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lichens

Life

Lichens, surprising pioneering organisms

17-08-2019

Remarkable pioneers, lichens have conquered the most extreme environments. They are able to grow on…

Juliette ASTA, Honorary Lecturer, Botany Laboratory of the Laboratoire de Botanique de l’Université then LECA, UGA (Université Grenoble Alpes).

climat - changement climatique - réchauffement climatique

Climate

Thinking about climate change (16th-21st centuries)

05-08-2019

The issue of climate change is now feeding into public debate. Every week, there is…

René FAVIER, Emeritus Professor of Modern History, Université Grenoble Alpes.
LARHRA (Laboratoire de recherches historiques Rhône-Alpes) - UMR CNRS 5190, speciality: History of territories (urban territories, mountain territories, risk territories)

Soil

La Clapière: is the largest French landslide still a major risk?

17-08-2019

The La Clapière landslide (Alpes-Maritimes) involves 50 million m³. Identified around 1980, the phenomenon showed…

Jean-Louis DURVILLE, Honorary Ponts et Chaussées engineer, former member of the Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées (now IFSTTAR) and then of the CETE of Lyon (now CEREMA).

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