March 15th, 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 […]
February 6th, 2024
Offer Post-doc researcher – “Estuarine biogeochemical modeling for hypoxia remediation”
Located in a region renowned for its quality of life, the University of Angers, the third largest employer in the area, offers an environment conducive to the well-being of its […]
December 14th, 2023
European Space Agency: researcher from Nantes appointed head of the Space Science Advisory Board
As of January 1, 2024, Olivier Grasset, geophysicist at the Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences (LPG – Nantes Université – Université d’Angers – CNRS) and currently Vice-President Research and Open […]
November 24th, 2023
An international master’s degree trains the next generation of planetary science experts
In 2017, the LPG and its research partners created the GeoPlaNet consortium. The aim: to promote the mobility of young researchers within the network. “But not just researchers, students too!” […]
November 24th, 2023
Forming singularities in solution erosion
As water flows over soluble rock, it can create remarkable patterns in nature, often with sharp points. Gouge marks, concave depressions surrounded by ridges, are a common example. By combining […]
March 27th, 2023
Conference “On the way to Jupiter with the ESA Juice mission!”
On April 14 at 14:14, the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer spacecraft, Juice, is launched to the Jupiter system from the Kourou launch base (French Guiana) aboard an […]
March 22nd, 2023
Reconstructing the past marine carbon cycle by studying the shells of benthic foraminifera
The past marine carbon cycle can be reconstructed by geochemical indicators measured on foraminiferal shells. In the ECO-FOR project, we explored the use of elemental ratios (e.g. Sr/Ca, B/Ca, Li/Ca) […]
December 21st, 2022
Bacterial siderophores: deciphering their role in the mobilization and phyto-availability of copper in soils
In excessively high doses in soils, as is the case in some vineyards treated with Bordeaux mixture for more than a century to control mildew, copper (Cu) can be toxic […]