The importance of tropical forests in the global climate system is widely known. However, their productivity needs a continuous supply of nutrients, mainly nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). However, the availability and biogeochemical cycling of these nutrients is highly variable in space and time and the understanding of different nutrient loss pathways is still lacking.

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a natural mode of climate variability in the tropical Pacific, which not only perturbs the local atmosphere, but whose impacts can also reach remote, extra-tropical regions through atmospheric “teleconnections”.

I will briefly introduce you to Michael Mann who will receive the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of UCLouvain on the 28th of April 2022 (https://www.uclouvain.be/DHC2022). I will summarize his scientific achievements and his central involvement in fighting disinformation campaigns by climate denialists since the 2000s.

given by Maxime Thomas and François Toussaint. Register here 

        Documentaire sur l'eau en Tunisie dans le cadre de la journée mondiale de l'eau, le 22 mars