July 4th, 2025
Angers Autumn School BIOGEO2D
“When sediment chemistry becomes visible Discover 2D biogeochemical gels” from 17 to 21 November 2025. The Angers Autumn School (AAS) is a scientific event organized by students from the Master’s program […]
March 11th, 2025
El Condor: a high-altitude scientific expedition
As part of the European DISCO₂STORE project, the El Condor mission was launched at the end of February 2025 in Argentina. Led since 2021 by Alain Zanella, a teacher-researcher in […]
March 11th, 2025
Jobs
The Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences is recruiting a post-doc in geochemistry, an assistant engineer in instrumentation, a lecturer and a university professor. These positions will be filled according to […]
September 5th, 2024
ERC “Starting”: a scientist from Nantes deciphering the formation of mega-canyons on Mars
International press release published on September 5, 2024 On Thursday, September 5, 2024, the European Research Council (ERC) announced the results of the “ERC Starting Grant 2024” call, […]
October 4th, 2024
Potential impacts of cable bacteria activity on hard-shelled benthic foraminifera: implications for their interpretation as bioindicators or paleoproxies
The effect of acidification of coastal marine sediments by cable bacteria on foraminifera has been documented in the intertidal mudflats of the Auray river (Morbihan, 56). This sharp pH decrease […]
February 8th, 2024
Birth of an ocean on Saturn’s moon Mimas
If there’s one object in the Solar System where we wouldn’t expect to find liquid water, it’s undoubtedly Mimas. Unlike its big sister Enceladus, Mimas’ surface is extremely cratered and […]