August 2021 – Last Report from the IPCC on the cryosphere

The WeThaw team is monitoring the shoulder period in Abisko, and the mission has been covered in the media: RTBF web article 10/11/21 & La première and Vivacité – Radio JT du 10/11/21 Journal télévisé RTL – 13H et 19H on 11/11/21, and RTL info – Web article du 11/11/21 DH net– Web du 11/11/21,…

Participation with oral presentations by Eléonore du Bois d’Aische and Sophie Opfergelt at the conference Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW). Participation of Sophie Opfergelt as belgian representative in the Annual meeting of the Terrestrial Working Group of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC).

At the Geologica Belgica Conference in Liège, on September 11th, success of the Polar Frontiers Scientific session hosted by François Fripiat (ULB) and Sophie Opfergelt (UCLouvain)

Four members of the WeThaw team are going to Alaska for three weeks at the end of August 2019 to sample permafrost at maximum thaw depth of the active layer. Press release about the mission of the WeThaw project in Alaska : Television (RTL 13h, RTL 19h, RTBF 13h, TVcom), Radio (RTBF, Vivacité Journal, Vivacité…

Two weeks winter field mission from February 21st until March 10th to Eight Mile Lake in Alaska (Press article in La Libre; DHnet) for Philippe Roux, Maëlle Villani, Maud Henrion and Sophie Opfergelt in collaboration with Gilles Denis from IMAQA. The Adventure into the Extreme conditions!