Séminaire GRICE (Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la crise écologique) : « L’usage des sols pour l’agriculture et l’élevage dans la crise de la biodiversité » Prof. Nicolas Vereecken, Agroecology Lab, ULB - "Pesticides, climat, utilisation du sol et l’Armaggedon des insectes pollinisateurs : comment sortir de l’impasse ?" Dr.

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The talk will provide a virtual journey to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The DRC is famous for its populations of mountain gorillas and bonobos but also well known for regular Ebola outbreaks and frequent eruptions of violence by militia groups.

Studying rare extreme events in the climate system is extremely challenging, since it is often impossible to have observational data or to run numerical simulations long enough to sample a sufficient number of events to have a reliable statistics.

Ticks constitute a threat for human and animal health because they can transmit diseases, such as Lyme disease. But where to find them ? To collect them ? Which factors influence elements of disease transmission ?

Remote sensing image time series has been widely used to investigate the dynamics of environments over time. In this seminar will present some studies that combine satellite image time series analysis with machine learning methods to improve land use and cover change mapping and modeling in Brazil

Nowadays, the demand of consumers for adopting new natural agents to protect against foodborne diseases like campylobacteriosis, salmonellosis or listeriosis has triggered the search for new bio-preservatives. Vietnam is known for its wealth of safe traditional fermented foods based on spontaneous fermentation. Interestingly, these products have surprisingly long shelf life, up to several years.

Frozen sea water, called sea ice, is an important actor of the climate system. It covers about 12% of the world's oceans. More than reflecting the incoming light, it regulates the exchanges of heat, momentum and matter between the ocean and the atmosphere in polar regions.