Earth

31/05/23

A CO₂ sink in the South Pacific ocean desert

A newly identified process of natural iron fertilization in the ocean fuels regional CO₂ sinks. This was demonstrated by a study published on May 25 in Science and co-authored by 25 researchers working on the Tonga project. This project was led by two researchers from the IRD and CNRS, with over 90...

23/05/23

The scientific and agricultural communities are looking at sorghum as a way to address drought

The second Global Sorghum Conference, Sorghum in the 21st Century, will be held from 5 to 9 June 2023 in Montpellier (CORUM). More than 400 participants from the agricultural and scientific worlds are expected to attend. This event is organised by CIRAD, in partnership with the Kansas State...

15/05/23

Socio-economic development on the West African coast is a key factor for increasing flood risks

Anthropogenic factors on the West African coast are contributing more than global climate change to the rapid increase in vulnerability and flood risks in the region. This was demonstrated by an interdisciplinary IRD team, in collaboration with West African experts and the CNES, in a pilot...

18/04/23

Live press event invitation | Science for the new vision of the Great Green Wall

In the context of the launch of the international research network RESET GGW which will take place from 25 to 27 April in Djibouti, IRD is organizing an hybrid live press event on Tuesday 25 April at 9:30 am (10:30 am, Djibouti time).

06/04/23

Launch of the International Research Network RESET_GGW

The launch of the International Research Network (IRN) RESET_GGW will take place on April 25 and 26 in Djibouti. Co-led by the IRD, this interdisciplinary network of French and foreign laboratories aims to provide a framework for the mobilization of sustainable management of land and territories in...

07/02/23 - 24/02/23

Post-Doc opportunity - TRACK CHANGES project : Coastal marine ecosystem transformation facing environmental changes

♦ IRD Centre of Noumea (New caledonia), ENTROPIE lab ♦ Post-doctoral fellowship funded by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation (Resilient Reefs Initiative) ♦ 18-month full time research contract, extendable depending on funding availability ♦ Fellowship start : 3 april 2023

06/12/22 - 07/12/22

Environmental risks, subject of the science festival and of a new International Joint Laboratory

There are many environmental hazards in Indonesia: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, landslides, sea level rise, etc. These events occur frequently, impacting the development of many communities in the country.

02/12/22

Meeting between Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Dr. Xavier Mari at the Black Carbon exhibition presented at the United Nations offices in Bangkok

Thanks to the support of the French Embassy in Thailand, IRD was able to exhibit the panels "Black Carbon: the dark side of human activity" in the ESCAP premises during the seventh session of the Committee on Environment and Development from November 29 to December 1, 2022.

29/11/22

The Mekong Delta Emergency: Climate and Environmental Adaptation Strategies to 2050

With 19% of the national population living in the region, and a high contribution to national agricultural production, with 50% of rice production, 65% of aquaculture production and 70% of fruit production, the Mekong Delta is well positioned for trade with ASEAN countries and the Mekong sub-region.

29/11/22

GEMMES Vietnam final Report: Natianal Climate Change - Impacts and Adaptation

Within the framework of the study on the socio-economic impacts of climate change in Viet Nam and strategies for adaptation (GEMMES Viet Nam), French and Vietnamese researchers have produced this Report which defines different socio-economic scenarios for Viet Nam by 2050 in the context of climate...

03/11/22

IRD Press Conference "Tackling climate change and biodiversity loss: Solutions are also in the Global South"

After an unprecedented hot summer in Europe, and as a prelude to COP27 Climate and COP15 Biodiversity, IRD scientists and their partners from Burkina Faso and Senegal are coming together for a hybrid press conference organized by IRD on 3 November 2022. They will present science-based solutions that...

01/11/22 - 30/11/22

Ph.D. position "Coral community dynamics in isolated reefs of New Caledonia in the context of ocean warming"

♦ ENTROPIE laboratory, based in Noumea, New Caledonia ♦ Ph.D. position for 3 years ♦ Start of the contract on February 1, 2023

21/10/22

Press conference | Coping with climate change and biodiversity erosion: Solutions are also in the Global South

IRD is organizing, on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 10:00 am (GMT+1), the hybrid press conference "Coping with climate change and biodiversity erosion: Solutions are also in the Global South" and invites you to follow it in our social media platforms : Facebook and Youtube.

21/10/22

Invitation press conference | Coping with climate change and biodiversity erosion: Solutions are also in the Global South

IRD is organizing, on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 10:00 am (GMT+1), the hybrid press conference "Coping with climate change and biodiversity erosion: Solutions are also in the Global South" and invites you to participate in person or online.

17/10/22 - 28/10/22

CROCO Summer School : training on the Coastal and Regional Ocean Community model

The GdRI-South CROCO-South, which is part of the IRN project CROCO, organised from October 17 to 28 its first Summer School in Cape Town, South Africa, one of its partner countries.

10/10/22 - 15/10/22

IRD at the 12th WIOMSA Scientific Symposium

The 12 Scientific Symposium of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) took place from October 10 to 15, 2022 in Gqeberha, South Africa. Several IRD scientists and many of the Institute's partners came to participate, attend, or speak at the seminar.

14/09/22

First meeting of the Working Group on Sustaining soil and Water in Cultivated Soils

The first indoor meeting of the WG-SSAWCS will be held at IRD-Bondy (Paris-France) and will be combined with site visits to the University of Gembloux (Belgium) and Wageningen (WEPAL & ISRIC) to address issues related to water storage in soils and to assess the current state of soil compaction in...

27/06/22

Meeting between oceanographers from IRD and Thai universities

On Thursday 23 and Friday 24 June, IRD oceanographers working for the LOTUS International Joint Laboratory and the SOOT-SEA International Research Network South met and exchanged with their counterparts from the Department of Oceanography at Chulalongkorn University and the RU-CORE at Ramkhamhaeng...