Annual Report 2021 CEAB-CSIC

“Early in 2021 we were eager on what to expect in year two of the pandemic. The extraordinary progress and success of vaccination, saving several million human lives in the most developed countries, worldwide projected “vaccine” (and therefore science) as the word of the year. Smart, open, and innovative approaches were developed within the CSIC Global Health PTI (Interdisciplinary Thematic Platforms) in a creative and multidisciplinary atmosphere, and our Institute successfully participated in the cross-cutting working group on data and artificial intelligence applications. We were also deeply involved in three of the CSIC2030 “white papers” on Global Change Impacts, Oceans, and Brain and Behaviour. Despite the difficulties, CEAB has produced more science than ever in this period and it is now a well routed Institute worldwide recognized in Ecology, Marine Ecology and Aquatic Sciences, with several relevant publications in the top journals Biological Conservation, Ecology, Frontiers in Marine Science, Global Change Biology, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Science of the Total Environment, Science Advances, PNAS, and Nature Ecology&Evolution, among others. Congratulations to the big CEAB family, scientists, technicians and administrative staff, all of them necessary for producing the best standards in science. Finally, I want to add a few personal words. I am coming to the end of my period of Director of CEAB in late 2022. It has been a big pleasure, and a very stimulating journey plenty of challenges to be leading the transformative refoundation of CEAB for the last 8 yrs. I enjoyed it very much and I send my best wishes for the new Director and the new dreams CEAB may reach. If you can imagine it, it can be done.Peer reviewe