March 25th, 2026
Potential health risks associated with urban farming: the case of the town of Dschang in Cameroon
In Dschang, the illegal dumping of household waste and unregulated artisanal activities (particularly metalworking) have led to soil contamination by trace elements (Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn), posing a risk to […]
March 25th, 2026
Wind, rain, sea level rise… what if the cumulative erosion over the last million years were playing a role in the earthquakes in Brittany?
Plate tectonics does not fully explain why earthquakes occur far from plate boundaries. ANR EroSeis project suggests that erosion may play a role in this phenomenon. First proposed in the […]
March 25th, 2026
Gaining a better understanding of the impact of trawling on the seabed
For several years now, the Mediterranean has been a source of inspiration for research projects at the University of Angers and the LPG. Following in the footsteps of Meryem Mojtahid, […]
March 25th, 2026
ERC Icefloods
The project IceFloods funded by the European Research Council (ERC) is led by Anna Grau Galofré, researcher for the CNRS at the LPG and co-led by Susan Conway and Marion Massé. […]
March 24th, 2026
EPEC Annual Week 2026 in Nantes
The EPEC Committee and EPEC Annual Week Local Organising Committee (LOC) are pleased to announce that the 8th edition of Annual Week will be held at the Laboratoire de Planétologie […]
March 3rd, 2026
Studying the storms of yesterday to anticipate those of tomorrow
Coordinated by geographer Pierre Pouzet at the LPG and the University of Angers, and supported by the French National Research Agency, the HiStoTracks project examines the paths of storms that […]
February 18th, 2026
Automating the mapping of dunes…
If the image of the cartographer or geologist carrying out manual surveys in the field is not yet a thing of the past, high-definition imagery and artificial intelligence are profoundly […]
February 18th, 2026
Oceanographic expedition off the coast of Mozambique and South Africa in spring 2026
Meryem Mojtahid, a paleoclimatologist at the “Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences”, is set to embark on a voyage off the coasts of Mozambique and South Africa this spring to study […]
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 […]