Three members of the WeThaw team (Catherine Hirst, Elisabeth Mauclet and Arthur Monhonval) and one student (Simon Malvaux) left for Alaska on August 15th. They will spend three weeks on the field to sample the permafrost. This location is particularly sensitive to permafrost degradation upon thawing, especially this year with the unprecedented record of temperature of 32°C in Southern Alaska early July 2019.
Related press release in August 2019: Television (RTL 13h, RTL 19h, RTBF 13h, TVcom), Radio (RTBF, Vivacité Journal, Vivacité BW Matin, Vivacité BW Matin), Newspaper and Web articles (La DH, La libre, L’Avenir, RTBF, RTLInfo, Le Vif, TVcom, L’Avenir BW)