English Portal - Sur le même thème https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Towards-a-better-understanding-of-the-impact-of-extreme-climate-events-on-wheat-yields.aspx CEA is a French government-funded technological research organisation. A prominent player in the European Research Area, it is involved in setting up collaborative projects with many partners around the world. en-US https://www.cea.fr/PublishingImages/cea.jpg English Portal - Sur le même thème https://www.cea.fr/english Extreme fire events: how Australia’s forests are rising from the ashes https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Extreme-fire-events-how-Australia’s-forests-are-rising-from-the-ashes.aspx Climate ; Environment Press release ; News Thu, 08 Sep 2022 10:00:00 GMT Climate change increased the likelihood of damaging frosts from the French April 2021 cold wave by about 60% https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Climate-change-increased-the-likelihood-of-damaging-frosts-from-the-French-April-2021-cold-wave-by-about-60.aspx Climate ; Environment Press release ; News ; Focus Fri, 18 Jun 2021 10:00:00 GMT Peatlands drained for agriculture: estimating carbon emissions over the last millennium https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Peatlands-drained-for-agriculture-estimating-carbon-emissions-over-the-last-millennium.aspx Environment ; Agronomy News ; Press release Tue, 15 Jun 2021 10:00:00 GMT Alpaga : the search for mountain snow microalgae https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/ALPALGA-the-search-for-mountain-snow-microalgae.aspx Environment ; Biodiversity ; Climate ; Impact of climate change News ; Press release ; Focus CEA;Mountain;Snow;UGA;CNRS;microalgue;inrae; Mon, 07 Jun 2021 10:00:00 GMT Green chemistry and biofuel: the mechanism of a key photoenzyme decrypted https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Green-chemistry-and-biofuel-the-mechanism-of-a-key-photoenzyme-decrypted-.aspx Green Chemistry ; Chemistry ; 3rd generation biofuel ; Microalgae ; Synchrotron ; Laser ; Molecular mechanisms ; Bioenergy Press release Fri, 09 Apr 2021 10:00:00 GMT Three CEA startups challenge tomorrow's societal transitions https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/ces-2021.aspx From January 11 to 14, 2021, the CEA will participate in the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) for the 7th consecutive year. For this 100% digital version, the CEA is supporting 3 startups spun off from its laboratories that have developed technological solutions in response to three major societal challenges: the energy transition, the digital transition and the medicine of the future. Environment ; New technologies ; Health & life sciences ; Energies Institutions ; Journalists ; Researchers ; Companies ; general public DES News ; Press release health;CES;digital;Energy;event;transition; Tue, 05 Jan 2021 10:41:16 GMT Nature-inspired solutions to sustainably increase crop yield https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Nature-inspired-solutions-to-sustainably-increase-crop-yield.aspx Environment ; Fundamental Research ; Metabolomics ; Large-scale biology ; Methodologies for life sciences ; Agronomy Press release Thu, 05 Nov 2020 11:00:00 GMT Launch of the English version of The Quantum Prisoner video game https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Launch-of-the-English-version-of-The-Quantum-Prisoner-video-game.aspx New technologies ; Matter & the Universe ; Institutional ; Energies ; Environment ; Health & life sciences ; Science & society ; Tools & research instruments News ; Press release Tue, 06 Oct 2020 10:00:00 GMT Polar ice caps: how high will the sea level rise? https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Polar-ice-caps-how-high-will-the-sea-level-rise.aspx Impact of climate change ; Climatic models Scientific result ; International Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:00:00 GMT Prime Minister, Minister for Research visit CEA-Paris-Saclay https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Prime-Minister,-Minister-for-Research-visit-CEA-Paris-Saclay.aspx Institutional ; Fundamental Research ; Climate ; Environment News ; Focus Thu, 10 Sep 2020 10:00:00 GMT New reference map of radionuclide concentrations in soils of Western Europe https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/new-reference-map-of-radionuclide-concentrations.aspx An international consortium of scientists, including the Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE - CEA/CNRS/UVSQ, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Université Paris-Saclay), used a new method to refine the map of caesium and plutonium