Conference: "Ice under rocks: how is global warming impacting mountain permafrost?"

january 17, 2023 12:00 - january 17, 2023 12:30 pm

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This month, the USMB University Libraries are turning their attention to the issue of climate. From January 16 to 27, five mini-conferences by scientific experts are being organized at the Bourget-du-Lac BU, open to all, to learn, reflect, exchange and act for the climate!

At the same time, three exhibitions - all on the subject of climate change - can be visited at the BUs in Annecy and Le Bourget-du-Lac.

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Who better than scientific experts to take stock of the current state of the climate? In 30 minutes, our teacher-researchers share their knowledge with you! Come to your BU on the Bourget-du-Lac campus from 12:00 to 12:30 to discuss the second theme of the conference cycle:

"Ice under rocks: how is global warming impacting mountain permafrost?" Xavier Bodin, CNRS research fellow at the EDYTEM laboratory: "The melting of the "cement of the slopes" that is mountain permafrost is a matter of concern to the scientific world, and has concrete consequences in terms of natural hazards, particularly in the Alps. In this
In this context, is the acceleration and destabilization of rock glaciers observed since the 1990s cause for concern? With almost 1,500 rock glaciers in the French Alps, covering an area of over 80 km², the recent and future evolution of these typical permafrost geomorphological indicators is increasingly well understood... "

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Contact: question-bu@univ-smb.fr