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Small or large, equipped with rotors or fixed wings, drones are gradually becoming part of daily life for CNRS scientists. They offer invaluable help, making it possible to see what was heretofore difficult to access, and unlike satellites doing so at low...
Slideshow
11.13.2024
Forests cover a third of the world's land surface. Although they provide us with invaluable services, they are now under so much pressure that we are faced with our own contradictions between their sometimes conflicting roles as sanctuaries for...
Article
07.30.2024
Each year, some 40 billion tonnes of CO₂, one of the main greenhouse gases, are released into the atmosphere. A significant proportion of these is captured by the oceans, vegetation and the soil. The CNRS scientists are trying to better understand these...
Video
06.28.2024
Off the coast of the Sicilian town of Catania, an oceanographic mission studied the activity of North ALFEO, a submarine fault discovered only a decade ago. In partnership with the French daily LeMonde.fr, this report takes you on board the Atalante to...
Video
05.30.2024
Article
03.22.2023
In 2018, the island of Mayotte, a French territory in the Indian Ocean, was rocked by one of the largest underwater volcanic eruptions ever recorded. The scientific activity triggered by the event...
Video
03.22.2023
In the US State of Arizona, it is not unusual to see rivers that have dried up. Some only flow in specific sections or at certain times of the year. They are known as intermittent rivers. At the...
03.19.2023
On the occasion of the forthcoming publication of the Synthesis Report of the Sixth IPCC Assessment Report, the science historian Hélène Guillemot explains how knowledge on climate change has...