Laboratory for Climate and Environmental Sciences

More than 25 years of fundamental research into climate and the environmental impacts of human activity

Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
Centre National de Recherche Scientifique
Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

Research

Find out about the activities and major research projects carried out within the LSCE’s themes and teams.

Teaching

Find out about the training courses to which the LSCE contributes (Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctorate, etc.).

Flagship projects

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Discover LSCE’s flagship projects

Join us

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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.

Themes

Archives and Tracers

  • CLIMAG

    CLIMAG

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

  • GEOTRAC

    GEOTRAC

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

  • GLACIO

    GLACIO

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

  • OCEANIS

    OCEANIS

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

  • PALEOCEAN

    PALEOCEAN

    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

    BIOGEO

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

  • CAE

    CAE

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

  • GEDI

    GEDI

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

  • ICOS-ATC

    ICOS-ATC

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

  • ICOS-RAMCES

    ICOS-RAMCES

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

  • MOSAIC

    MOSAIC

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

  • SATINV

    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

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

  • CLIM

    CLIM

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

  • ESTIMR

    ESTIMR

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

  • MERMAID

    MERMAID

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

ARTEMIS National Instrument

  • LMC14

    LMC14

    Carbon 14 measurement laboratory: National instrument for measuring carbon 14

Key data

  • 95 tenured researchers and teacher-researchers
  • 74 permanent engineers, technicians and administrative staff
  • 74 PhD students
  • 51 non-tenured or emeritus researchers and teacher-researchers
  • 45 other non-tenured staff
  • 1 National dating laboratory LMC14
  • Numerous joint research projects and strategic partnerships
  • 1 startup
  • 1 patent
  • 30 million euros of budget

Persons

Researchers

Engineers, technicians
and administrative staff

PhD students

Affiliations

The LSCE is associated with:

Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace

Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace

Observatoire de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines transparent

Observatoire de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

Université Paris-Saclay

Université Paris-Saclay