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India: origin of the flood that devasted Chamoli

Published on June 30, 2021

Networks of researchers, an alliance of experts from various disciplines and a series of international collaborations have identified the cause of the geological disaster that occurred in India in February 2021. More than 200 people were killed or reported missing, following an avalanche of rock and ice. What preventative measures can be put in place to ensure that such a disaster does not happen again?
On Sunday 7 February, in India, a torrent of water, rocks and ice gushed down the (...)

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CNRS Talents: 2 winners of the bronze and silver medals

Published on March 17, 2021

This year again, the CNRS rewards researchers whose work has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement and influence of research.
In this 2021 edition, two ISTerre researchers were awarded a medal by the CNRS:
Jérôme WEISS CNRS silver medal winner CNRS Research Director at ISTerre Research team : Fault Mechanics Jérôme Weiss has received the CNRS silver medal which rewards the originality, quality and importance of his work recognized nationally and internationally. Jerome (...)

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Explosions in Beirut: how did you react?

Published on August 31, 2020

Following the explosions of August 4, 2020 in Beirut (Lebanon), researchers from the PACTE, LIG and ISTERRE laboratories of CDP RISK and Lebanese researchers gathered within the Lebanese French-Lebanese Environmental Observatory O-Life, have worked together to launch an online survey among the people who felt the explosions in the port of the Lebanese capital. This study aims at better understanding the behaviors, movements and mobility of people during disasters. Responses are anonymous (...)

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Discovery of the first animal fossil in a gem opal

Published on July 01, 2020
Press release published by UGA & CNRS

An international team led by scientists from the Isterre laboratory / OSUG (UGA-CNRS-USMB-IRD-Université Gustave Eiffel) studied the first animal fossil contained in a gem opal from Indonesia. Published in Scientific Report on June 29, 2020, this publication reveals that these opals may contain very well preserved fossils, a larva of the cicada family in this first case. This discovery provides a new avenue to explore the evolution of life on Earth or the possible emergence of life on Mars, (...)

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Oceanic mercury concentrations on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar decreased between 1989 and 2012

Published on January 08, 2020

This is the result obtained thanks to the collaboration of the Geochemistry team of ISTerre, Ifremer (French Institute for the Sustainable Exploitation of the Sea) and CNR (Italian National Research Council). These results suggest that regulations to reduce anthropogenic Hg emissions have had a positive effect on Hg contamination in parts of the marine environment.
Mercury is a toxic metal that threatens the health of aquatic ecosystems and fish consumers. Its natural cycle has been (...)

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Michel Campillo elected member of the French Académie des Sciences

Published on December 21, 2019
Translated from article Univ. Grenoble Alpes

Following elections opened in 2019, the French Académie des Sciences has just elected 18 new members. Among them, for the section of sciences of the universe, Michel Campillo, professor at the University Grenoble Alpes and seismologist at the Institute of Earth Sciences.

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