radionuclide concentrations in soils in France and several neighbouring countries. Environment ; Radioactivity Journalists ; Researchers ; Companies LSCE News Tchernobyl;plutonium;nuclear;Map;césium; Thu, 16 Jul 2020 09:10:09 GMT Magnetococcus marinus, the swimming champion bacterium https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Magnetococcus-marinus,-the-swimming-champion-bacterium.aspx Environment ; Health & life sciences ; Biotechnology ; Dismantling Press release Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:00:00 GMT Separation chemistry: a step toward greener metal recycling processes https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Separation-chemistry-a-step-toward-greener-metal-recycling-processes.aspx Fundamental Research ; Environment ; Dismantling ; Chemistry ; Materials News ; Press release ; Focus Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:00:00 GMT Fukushima: lessons learnt from an extraordinary case of soil decontamination https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Fukushima-lessons-learnt-from-an-extraordinary-case-of-soil-decontamination.aspx Environment ; Radioactivity ; Nuclear energy Press release ; Focus Thu, 12 Dec 2019 11:00:00 GMT ICE: New Infrastructure for Climate and Environmental Sciences https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/ICE-New-Infrastructure-for-Climate-and-Environmental-Sciences.aspx Climate ; Fundamental Research Press release ; Focus ; Event Wed, 20 Nov 2019 11:00:00 GMT The Tara Oceans mission reveals variations in plankton biodiversity and activity from the equator to the poles https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/The-Tara-Oceans-mission-reveals--variations-in-plankton-biodiversity-and-activity-from-the-equator-to-the-poles.aspx Biodiversity ; Genomics ; Environment ; Climate Press release ; Newsletter Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:00:00 GMT How the decline of forest elephant populations is linked to reduced carbon stocks in the biomass https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/How-the-decline-of-forest-elephant-populations-is-linked-to-reduced-carbon-stocks-in-the-biomass.aspx Biodiversity ; Greenhouse effect ; Health & life sciences News ; Focus Wed, 31 Jul 2019 08:55:21 GMT The CEA and the KIT renew their agreement on scientific and technical cooperation https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/The-CEA-and-the-KIT-renew-their-agreement-on-scientific-and-technical-cooperation.aspx Institutional ; Tools & research instruments ; Energies ; Environment ; Climate ; Electronics ; Mathematics ; Technologies News ; Articles & files ; Event ; Visit Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:00:00 GMT The Arctic Ocean, cradle of viral biodiversity https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/The-Arctic-Ocean,-cradle-of-viral-biodiversity.aspx Fundamental Research ; Cellular mechanisms ; Impact of climate change ; Climate ; Oceanography Press release ; Scientific result ; Focus Mon, 29 Apr 2019 10:00:00 GMT Long-term data on atmospheric CO2 reveals an increase in carbon uptake by Northern Hemisphere vegetation https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Long-term-data-on-atmospheric-CO2-reveals-an-increase-in-carbon-uptake-by-Northern-Hemisphere-vegetation.aspx Environment Press release ; Focus Fri, 05 Apr 2019 10:00:00 GMT NTU Singapore and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission launch research centre to develop innovative e-waste recycling technologies https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/NTU-Singapore-and-the-French-Alternative-Energies-and-Atomic-Energy-Commission-launch-research-centre-to-develop-innovative.aspx Energies ; Environment ; Institutional ; Innovation for industry ; Dismantling Press release ; Focus Wed, 13 Mar 2019 11:00:00 GMT International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s General Conference set for 17- 21 September 2018 https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/International-Atomic-Energy-Agency-(IAEA)’s-General-Conference-set-for-17--21-September-2018.aspx Energies ; Nuclear energy ; Environment ; Institutional ; Defence & security ; Tools & research instruments ; Health & life sciences ; Science & society Focus Thu, 27 Sep 2018 10:00:00 GMT Researchers are exploring the causes of variations in atmospheric CO2 emissions https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/causes-variations-CO2--atmosphere.aspx Recent results obtained by climatologists working at the Laboratory of Environmental and Climate Science (LSCE: CEA/CNRS/UVSQ, Paris-Saclay) explain the relations between periods of drought and CO2 exchange between