Laboratory for Climate and Environmental Sciences

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Thomas Chalaux-Clergue receives one of the Chancellery of the Universities of Paris’s Grand Prizes for his doctoral thesis on the impact of decontamination in Fukushima

Thomas Chalaux-Clergue, who defended his thesis in geosciences at Paris-Saclay University on 16 December 2024, has just been awarded one of the 2025 Solemn Thesis Prizes in Sciences “All Specialities” by the Chancellery of the Universities of Paris.

Read more: Thomas Chalaux-Clergue receives one of the Chancellery of the Universities of Paris’s Grand Prizes for his doctoral thesis on the impact of decontamination in Fukushima

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Real-time observations

The observation stations at Saclay and SIRTA provide near real-time observational data on the composition of the atmosphere. The data presented in the graph are pre-processed hourly averages. The final data are available on the ICOS-France and Sirta (ACTRIS) websites.

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Climate games and general public resources

LSCE is very involved in the transmission of scientific knowledge and has developed a large number of educational resources for all audiences, particularly in the form of games (board games and digital games), which you can find here.

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Themes

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CLIMAG

Paleo-environmental and past geomagnetic field reconstructions through the study of marine and continental sediments, lavas and…

Paleo-environmental and past geomagnetic field reconstructions through the study of marine and continental sediments, lavas and archaeological products.
GEDI

GEDI team studies the impact of human activities on the transfer of matter (particles, carbon, contaminants)…

GEDI team studies the impact of human activities on the transfer of matter (particles, carbon, contaminants) over continental surfaces.
GEOTRAC

GEOTRAC team is interested in the key events in Earth’s history and the evolution of mankind…

GEOTRAC team is interested in the key events in Earth’s history and the evolution of mankind within a chronological framework.
GLACIO

GLACIO conducts climate and hydrological cycle studies through the analysis of stable isotopes of water and…

GLACIO conducts climate and hydrological cycle studies through the analysis of stable isotopes of water and air molecules.
OCEANIS

In-situ measurements, sediment biogeochemistry and modelling to estimate the impact of climate hazards on marine environments.

In-situ measurements, sediment biogeochemistry and modelling to estimate the impact of climate hazards on marine environments.
PALEOCEAN

PALEOCEAN seeks to understand past climate variability as well as the interactions between oceanic processes and…

PALEOCEAN seeks to understand past climate variability as well as the interactions between oceanic processes and global climate.

Biogeochemical Cycles and Transfers in the Environment

BIOGEO

The BIOGEO team studies the interplay of biological and abiotic processes governing matter exchanges along the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum.
CAE

CAE team specialises in the measurement and study of reactive chemical compounds in the lower atmosphere.
ICOS-ATC

Atmosphere Thematic Centre: Coordinating observations and processing data for ICOS.
ICOS-RAMCES

ICOS-RAMCES team monitors atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (CO₂, CH₄, N₂O).
SATINV

SATINV works on the inverse problem that lies at the crossroads between statistical modelling, physical modelling and data processing…

Climate and Cycles – Modelling their variability and interactions

CALCULS

CALCULS provides the tools, support and HPC expertise needed to run climate simulations on supercomputers.
CLIM

We use numerical modelling to study the Earth’s climate from past to future.
ESTIMR

ESTIMR team studies climate extremes at different spatial and temporal scales.
MERMAID

MERMAID studies the interactions between physical, biogeochemical and chemical processes in the climate system: ocean, atmosphere, vegetation, …
MOSAIC

MOSAIC team works on the continental biosphere modelling and exchanges at the surface-atmosphere interface.