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A study by the Earth and Life Institute (UCLouvain) and the University of Washington, published in PNAS, shows that the increase in boreal fires could slow global warming by 12% by 2060.

Cécile Davrinche, a post-doctoral researcher in climatology at the Earth and Life Institute, is launching an ELI project to bring climate, environmental and biodiversity issues to audiences with less

Louvain-la-Neuve is known to host many house martins in summer. At ELI-V, Renate Wesselingh and her team of MSc students monitor and follow the population.

A team of scientists led by Claude Bragard studied how Xanthomonas translucens, a bacterium responsible for bacterial stripe disease of wheat, attacks the plant. The aim? To gain a better understanding of its attack mechanisms so that they can be countered.

The receding glaciers in Greenland are altering the phosphorus supply in fjords, reducing the presence of algae that naturally absorb carbon dioxide.