Martínez-Lüscher, scientific researcher: "If we do not take corrective measures we will end up with crocodiles in the Arctic".
The University researcher gave the lecture "Climate crisis, where we come from and where we are going" as part of the Science Week activities.
13 | 11 | 2023
More than 150 people attended the first conference of the Science Week organized by the Faculty of Science of the University. Johann Martínez-Lüscher, researcher of the Department of Environmental Biology, gave the lecture "Climate crisis, where we come from and where we are going" in the auditorium of the Science Building. The conference was attended by students of 4th ESO and 1st of high school of IES Navarro Villoslada, IES Julio Caro Baroja and Colegio Luis Amigó.
During the meeting, Martínez-Lüscher made a historical review of the different events that have conditioned the changes in the planet (glaciations and the five great extinctions) and how plants and carbon dioxide levels have determined the Earth's climate for millions of years.
Biodiversity loss, food production, health risks and climate refugees are four important consequences of the increase in temperature and CO2 on Earth. Martinez-Lüscher says that "if we do not take corrective measures we will end up with crocodiles in the Arctic", and that we must produce less carbon dioxide and use technology to reduce emissions and to capture CO2.
The scientist explained the research carried out in the Department of Environmental Biology in this area, that is, the response of crops to climate change and the consequences that climate variations have, for example, on the composition and production of foodstuffs.