
IPBES report: "a truly forward-looking tour de force".
Published on: February 17, 2025
In December 2024, at its 11th plenary meeting, the intergovernmental platform...

IPBES publishes two new reports on biodiversity
Published on: December 18, 2024
The intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services...

Ecological transition master plan: "We all have a part to play".
Published on: November 30, 2023
On November 20, the Board of Governors of the University of Montpellier voted in favor of...

[LUM#18] Back to the future of marine ecosystems
Published on: May 23, 2023
By studying the ocean fauna of the last interglacial period off the coast of Peru,...

[LUM#18] Thau, mirror of the future
Published on: March 22, 2023
With its 6,900 hectares of salt water, the Thau basin is the largest coastal lagoon...

Les Rendez-vous de l'Eco: a conference on the theme of "Energy transition: citizens' levers for action" at the Faculty of Economics
Published on: January 18, 2023
As part of the "Rendez-vous de l'Eco" series, the Faculty of Economics at the University of...

Université de Montpellier: "Rentrée Climat" at the Faculty of Education
Published on: August 26, 2022
From September 2, the 800 Master 1 students at the Faculty of Education in...

[LUM#16] Dangerous thawing
Published on: July 19, 2022
As the temperature rises, the ice melts, spilling hundreds of liters of water...

[LUM#16] So, bottom, bottom, bottom...
Published on: July 04, 2022
There's life on glaciers. A cryobiodiversity that is still poorly understood and could well...

[LUM#15] A dam against the Mediterranean
Published on: December 17, 2021
It's a tangible reality: beaches are disappearing before our very eyes. What is causing...

UM hosts IPBES technical support unit
Published on: October 05, 2021
The University of Montpellier has been chosen to host the technical support unit for...

The resilience craze now implies a shift in accounting paradigms
Published on: June 02, 2021
The idea of "resilience" doesn't date back to 2020. The term originally comes from the...

# La Science s'aMuse: From seabird migration to Earth movements
Published on: March 11, 2021
Welcome to La science s'aMuse, the science show co-produced by the UM and...

Understanding the mechanisms of adaptation to climate change: a real challenge
Published on: November 05, 2020
Growing urbanization, intensive agriculture, overexploitation of resources, introduction of...

A nanosatellite to detect the risk of a Cevenol episode
Published on: October 19, 2020
Better forecast cevenol episodes by collecting data where the steam...

[LUM#12] Towards depopulated oceans
Published on: June 25, 2020
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions would (also) protect marine biodiversity. A...