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11.06.2017
The Coriolis rotating platform is the world’s only research structure of its kind devoted to fluid mechanics. First set up in the 1960s at the Laboratoire des écoulements géophysiques et industriels...
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11.10.2016
A year on from the Paris Agreement, the COP22 was held in Marrakech November 7-18. Indigenous knowledge, scientific data and grassroots initiatives all play a role in researchers' assessments...
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12.23.2015
On Réunion island, the Maïdo Observatory has been monitoring the atmosphere since 2013. Using lidars, it can analyze its composition in gas and particles, gathering precious data in the context of...
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11.30.2015
As COP21 begins in Paris, French climatologist Jean Jouzel, who co-organized the UNESCO conference “Our Common Future under Climate Change” last July, relays the importance of this event.
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10.30.2015
In the run-up to the UN COP21 Climate Conference in Paris, governments, citizens and scientists join forces to propose solutions for the future of our planet.
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10.15.2015
Emmanuel Garnier, a climate historian who specializes in extreme events and their effects on ancient societies, describes how we could draw from past experiences to adapt to the increasing risks...