RT5 - Hydro-biogeochemistry of the Critical Zone

Sargassum and fiddler crabs boost carbon storage in mangroves

Against all expectations, sargassum promotes carbon storage in mangrove soils. The Caribbean coasts and mangroves are regularly buried under tons of stranded sargassum. Although the harmful effects of the gases […]

11.02.2025

Phosphogypsum foam: a vector of industrial pollution affecting Mediterranean biodiversity and the health of coastal populations in Gabès (SE Tunisia)

This study focuses on phosphogypsum foam from marine discharges from phosphate fertilizer plants in Gabes (SE Tunisia). Its formation process includes three main steps: (i) formation by dissolution of phosphogypsum […]

13.12.2024

Looking back the SOLPYR event with the GET laboratory

The first Pyrenees Soil Forum was held on 12, 13 and 14 November in Ax-les-Thermes, Ariège. This event, organised by the university as part of the SOLPYR project (soils of […]

29.11.2024

Inauguration of the SMART station in Ban Laksip

The Sustainable Mountain Agroecosystems Research and Training (SMART) station was inaugurated on Tuesday November 19, in the presence of the Vice-Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Chanthakhone BOUALAPHANE, Her Excellency […]

22.11.2024

The essential sanitation of tropical mountain villages

Tropical mountain villages without sanitation pollute the hydrosystems very heavily. The work of scientists from the Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET/OMP) laboratory and their partners in France and Laos, carried out in South-East Asia, […]

04.06.2024

Research teams

IR OZCAR: links between hydrological diversity and critical zone heterogeneity

The critical zone is the most superficial part of our planet where water, rocks, air and life come together to shape our environment. In order to better understand how regional […]

06.03.2024

The HyBAm observation service is deploying innovative measurement protocols and instruments in Bolivia

The HyBAm observatory, supported by IRD, CNRS, UPS and 17 partner institutions in South America and Africa, aims to understand the impact of global changes on large tropical basins, in […]

26.04.2023

RT5 – Hydro-biogeochemistry of the Critical Zone

We combine in-situ measurements, laboratory analytical techniques, spatial observations, opportunistic measurements, innovative sensors, multi-scale modeling, high-performance computing; from soil plots to small watersheds, to continental watersheds.

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