LE BLOG du CREA Mont-Blanc
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As part of the Arctic-Alpine Species project, which receives support from the EU’s FEDER-POIA fund, CREA Mont-Blanc asked its intrepid volunteers to help collect observations of Mountain hare and Rock ptarmigans in their natural habitat. The goal is to better understand … 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
Across France this summer, weather conditions deviated from the norm. Hot (+1.1° C) and dry (-15 % precipitation) weather affected landscapes everywhere, and had a special impact on the mountains. While some areas were particularly impacted by severe drought, which … Continued
Phenoclim is one of the oldest citizen science programs in France. Hundreds of participants with a wide variety of backgrounds and interests observe plant phenology and snow depth, adding their observations to those of researchers, who analyze the results and share the … Continued
In the last two months, CREA Mont-Blanc and The Communauté de Communes de la Vallée de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc’s (CCVCMB) new citizen science initiative has seen enormous success. Wild Mont-Blanc is scientific and educational, but also fun and even a little addictive! … Continued
Female plants? Male plants ? Both at once? Since Darwin’s time, scientists have been fascinated by the diversity of plant sexuality, which is a result of a long evolutionary process. In this article, we’ll give an overview of plant sexuality … Continued
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 data points this year, helping us advance … 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