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Migration: the effects of climate change

Katrin Millock, CNRS research director at Paris School of Economics, and lecturer at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

On January 22nd, 2025
4 min reading time

Climate change has direct and indirect effects on migration: destruction of property, reduced agricultural productivity, etc.

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Extreme rainfall: can we anticipate the risk of flooding?

Jan Polcher, Research Director at the Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory (CNRS) and lecturer at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

On January 22nd, 2025
3 min reading time

With global warming, periods of extreme rainfall are intensifying, but it remains difficult to predict future flood risks with any accuracy.

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EU-Mercosur agreement: sorting the true from false

Charlotte Emlinger , Economist at CEPII and Doctor in Economics at Montpellier SupAgro, Mathieu Parenti, Professor at Paris School of Economics and Researcher at INRAE

On January 8th, 2025
7 min reading time

The EU-Mercosur free trade agreement has been fuelling public debate for several weeks now: how can we sort out the real from the fake?

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Why did it rain so much in 2024?

Simon Mittelberger, Climatologist at Météo-France specialising in Water Resources, Bertrand Decharme, CNRS Research Director at Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM), Eric Sauquet, Research Director in Hydrology at INRAE

On January 8th, 2025
3 min reading time

In France, the spring of 2024 was the 4th wettest on record since 1959, raising questions about the link between rainfall and climate change caused by human activities.

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How scientists are studying the deep sea floor

Laurent Mortier, Professor at ENSTA (IP Paris)

On December 10th, 2024
5 min reading time

Against a backdrop of climate and biodiversity crises, ocean observation is of vital importance today.

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Blue and green water: why they affect us all

Pilar Acosta, Professor in Management of Innovation at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Juan Diego Avila Hurtado, Master's Student at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Hector Bonnel, Master's Student at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Alexander Bracklo, Master's Student at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

On November 29th, 2024
5 min reading time

Green water is the world's largest contributor of freshwater, and is necessary for terrestrial ecosystems.