Science Sandwich – 2020 Program
In 2018, CREA Mont-Blanc launched a series of scientific seminars open to the public. Once a month (typically on a Tuesday), you are invited to the Mont-Blanc Observatory, home of CREA Mont-Blanc, to meet... READ MORE
Science Sandwich: Discovering the world beneath our feet
Invisible, microscopic, dirty…the soil beneath our feet is a home to a little known and often neglected world. However, an estimated 80% of the world’s animal biodiversity lives in soil…and it is extremely... READ MORE
Mont-Blanc Lab: Saturday night diary
Organized by CREA Mont-Blanc and the Communauté de Communes de la Vallée de Chamonix the second edition of the Mont-Blanc Lab was a creative, multidisciplinary and intense experience. Get a special view into Marie’s exhausted... READ MORE
Getting high with frogs
The common frog (Rana temporaria) can be found all over France, including, perhaps surprisingly, at elevations as high as 2,500 meters in the Alps. Because its development is highly dependent on temperature, the... READ MORE
2019 Spring Phenology Report
Most all of the observations from Spring 2019 have been entered in our databases and the spring phenology report is now online. Big thanks to all of the participants who collected over 2,000... READ MORE
Retrospective on our creative and cartographic workshop with Chamonix residents
Last Thursday evening, residents of Chamonix joined us at the Mont-Blanc Observatory to share their ideas for the future Observatory garden. The objective of the evening was to combine cartography and art to... READ MORE
Early spider orchids and Buffish mining bees: when climate change interferes with pollination
The occurrence of seasonal events in living things (such as leaf out and flowering, egg laying, etc) is closely related to seasonal variations in climate. Over the long term, climate change can provoke... READ MORE