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Qiuzhen Yin receives IUGG Early Career Scientist Award

Qiuzhen Yin, Chercheur Qualifié FNRS de ELIC, has been awarded on this November 5th the Early Career Scientist Award of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). This Award is to honor early career scientists for their outstanding research in Earth and space sciences and for...
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Harvard Club of Belgium awards 2018 Leadership Prize to...

The Harvard Club of Belgium awarded the 2018 Leadership Prize to Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, an eminent Belgian climatologist and full professor at the Université catholique de Louvain. The purpose of this prize is to promote the principles and values of leadership of Harvard University. It is...
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The Xerobranching Response Represses Lateral Root...

The soil structure imposes variable mechanical constraints to which plant roots have to cope as they develop and grow in the soil in search for water and nutrients. In collaboration with the University of Nottingham, ELI and LIBST have pioneered the discovery of xerobranching, a new mechanism...
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Message d’alerte

Le climat de la Terre va-t-il franchir des points de basculement au-delà desquels notre planète deviendra une ‘Hothouse’ ? Un scénario possible contre lequel des scientifiques nous mettent en garde dans un article à lire d’urgence.  « Cet article publié dans la catégorie ‘perspectives’...
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OECD uses ESA data to measure green growth

ESA data have been used to develop the new Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Green Growth headline indicator on land-cover change. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines green growth as ‘fostering economic growth and development, while...
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