El mundo de los líquenes«, helded in Vitoria el 16/09/2017.
› Video made by the UCCi of the University Rey Juan Carlos about the Aranjuez Experimental Station and the research we carry out there (05/06/2017).
› Arida Cutis, blog dedicated to the dissemination of the ecology of arid zones on the platform SciLogs de Investigación y Ciencia.
› Video made by the European Research Council on the results presented in our article in Science Advances (01/06/2017).
› Participation of Mónica Ladrón de Guevara in the outreaching activity (in Spanish) “El fascinante mundo de los líquenes, cuando más de dos no es multitud…”, holded in Vitoria, 27/05/2017.
› Participation of Hugo Saiz in the science outreaching festival “Pint of Science” with the conference (in Spanish) “Aplicando la teoría ecológica para ser un entrenador Pokémon”, holded in Chinaski Lavapiés (Madrid), 15/05/2017.
› Concha Cano and Ángela Lafuente participated in the URJC’s “VII Erasmus + International Week” activity, during which we showed foreign visitors to the URJC the facilities for conducting climate change experiments that we maintain at the university (26/04/2017).
Encantados de haber participado en este evento enseñando la instalación experimental que mantenemos en la @urjc https://t.co/RuFZa2C6qU
— Maestre Lab (@Maestrelab) April 27, 2017
› Conference by Fernando Tomás Maestre (in Spanish) “Los efectos del cambio climático en nuestra salud», given within the II Semana de la Salud of Ayuntamiento de Sax, Alicante (08/04/2017).
› David Sánchez and Mónica Ladrón participated in the activity “Ciencia a la carta”, during which we show high school students our facilities for conducting climate change experiments at the URJC (06/04/2017).
› Conference by Fernando Tomás Maestre (in Spanish) «La importancia de la biodiversidad para el funcionamiento de los ecosistemas áridos», given at the University of Murcia, 24/11/2016.
› Interview with Fernando Tomás Maestre on the radio show Kítaro of Onda Regional de Murcia (in Spanish), 22/11/2016. Podcast
› Conference by Pablo García Palacios (in Spanish) “Servicios ecosistémicos de la agricultura ecológica” at the University Rey Juan Carlos, given within the XVI Science Week (18/11/2016).
› Pablo García Palacios gave a class on insects for the students of the French Lyceum Moliere (14/06/2016).
› Video about nuestro our article in PNAS and the research we do in the group (07/06/2016).
› Participation of Fernando T. Maestre in the round table (in Spanish) “Pre – Cumbre del Clima (COP21): ¿Qué nos jugamos en París?”, hold at the University Rey Juan Carlos, 25/11/2015.
› Conference by Fernando T. Maestre (in Spanish) “La diversidad de los organismos del suelo y su importancia para el funcionamiento de los ecosistemas” at the University Rey Juan Carlos, hold within the XV Science Week (11/11/2015).
› Conference by Fernando T. Maestre (in Spanish) “La diversidad de los organismos del suelo y su importancia para el funcionamiento de los ecosistemas áridos” at the University of Jaén to commemorate the International Year of Soils (29/10/2015).
› Victoria Ochoa y Beatriz Gozalo carried out a guided tour and demonstration of our experiments at LABCLIM, within the activities of the 2015 European Researchers’ Night at the URJC (25/09/2015).
› Video about the CULTIVE facilities, showing the facilities for conducting climate change experiments maintained by our group at the URJC (09/06/2015).
› Guided visit to the Aranjuez Experimental Station, within the XIV Science Week of Madrid (05/11/2014).
› Intervention of Fernando T. Maestre (in Spanish) in a report on arid zones, broadcast within the program “Tesis” of Canal Sur 2, 11/04/2012.
› Intervention of Fernando T. Maestre (in Spanish) on the TV show “La Aventura del Saber” in La 2, 28/03/2011.
› Participation of Fernando T. Maestre (in Spanish) in the round table “Energía y medio ambiente: la búsqueda del planeta que necesitamos”, held at the University Rey Juan Carlos within the activities of the European Night of Researchers (24/09/2010).
› Interventions of Fernando T. Maestre (in Spanish) on the radio show “Puntos de Vista” in Radio Exterior de España. Podcasts on the following topics:
- Biofuels, 3/7/2009
- Biodiversity, 12/3/2009
- Climate change I, 26/3/2009
- Climate change II, 23/4/2009
- Desertification, 7/5/2009
- Forest fires, 18/6/2009
- Microorganisms, 21/01/2010
- What is Ecology, 12/2/2009
- Waste, 4/6/2009
- Ecosystem restoration, 21/5/2009
- Ecosystemic services, 26/2/2009
- Arid zones, 17/9/2009