LE BLOG du CREA Mont-Blanc
Prenez de l'altitude avec la recherche scientifique en montagne
Le CREA Mont-Blanc ouvre ses séminaires scientifiques au public et lance les Science Sandwich à l’Observatoire du Mont-Blanc. Une fois par mois le mardi de 12h30 à 13h30, apportez votre sandwich à l’Observatoire du Mont-Blanc et venez à la rencontre des chercheurs … Continued
Thanks to CREA Mont-Blanc’s camera traps, as many as 20 different species of animal found in the Mont-Blanc range can make their way right into your living room! The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to identify the … Continued
To process the huge mass of images generated by camera traps installed around the mountains, CREA Mont-Blanc developed a hybrid system using the expertise of researchers, machine-learning, and citizen science. Currently in the experimentation and developmental phase, it has already … Continued
CREA Mont-Blanc installed around 40 high altitude cameras which are automatically triggered by movement. In the experimental phase, these new tools for monitoring alpine fauna have generated 150,000 photos per year. Quite promising, to say the least! Lire l’article en français … Continued
CREA Mont-Blanc is using satellite imagery to study the evolution of mountain wetlands. This innovative approach, combined with field observations allows our researchers to better understand how biodiversity is adapting to climate change. CREA Mont-Blanc’s own Brad Calrson who designed … Continued
This winter, CREA Mont-Blanc got a unique opportunity to share its research and findings with the highest level of the French government. French President, Emmanuel Macron visited the Mer de Glace on February 13th, and we were invited to participate … Continued
Big jumps in citizen science participation, new opportunities thanks to digital technology, the role of science in society… Even if tough conditions and a crisis of unprecedented scale presented many challenges during the two-month lockdown, the CREA Mont-Blanc team was … Continued
CREA Mont-Blanc’s 2019 Annual Report, which was published in advance of the annual general assembly, gives an overview of the projects that the organization focused on in the last year. Though it was only published in French, it is available … Continued
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 researchers studying issues that affect the … Continued
“As humans, I think we are very good at short-term optimization and making the most of opportunities and conditions on a day-to-day basis (such as skiing on a beautiful day)…It’s much more difficult for us to plan ahead and consider … Continued