Zone-art: the first art-science collaboration in the Zones Ateliers network
“The academic article is not the only format for writing theory. You can theorise with a camera, a paintbrush, a score, etc. (…) a theory cannot be reduced to a […]
Scientific result
Atmospheric mercury: a decade of observations on Amsterdam Island
The recent publication of a data paper by a research team including scientists from CNRS Terre & Univers highlights a unique series of measurements of atmospheric mercury on Amsterdam Island, […]
Mineralogical study reveals secrets of oceanic transform faults
A Franco-Italian team, including the Toulouse Geosciences Environment Laboratory (GET, CNES/CNRS/IRD/UT3), has studied the geological and mineralogical processes that occur at the boundaries of tectonic plates. Their results, which shed […]
When the African-South American separation modified continental erosion
Land masses outside mountain ranges account for more than 60% of the world’s landmass. Despite their low relief and erosion, they make a significant contribution to the flow of sediments […]
What ontological plurality does to scientists scientific result?
Discover the new article in which Laure Laffont participated in L’université face au désastre écologique, Ecologie & Politique, N°67. This article illustrates the various ways in which researchers have appropriated […]
Volcanic eruption: a new chronometer based on the diffusion of titanium in quartz
The process by which volcanic eruptions are triggered is still unpredictable. In order to assess the residence time of the magma in the chamber until the eruption, the international team, […]
The nature and evolution of West Africa’s surface deciphered by laterites
An unprecedented cartographic synthesis on the scale of North-West Africa reveals the diversity and history of the laterites that form the film of ‘red earth’ covering tropical landscapes. The surface […]
Within a reef – When a cave shows the internal structure of an old reef
Since 2021, as part of a Franco-German cooperation between the University of Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier and the Ruhr-Universität of Bochum, doctoral students from the Geosciences Environment laboratories of […]
An AI to locate traces of life on rocks on Earth and on Mars
Improved knowledge about the conditions under which life arose about 3.8 billion years ago and the recognition of the remarkable resilience of extremophilic microorganisms have sparked new interest in the […]