Los Océanos

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¿Estamos solos en el Universo? Esa es la gran pregunta que los humanos nos hemos planteado desde que comenzamos a mirar al cielo estrellado. Durante las últimas décadas asistimos a un extraordinario desarrollo científico y tecnológico que ha revolucionado la exploración espacial y la búsqueda de otras vidas en el Cosmos: seres vivos que podrían ser parecidos a los que habitan en la Tierra... o tal vez muy diferentes. El reto, en cualquier caso, es ser capaces de detectarlos. Actualmente, la investigación en astrobiología busca señales de vida en Marte y otros planetas, en varios...

In May of 2007 scientists conducted a rapid inventory in the Dureno Territory, part of the Cofan ancestral territories in the Amazon basin of eastern Ecuador. Presented primarily in Spanish but including sections in English and A’ingae, the language of the Cofan, this assessment collects those scientists’ research on the plants and animals of the region, as well as a history of the grassroots conservation efforts of the Cofan. The report closes with recommendations for long-term management of the area.

Lección de apertura del curso académico 2021-2022 a cargo de Carlos Martínez Alonso, investigador del Centro Nacional de Biotecnología.