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This winter, like every winter, the CREA Mont-Blanc team was out in the snow, tagging the Mont-Blanc massif’s Alpine chough population. Since 1998, more than 1,500 Alpine choughs have been marked with colored bands allowing them to be identified from … Continued
Gilles Brunot, director of Météo-France’s Chamonix office was at CREA Mont-Blanc last week for our third Science Sandwich of the year. His presentation helped us understand a little more about what goes into the weather bulletins that we all read … Continued
With its sweeping glaciers and granite spires, the Mont-Blanc massif is often depicted as a symbol of the high-mountain environment, a frozen realm devoid of life. And yet, as the climate in the Alps continues to warm, plants are rapidly … Continued
At CREA Mont-Blanc’s last Science Sandwich, Léna Gruas presented the initial results of her PhD on the interactions between recreational mountain users and emblematic fauna. Her multidisciplinary study combines sociology and ecology, and sheds new light on our relationship with … Continued
“It only takes a few minutes a week….It’s simple. And it brings a little joy.” Patrick has been participating in the Phénoclim program for a year, and agreed to give us some feedback on his experience and tell us what … Continued
At CREA-Mont-Blanc’s last Science Sandwich, Christophe Randin, ecologist at the Université de Lausanne and curator at the Vaud Canton’s Museum and Botanical Gardens, presented the Alp’s “warrior” plants and their impressive capacity for adaptation. Thanks to refuges in the unique … Continued
CREA Mont-Blanc has launched a series of scientific seminars open to the public. One Tuesday per month, you are invited to the Mont Blanc Observatory, home of CREA Mont-Blanc, to meet researchers studying issues that affect the mountains. As the … Continued
Participants in CREA Mont-Blanc’s citizen science program Phénoclim make repeat observations of tree phenology. To help us study whether or not our data is reliable, it is useful to know if two volunteer observers independently make the same evaluation of … Continued
During their October visit to Chamonix during their “Climate Change in the Alps” course, Franklin University Switzerland students got to experience firsthand how quickly conditions can change in mountain environments. The sun sets over the Chamonix Valley after the first … Continued
Why bring American students to Chamonix to study climate change? Justine Sulia, a student from the University of Wyoming’s Haub School shares her reflections on her experience this summer during CREA Mont-Blanc’s inaugural “Climate Science in Chamonix” program. The Mont-Blanc … Continued