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The phytoplankton that populate oceans are known to play a key role in marine ecosystems and climate regulation.

Sophie CHIARI et Anne-Marie MILLER-BLAISE (dir. Collection.

Before going to school to learn how to read and write their language, children first manage to understand and then speak it.

Following the CNRS's first carbon footprint assessment for 2019, the organisation has now published its second carbon audit for 2022.

'Carbon Farming in the European Forestry Sector', a report from the European Forest Institute (EFI) with participating authors from both INRAE and AgroParisTech, shows us how carbon farming practices

To facilitate the implementation of its environmental transition plan and provide ongoing support for this, the CNRS recently appointed a scientific officer for sustainable development and risks.

Publication of the Chemistry Laboratory in the Journal of Organic Chemistry on March 14, 2024. Communication by CNRS Chemistry on September 3, 2024.

Forests cover a third of the world's land surface. Although they provide us with invaluable services, they are now under so much pressure that we are faced with our own contradictions between their sometimes conflicting roles as sanctuaries for biodiversity, or (over)logged sources of materials.

For the past 20 years, this specialist in developmental and evolutionary biology has been passionately dedicated to studying a small fish that lives in the waters of Central America.

The CNRS has officially been a registered operator of drones for the last eight years. This title is the result of a decade of work by the CNRS Drones Unit on structuring and professionalising pilots.

Conserving genetic diversity is an essential part of maintaining the health and resilience of species and ecosystems.

Alessandro Morbidelli is a specialist in the evolution and formation of planetary systems, and holds the planetary formation Chair at the Collège de France.

The "Sanctuary on the Moon" project, launched nearly ten years ago, aims to send a collection of discs containing a vast body of knowledge and material evidence of human civilisation to the Moon.

Oceans, which cover 70% of the planet, are in peril. Global research is mobilising to study and rescue it, and the CNRS is on the front lines, with over 1,000 scientists and 50 laboratories involved.

The European Commission is adamant: carbon capture and storage (CCS) will play a key role in the fight against climate change.

The involvement of scientists in public debate has become a central issue.

In December 2023, the President of the French Republic announced the launch of seven programme agencies.

The first tangible effects of the CNRS's low-carbon transition plan can be seen a little over a year after the plan's launch.

Climate change and risks Agriculture is one of the sectors to be directly hit by the increased frequency of droughts.

PRESSE RELEASE - The EU project LIFE PASTORALP has come to an end after nearly six years.

The climate is getting warmer, and snow supply risk to snow tourism is growing. Can snowmaking be a solution?

The Japanese beetle is an insect pest that attacks a wide variety of plants. Slowly but steadily, it is spreading across the world.

Sorbonne University Alliance Multidisciplinary research Mathilde, Thomas, Hugo and Manon are Master's students at Sorbonne University.