News from IFGR and the rivers of the world

The world’s lowest-lying land surface, the Dead Sea is threatened with disappearance. The rise in temperatures and pumping in the River Jordan are the reasons for this phenomenon that scientists say could lead to the next ecological disaster.

The professional skier Mathieu Navillod and the photographer Dom Daher appealed to 10 high level athletes to shoot a film in order to change waste sorting behaviours. The result is a striking campaign: “A bottle in the sea” and an association that aims, via sport and images, to contribute towards solutions to ensure better respect for the environment.

This is one of the conclusions of a huge study carried out by scientists from the CNRS, CNES, IRD and the University of Toulouse III- Paul Sabatier which has for first time drawn up an exhaustive map of the world’s glaciers and their evolution. Ice is cracking and fragmenting everywhere more rapidly under the effects of climate change.

The Great Barrier Reef continues to shrink. To halt this two-decade decline, large-scale interventions are needed according to a recent study published by the Royal Society. Could one of the solutions come from a prototype designed to cool coral and thus protect it from bleaching caused by higher temperatures? It is based on an original […]

Monday 26th May sees the start of the free 5 week on-line course “(Re)imagining port cities: understanding space, society and culture” developed by the PortCityFutures team at the University of Delft (Netherlands). IGFR has been asked to contribute to this project, bringing its multi-disciplinary approach and the experiences of its experts. online le 26/05/2021 The […]

Monday 26th May sees the start of the free 5 week on-line course “(Re)imagining port cities: understanding space, society and culture” developed by the PortCityFutures team at the University of Delft (Netherlands). IFGR has been asked to contribute to this project, bringing its multi-disciplinary approach and the experiences of its experts.   The PortCityFutures team […]