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Published on January 26, 2022

Liquid water previously detected under Mars’ ice-covered south pole is probably just a dusty mirage, according to a new study of the red planet led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
Scientists in 2018 had thought they were looking at liquid water when they saw bright radar reflections under the polar cap. However, the new study published Jan. 24 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters found that the reflections matched those of volcanic plains found all over the red (…)

Published on December 03, 2021

The first ice core drilling campaign of Beyond Epica-Oldest Ice is starting at Little Dome C, in Antarctica. This international research project is funded by the European Commission with 11 million euros and it is coordinated by the Institute of Polar Sciences of the Cnr (National Research Council of Italy). The project aims to obtain information on the evolution of the temperatures and on the composition of the atmosphere 1.5 million years ago, by analysing the ice cores that will be extracted from the deep ice in Antarctica. These data will be invaluable for predicting future climate trends and for implementing mitigation strategies

Published on July 21, 2021

New research by scientists from the VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology (Belgium), the Radboud University (Netherlands), Institut de Biologie Structurale and The Institut des sciences de la Terre de Grenoble, ISTerre/OSUG (CNRS/IRD/Université Grenoble Alpes/Université Savoie Mont Blanc) (Grenoble) using cryo-electron microscopy now demonstrates that these protein crystal nuclei don’t have to work in isolation: the presence of nearby nuclei can help early-stage protein crystals find their ’shape’.

Published on June 29, 2021

Networks of researchers, an alliance of experts from various disciplines and a series of international collaborations have identified the cause of the geological disaster that occurred in India in February 2021. More than 200 people were killed or reported missing, following an avalanche of rock and ice. What preventative measures can be put in place to ensure that such a disaster does not happen again?
On Sunday 7 February, in India, a torrent of water, rocks and ice gushed down the (…)

Published on May 06, 2021

We can halve the contribution of land ice to sea level rise this century, if we increase the ambition of our emissions commitments sufficiently to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement

Published on March 29, 2021

OpenYourMine is a Master education project dedicated to mineral resources and sustainable mining activities in Europe. Led by Laurent Truche, professor of GeoResources at Université Grenoble Alpes and member of the Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTerre, UGA/CNRS/USMB/IRD/UGE).

Published on January 07, 2021

Since its launch in June 2017, 42 researchers have been selected to join the Make Our Planet Great Again program. Among them, Ignacio Palomo, CNRS researcher hosted at the Alpine Ecology Laboratory (LECA - UMR CNRS-UGA-USMB) and coordinator of the PORTAL project which aims to identify transformative solutions based on nature to face climate change in the Alps. One of the first publications related to the project and to the work of the The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) appeared this December at the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, and describes the need to tackle climate change and the conservation of biodiversity simultaneously under the framework of the post-2020 biodiversity targets.

Published on November 13, 2020

It is a story many parents are hoping for: Imagine there’s a very young kid that seems like a real low-performer, but then it turns out that secretly it has its very powerful moments — such that the odds are pre?y good it will become a real star, eventually. In fact, this is very much what an international team of astronomers found when they examined the very young protostar IRAM 04191+1522 (IRAM 04191, in short).

Published on May 04, 2020

Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti) is widely used to reduce mosquito nuisance in Europe and other parts of the world. An evaluation of existing peer-reviewed literature shows that the risk of resistance of mosquitoes to Bti is limited despite spores and toxins persistence in the environment.

Published on April 30, 2020

An international team of astronomers including researchers from the Grenoble Institute of Planetology and Astrophysics (IPAG / OSUG - CNRS, UGA), has captured fifteen images of the inner rims of planet-forming disks located hundreds of light years away. These disks of dust and gas, similar in shape to a music record, form around young stars. The images shed new light on how planetary systems are formed. The results were published on April 30 in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
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