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The dramatic retreat of the Andean glaciers over the last 30 years
07 February 2013
The glaciers in the tropical Andes shrunk between 30 and 50% in 30 years, which represents the highest rate observed over the last three centuries. IRD researchers and their partners(1) recently published a summary which chronicles the history of these glaciers since their maximum extension, ...
The Agulhas Current is said to attenuate the effect of melting ice
09 July 2012
Some good news in the world of climate research: the “Agulhas Current” off the coast of South Africa, is said to stimulate North-South ocean circulation in the Atlantic. This “conveyor belt” which redistributes and controls heat around the globe, is threatening to slow down due to melting ice. ...
Declaration of Niamey
28 October 2011
About hundred participants, scientists and policymakers coming from African countries, Brazil, Argentina and France, and international organizations, met in Niamey, Niger, on October 24 and 25, 2011, in a conference entitled The Fight Against Desertification in Africa, also known as ICID+19 ...
10 000 years of Andean glacier melt explained
22 August 2011
IRD researchers and their partners (1) have succeeded in explaining 10 000 years of glacial melt in the Andes through work recently published in Nature. They showed that the Telata glacier in Bolivia retreated 3 km during the Holocene epoch covering that time and continuing in the Present. This ...
Rainfall forecasting could reduce food insecurity
28 April 2011
The future of Sub-Saharan Africa, where starvation rates, reaching nearly 30%, are the highest in the World, depends on the ability of the agricultural sector to guarantee food security for a steeply rising population. The only way to meet this challenge is to increase crop yields. Indeed, ...
ESCAPE : Environmental and Social Changes in Africa past, present and future
16 March 2011
A third of the African population faces widespread hunger and chronic malnutrition. The most affected are rural households whose livelihood is heavily dependent on traditional rain-fed agriculture. The high population growth rate has increased the numbers of malnourished and poor people more ...
Réunion Island coral reefs in poor health
10 September 2010
The once splendid colours are dulled, algae growing everywhere and the biodiversity is impoverished Who would believe that this forlorn picture depicts Réunion Island’s coral reef, known for its beauty and rich living communities? Since the 1980s, these corals have lost much of their splendour, ...
Conference ICID 2010, Fortaleza, Brazil
12 August 2010
The 2nd International Conference: Climate, Sustainability and Development in Semi-arid Regions (ICID 2010) will be held in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil in August 2010, as a contribution to the Rio +20 – The United Nations Conference on Development and the Environment, which will take place in 2012. ...
Patagonian glaciers in danger
31 May 2010
Remote lands at the far Southern reaches of the Latin American continent, Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, the archipelago at the extreme Southern end*, support the world’s most majestic monuments of ice. The Patagonian glaciers, including the famous Pio XI, the largest in Latin America with its ...
When sea-level rises, corals remember
28 April 2010
It is essential to trace back and explain long-term climate variations in order to understand current global warming and predict its impact for the coming centuries. This is especially true for the countries of the South. Fossil corals are excellent indicators of rises in sea level, a direct ...
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