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Published on October 14, 2024

A new study, supported by the Make Our Planet Great Again program as part of the HOTCLIM project, and conducted by an international scientific team led by the Institute of Environmental Geosciences in Grenoble (IGE – CNRS/INRAE/IRD/UGA - Grenoble INP-UGA) in collaboration with the Laboratory of Climate and Environmental Sciences, LSCE (CEA/CNRS/UVSQ), the University of New South Wales, and the University of Bern, has revealed new rapid variations within global fluctuations of atmospheric (…)

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Published on September 06, 2024

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the award of 494 Starting Grants to young scientists and scholars across Europe. The funding - totalling nearly €780 million - supports cutting-edge research in a wide range of fields, from life sciences and physics to social sciences and humanities. It will help researchers at the beginning of their careers to launch their own projects, form their teams and pursue their most promising ideas.
Supporting curiosity and passion
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Published on September 05, 2024

ERCA is a course for early career scientists to advance the frontiers of atmospheric science and address pressing environmental challenges.
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It is an advanced international multidisciplinary course designed for early-career scientists. Rooted in atmospheric sciences, it also extends to the social aspects of global change. ERCA is open to modellers, field scientists, and lab scientists, providing an excellent opportunity for participants to broaden their scientific (…)

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Published on June 27, 2024

Snow and ice avalanches are events that contribute to the accumulation of snow on the surface of mountain glaciers. They are therefore important elements to consider when modeling the evolution of glacier mass balance, which is a metric for glacier health. On the other hand, data on avalanches in remote glaciated massifs of the Alps and Himalayas are almost non-existent or highly biased spatially or temporally, which limits our understanding of these phenomena and their link with glacier (…)

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Published on May 30, 2024

Rediscovered historical aerial photographs of East Antarctica offer the earliest insight into ice evolution in Antarctica, revealing that glaciers along nearly 2000 km of coastline have remained stable or have slightly grown over the last 85 years.
The results have just been published in the journal Nature Communications and are the result of a collaboration between researchers from the University of Copenhagen, The Norwegian Polar Institute, The Arctic University of Norway, and the (…)

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Published on May 27, 2024

The European Research Course on Atmospheres (ERCA) is announcing three IGE scientists as its new co-directors for the research course, which attract leading scientists and PhD students to Grenoble each year, starting in 2025.
The European Research Course on Atmospheres (ERCA) is announcing three IGE scientists as its new co-directors for the research course, which attract leading scientists and PhD students to Grenoble each year, starting in 2025.
The new co-direction team includes : Dr. (…)

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Published on April 25, 2024

Expedition Sea Level is a digital interactive activity designed as a game for middle school students (11 to 15 years old) to learn about the links between sea-level rise, glacier and ice sheet melting, and human activities. This game is the result of Clémence Foucher’s diploma project conducted within the framework of the European research project PROTECT.
It includes various concepts to understand : Why sea level changes How ice sheets and glaciers evolve and are studied The idea that the (…)

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Published on April 23, 2024

Did you know that ancient ice can reveal to us how the climate has evolved in the past ? And also help us predict the future climate ?
Discover the video series "DEEPICE stories - Insights into ice & climate" created in collaboration with the 15 doctoral students of the European research project DEEPICE.
What is an ice core ? Why and how do we drill ice cores in Antarctica ? How do we study them ? What can they reveal to us about past climate ? How is it useful for the future ? (…)

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Published on April 12, 2024
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Global warming results in the dissapearance of meteorites, and as such reduces our access to extraterrestrial material... A team of researchers, involved researcher from Institut des géosciences de l’environnement (IGE-OSUG, CNRS/UGA/IRD/INRAE/Grenoble INP - UGA) and co-led by ULB and its Laboratoire de glaciologie (GLACIOL), publishes a study in Nature Climate Change on this unexpected impact of climate change, which is hampering our knowledge of the solar system.
Antarctica harbors (…)

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Published on March 27, 2024

The Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest and river system, is crucial for global climate stability and maintaining biodiversity. The region is home to 47 million people, including over two million Indigenous people. However, it faces unprecedented challenges like deforestation, degradation, and criminal activity, risking reaching a tipping point.
This course, available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, offers insights into the Amazon’s ecosystems, covering current trends, threats, and (…)

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