vegetation and the air. These different phenomena have a significant impact on increased levels of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere. Climate general public ; Higher education ; Researchers ; Journalists DRF Focus ; Press release Thu, 30 Aug 2018 10:00:00 GMT Current climate models may underestimate long-term climate change https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Current-climate-models-may-underestimate-long-term-climate-change.aspx Environment ; Earth sciences Press release ; Scientific result Thu, 28 Jun 2018 10:00:00 GMT Choosing the future of Antarctica https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Choosing-the-future-of-Antarctica.aspx Environment ; Climate ; Impact of climate change Press release ; News ; Scientific publications Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:00:00 GMT Towards a better understanding of the impact of extreme climate events on wheat yields https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Towards-a-better-understanding-of-the-impact-of-extreme-climate-events-on-wheat-yields.aspx Environment ; Agronomy ; Climate ; Impact of climate change ; Climatic models Press release ; Scientific result ; Scientific publications Wed, 02 May 2018 07:49:29 GMT Double trouble for a coral reef https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Double-trouble-for-a-coral-reef.aspx Upolu, one of the nine islands of Samoa, in the Pacific Ocean. Well-known among fans of diving, this isolated coral reef promised to be a site of rich biodiversity for the scientists on the Tara Pacific expedition. Although some signs of bleaching had been observed on their route, the reefs of Upolu proved to be in a far more degraded state Environment ; Biodiversity ; Climate ; Impact of climate change ; Oceanography Journalists ; Researchers ; general public GENOSCOPE Press release ; Scientific publications corail;Tara; Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:00:00 GMT Fukushima: a French soil decontamination process experimented in Japan https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Fukushima-a-French-soil-decontamination-process-experimented-in-Japan.aspx The CEA, Orano and Veolia tested out a radioactive soil decontamination process in Japan between 13 and 17 November 2017. Radioactivity ; Environment Companies ; Partners ; Suppliers ; general public ; Institutions ; Journalists ; Researchers ; Higher education DRF Press release ; Focus Wed, 11 Apr 2018 10:00:00 GMT VERIFYing greenhouse gas emissions monitoring https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/VERIFYing-greenhouse-gas-emissions-monitoring.aspx The European project VERIFY, coordinated by the CEA, aims to provide the European Commission with a system to monitor greenhouse gas emissions declarations submitted by each country under the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change. Environment ; Climate ; Recovery of CO2 ; Carbon cycle ; Greenhouse effect ; Impact of climate change ; Science & society ; Tools & research instruments Journalists ; Researchers ; general public ; Companies LSCE News ; Newsletter ; CEA Research News ; European & international partnerships Greenhouse;energy union and climate;H2020;Paris clilmate change agreement;IPCC;greenhouse gas emissions; Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:00:00 GMT A new tool to monitor the carbon budget of vegetation: first application to the African continent https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/A-new-tool-to-monitor-the-carbon-budget-of-vegetation-first-application-to-the-African-continent.aspx Earth sciences ; Climate ; Satellites Press release ; Scientific result Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:00:00 GMT An industrial chair for the monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Launch-of-the--Trace-industrial-chair-for-the-monitoring-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions.aspx The Trace industrial chair aims to develop better monitoring methodologies of greenhouse gas emissions (carbon dioxide and methane) by satellite and with the help of new sensors deployed close to methane-emitting sites. Climate ; Energies ; Environment Institutions ; Journalists ; Researchers ; Partners ; Suppliers DRF Valorisation Press release ; Focus Thu, 18 Jan 2018 11:00:00 GMT Root growth arrest mechanism revealed in plants https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/---Root-growth-arrest-mechanism-revealed-in-plants.aspx Agronomy ; Bioremediation ; Health & life sciences ; Cellular mechanisms ; Vegetal physiology Press release ; Scientific publications ; Scientific result Tue, 16 May 2017 10:00:00 GMT Reading the weather through atmospheric