Investigating nitrogen and phosphorus chemistry in hydrothermal vents and its implications for early life Eva Stueeken, University of St. Andrews, UK Wednesday 29 may 2024, 11 PM   Hydrothermal vents have long…

Emmanuelle Pucéat and Alexandre Pohl (SEDS team) propose a PhD thesis in biogeochemical cycles and marine biodiversity modeling over the last 540 million years. The doctoral student will use the Earth system…

Unraveling the nanoscale organisation of marine calcifiers using advanced microscopy and spectroscopy Roland Kröger, professeur à l’université d’York Mercredi 22 mai à 13 heures en salle 303   Key to comprehending how…

Local ecological knowledge contributes to the knowledge of tree-frugivore interaction networks in Afrotropical forests Interaction networks between trees producing fleshy fruits and frugivorous species contributing to seed dispersal are still poorly known,…

Earth System dynamics at the dawn of the animal-rich biosphere Thomas W. Wong Hearing, University of Leicester, UK (& Thomas H. P. Harvey, Alexandre Pohl, Alex G. Liu, Mark Williams) Tuesday 19…

Two-year post-doc position in Earth system modeling in Dijon, France A 2-year postdoctoral position in Earth system modeling is available to work at the Biogeosciences research laboratory in Dijon, France. The post-doctoral…

How elephants contribute to carbon storage in rainforests The impacts of megaherbivores, i.e. species reaching a weight of more than 1000 kg, on the structure and functioning of forest ecosystems are still very…

Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool for biodiversity monitoring Julie Guenat, PhD student at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland Friday 9 december 2022 at 11.00 AM, amphi Billet   Abstract The current…

Conserving avian diversity in Sub-Saharan human-dominated landscapes Gabriel Marcacci (Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach) Friday November 18th 2022, 11.00 am, Billet amphitheater   European populations of long-distance migratory birds are declining at a…

A world genomic study shows why invasive species are so successful Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) is an annual weed species that is native to North America with a 200-year history of global introduction,…

Plate tectonics controlled ocean oxygenation over the last 540 million years Ocean oxygenation paced marine biodiversity changes at the geological time scale. It is widely admitted that changes in ocean dissolved oxygen…

Environmental stability on Earth allowed marine biodiversity to flourish Modern ocean biodiversity, which is at its highest level ever, was achieved through long-term stability of the location of so-called biodiversity hotspots, regions…

A study has found that indigenous people in the rainforests of Gabon have knowledge of plant and fruit-eating animal interactions that exceeds that found in academic literature. These preliminary results will be…