Projection of the movie “La Traversée” at Festival GO Future 2023 with debate in presence of Gilles Denis and Nathan Goffart, explorers of Nanok Expedition in Greenland. During the part in kayak of their ice triathlon, the explorers collected water samples close to the ice sheet to study the influence of dust exposed by ice Read more about March 2023 – Nanok Expedition at Festival GoFuture[…]
Participation of Sophie Opfergelt to a cine-debate on permafrost at the Festival GO Future2023 based on the movie “Pleistocene Park” (Cinescope Louvain-la-Neuve). Table-ronde on permafrost with Sophie Opfergelt, Francesco Contino and Yannick Agnan animated by Geraldine Rutsaert.
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).
Eléonore du Bois d’Aische, prized IASC early career researcher grant for oral communication at the IASC, Vienna, February 2023 on “Combining geochemical and geophysical parameters to characterize permafrost degradation at Abisko, Sweden: implications for iron-organic carbon interactions”.
Catherine Hirst and the WeThaw team just published in Communications Earth & Environment (Nature group Journal) their findings about the evidence for winter biogeochemical connectivity in permafrost soils. How did the team made this finding? Check “Behind the paper“.
The goal of LIFTHAW is to provide a comprehensive assessment of the nutrient mobility response in permafrost regions subject to thawing. The project is funded by BELSPO (2023-2025).
In December 2022, Bachelor thesis defense of Justine Mommer who did 4 months internship at UCLouvain on permafrost as part of her Bachelor program at Maastricht University. She is sharing her experience in a video produced for her Bachelor.
Participation of Maëlle Villani and Sophie Opfergelt (UCLouvain) and Catherine Hirst (University of Durham) at the conference “AGU Fall Meeting 2022” in Chicago, USA. Oral presentations by Maëlle Villani and Sophie Opfergelt, and 3 posters presented.
Participation of Maxime Thomas, Eléonore du Bois d’Aische, Maëlle Villani and Sophie Opfergelt at the conference “Climat et Impacts 2022” in Paris-Saclay, France. Oral presentation for Maxime Thomas and Eléonore du Bois d’Aische. Best poster award for Maëlle Villani.
Participation of Maxime Thomas, Eléonore du Bois d’Aische and Thomas Moenaert on November 4th at the “Belgian contributions to Earth Sciences in a Changing World” study day in Brussels