waves https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/reading-weather-atmospheric-waves.aspx The ARISE 2 project uses the infrasound technology, that was first designed and used for nuclear test monitoring, to provide crucial information to characterize the atmospheric waves of natural origin and predict their impact on meteorology. Environment ; Climate ; Earthquakes & tsunamis ; Monitoring nuclear tests ; Security and non-proliferation ; Earth sciences general public ; Journalists ; Researchers DASE News ; European & international partnerships ; Newsletter Monitoring nuclear tests;Earthquakes & tsunamis;détection;climate;secure societies;Environment;infrason;infrasound;Security and non-proliferation; Thu, 02 Feb 2017 11:00:00 GMT Atmospheric methane concentrations are rising faster since 2007 https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Atmospheric-methane-concentrations-are-rising-faster-since-2007.aspx Climate Press release Tue, 13 Dec 2016 11:00:00 GMT CO2 hits record highs in the Southern hemisphere https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/CO2-hits-record-highs-in-the-Southern-hemisphere.aspx Last month, the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) as measured at Amsterdam Island (southern Indian Ocean), for the first time exceeded the symbolic value of 400 ppm[1], or 0.04 %, for the first time. Environment ; Climate ; Greenhouse effect Journalists ; Researchers Saclay Press release Tue, 14 Jun 2016 10:00:00 GMT Tara PACIFIC 2016-2018 - Coral reefs biodiversity facing climate change https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Tara-PACIFIC-2016-2018---Coral-reefs-biodiversity-facing-climate-change.aspx The research schooner Tara will leave her home port of Lorient on May 28th 2016 for a new expedition in the Asian Pacific. This adventure is sponsored by the CNRS, PSL, CEA, CSM and many other public and private partners. Biodiversity ; Climate ; Environment Researchers ; general public Fontenay-aux-Roses Press release Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:00:00 GMT “Climate responsibility”: a new methodology applied to China https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/“Climate-responsibility”-a-new-methodology-applied-to-China.aspx A Franco-chinese team including the Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement ​(LSCE, CEA/CNRS/UVSQ) has demonstrated that China's "climate responsibility" is not as significant as initially estimated. Climate ; Greenhouse effect ; Environment Researchers ; general public Saclay Press release Thu, 17 Mar 2016 11:00:00 GMT Revealed: The planktonic social network of the biological carbon pump https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/Revealed-The-planktonic-social-network-of-the-biological-carbon-pump.aspx The network of planktonic organisms of this carbon sink has been described as a social network by an interdisciplinary team comprising oceanographers, biologists and computer experts mainly from the CNRS, UPMC, University of Nantes, VIB, EMBL and CEA. Genomics ; Environment Researchers IG Press release ; Scientific result Tue, 01 Mar 2016 11:00:00 GMT Quantifying the impact of volcanic eruptions on climate https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/quantifying-the-impact-of-volcanic-eruptions-on-climate.aspx ​Large volcanic eruptions inject considerable amounts of sulphur in the stratosphere which, once converted into aerosols, block sun rays and tend to cool the surface of the Earth down for several years. Environment ; Climate Journalists ; Researchers Saclay Press release Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:00:00 GMT Linking photosynthesis to respiration https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/link-photosynthesis-respiration.aspx Researchers has revealed new aspects of the cellular mechanisms underlying the amazing photosynthesizing capabilities of the tiny single-cell marine organisms known as diatoms. Health & life sciences ; Photosynthesis ; Environment Journalists ; Researchers Saclay Press release ; Scientific result Thu, 16 Jul 2015 10:00:00 GMT Announced decline in uncertainty related to the impact of human activity on the climate https://www.cea.fr/english/Pages/News/announced-decline-in-uncertainty-related-to-the-impact-of-human-activity-on-the-climate.aspx ​An international study, in which French climatologists have been involved, shows that the influence of CO2 emissions on climate change due to human activity will increase but, by 2030, uncertainty regarding climate sensitivity to such anthropogenic change will be halved. Climate ; Environment Journalists ; Researchers Saclay Press release Mon, 02 Feb 2015 11:00:00 GMT