Our press releases
In this section, you will find our scientific news from recent publications by our researchers. These press releases, from CNRS, IRD and AMU, allow you to better understand the outstanding results of our community.
2022
November
- Peatlands as climate tipping points according to Garcin et al. Hydroclimatic vulnerability of peat carbon in the central Congo Basin. Nature (2022).
October
- The impact of the anthropocene on tropical cyclones since the Little Ice Age according to Marriner N, Kaniewski D, Garnier E, Poukerman M, Giaime M, Vacchi M, Morhange, C. Has the Anthropocene affected the frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones? Evidence from Mascarene Islands historical records (Southwestern Indian Ocean), Global and Planetary Change (2022).
September
- The intensification of westerly winds responsible for increased melting in Antarctica according to Verfaillie, D.Pelletier, C., Goosse, H. et al. The circum-Antarctic ice-shelves respond to a more positive Southern Annular Mode with regionally varied melting. Common Earth Environ 3, 139 (2022).
May
- Mediterranean cities on the front line of global warming according to Joël GuiotMediterranean Experts on Climate and environmental Change (MedECC)
April
- Reconciling the history of monsoon winds and rains in the Miocene according to Nat. Geosci. 15, 314-319 (2022). Sarr, A-C., Donnadieu, Y., Bolton, C.Ladant, J-B., Licht, A.Fluteau, F., Laugié, M., Tardif, D., Dupont-Nivet, G. Neogene South Asian Monsoon Rainfall and Wind Histories diverged due to topographic effects. Nat. Geosci. 15, 314-319 (2022).
- Stability of Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves tested by atmospheric rivers according to Wille, J.D., Favier, V., Jourdain, N.C., Jomelli, V., et al. Intense atmospheric rivers can weaken ice shelf stability at the Antarctic Peninsula. Common Earth Environ 3, 90 (2022).
March
- The ocean at the heart of the evolution of mountain glaciers over the past 11,000 years according to Jomelli, V.Swingedouw, D., Vuille, M. et al. In-phase millennial-scale glacier changes in the tropics and North Atlantic regions during the Holocene. Common Nat 13, 1419 (2022).
February
- Balkanatolia: the forgotten continent that sheds light on the evolution of mammals according to Alexis Licht, Grégoire Métais, Pauline Coster, Deniz İbilioğlu, Faruk Ocakoğlu, Jan Westerweel, Megan Mueller, Clay Campbell, Spencer Mattingly, Melissa C. Wood, & K. Christopher Beard. Balkanatolia: the insular mammalian biogeographic province that partly paved the way to the Great Divide, Earth Science Reviews, 2022.
- From Corsica to Turkey: the diverse provenance of ancient column shafts according to P. Rochette, J.P. Ambrosi, T. Amraoui, V. Andrieu, A. Badie, Ph. Borgard, J. Gattacceca, A. Hartmann-Virnich, M. Panneau, J. Planchon, Systematic sourcing of granite shafts from Gallia Narbonensis and comparison with other western Mediterranean areas, Journal of Archaeological Science: ReportsVolume 42, 2022
