Actualités et séminaires

  • 07 mai Séminaire

    Archeological studies of pre-historic Arctic cultures are often limited to artifacts and architecture in remote northern environments, leaving large gaps in archeological knowledge. Sediment cores from nearby freshwater lakes and ponds may provide continuous and temporally coherent records of past human occupation, revealing hidden details about past human activities. Canada’s Arctic was home to several cultures, including the Pre-Dorset and Dorset (Paleo-Inuit) peoples (from 2500 BCE until about 1250 CE), and the Thule-Inuit (ca 1200-1600 CE).

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  • 23 avr Séminaire

    Christelle Marlin, Elizabeth Gibert et Véronique Durand sont hydrogéologues et travaillent actuellement à GEOPS (Paris-Saclay) comme professeure, directrice de recherche et maitresse de conférence, respectivement. Elles demandent à venir faire leur recherche à METIS à partir de septembre, ce qui fera l'objet d’une consultation au sein de l'équipe Hydrosystème puis du laboratoire.

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  • 22 mar Séminaire

    Starting on a small scale during the first part of my presentation, I will present results about the hydrological and biogeochemical processes within the hyporheic zone – the interface between the groundwater and the surface-water. The hyporheic zone, that is sometimes referred to as the River’s liver, contributes to the overall biogeochemical cycling of a stream, but quantifying and extrapolating this contribution remains very uncertain. During my presentation, I will show to which extent the streambed topography can serve as a proxy for hyporheic exchange.

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  • 18 mar Séminaire

    Ce séminaire présentera mes précédents travaux de recherche en Seine abordant certains processus microbiens fondamentaux des écosystèmes aquatiques, en mettant l'accent sur la production primaire et son interaction avec les flux biogéochimiques de la colonne d’eau aux zones intertidales puis sur le cycle de l’azote en zone humides gérés. Nous explorerons également le rôle crucial des exopolysaccharides (EPS), ainsi que leur importance dans la dynamique des écosystèmes et des contaminants.

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  • 15 mar Séminaire

    Les émissions naturelles de CH4 provenant des lacs représentent une source de GES pour l’atmosphère dont l’ampleur passée, présente et future est toujours fort incertaine. Cette incertitude vient, entre autres, de la difficulté d’estimer dans quelle proportion le méthane produit sera émis directement ou d’abord oxydée en CO2.

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  • 14 mar Séminaire

    The age of the groundwater is an important parameter that plays a part in estimating the sustainability of the resource. This parameter is difficult to quantify, as samples (i.e., water wells) often contain a mixture of waters of different origins and residence times. Some tracers, such as radiogenic helium, have multiple sources that cannot be quantified. Here, we present the results of a study on water dating in a region near Montreal, Quebec. Four dating methods were compared: 3H-3He, 14C, U-Th/4He, and 234U/238U.

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  • 13 mar Séminaire

    L’eau intervient dans les cycles biogéochimiques à plusieurs échelles spatiales, avec des effets contrastés sur la dynamique des matières organiques du sol (MOS).          
    A l’échelle des plantes, la disponibilité en l'eau influence les processus biologiques, tels que la croissance racinaire, l’assimilation ou l’exsudation, modulant les apports de MO vers le sol. Cependant, les processus de décomposition et de stabilisation des MOS se produisent à l'échelle microscopique, où les variations de teneur en eau influencent la cooccurrence de la MOS et des micro-organismes.

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  • 06 mar Séminaire

    Inland waters are major players of the global carbon cycle. Despite their modest surface area on Earth, inland waters show a high biogeochemical reactivity across the land-ocean continuum and account for annual CO2 emissions equivalent to the ocean carbon sink. While such emissions are, for instance, commonly related to an overall prevalence of organic matter mineralization over production, our current understanding of the fine spatial and temporal dynamics of carbon cycling in aquatic systems remains limited.

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  • 01 mar Séminaire

    In the early stage of numerical model development, owing to limited computation capabilities simplified formulation were used to simulate physical processes. Hence, in the 80s and 90s, climate models are structured to simulate atmospheric and oceanic processes at the scale of the Earth system. It is only in the 2000s, that, for instance, ecosystems components have been included in the IPSL- Earth system climate model which has resulted in a continuous increase of model complexity.

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  • 20 fév Séminaire

    Geophysical methods, in particular, spectral induced polarization SIP, capture the changing electrical properties of geologic media as they are modified by biogeochemical reactions. Their unique sensitivity to biogeochemically-induced changes poises non-invasive geophysical approaches at the forefront of novel methodologies that can revolutionize our ability to access the poorly accessible subsurface.

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