WeThaw project timeline

2019
September 24

National TV report about the mission in Alaska (RTBF)

National TV report about the mission in Alaska (RTBF)

Reportage RTBF de Sylvia Falcinelli au JT 19H30 sur les échantillons ramenés de la mission en Alaska. Un article Web RTBF est également disponible.

September 9

Interview Daily Science from the WeThaw team in Alaska

Interview Daily Science from the WeThaw team in Alaska

During fieldwork in Alaska, the WeThaw team was interviewed by Camille Stassart from Daily Science (by skype) to explain their mission.

August 22

Ongoing mission in Alaska

Ongoing mission in Alaska

This location is particularly sensitive to permafrost degradation upon thawing, especially this year with the unprecedented record of temperature of 32°C in Southern Alaska early July 2019

August 18

Co-editing a Frontiers special volume about icy-isotopes

Co-editing a Frontiers special volume about icy-isotopes

The WeThaw project is involved in co-editing a Frontiers special volume about icy-isotopes. All contributions are welcome.

August 15

Departure to Alaska

Departure to Alaska

The WeThaw team (Catherine Hirst, Elisabeth Mauclet, Arthur Monhonval, Simon Malvaux) is leaving for Alaska. They will spend three weeks on the field to sample the permafrost

August 8

Press release about the mission to Alaska of the WeThaw team

Press release about the mission to Alaska of the WeThaw team

Press release about the mission of the WeThaw project in Alaska for three weeks at the end of August 2019: Television (RTL 13h, RTL 19h, RTBF 13h, TVcom), Radio (RTBF, Vivacité Journal, Vivacité BW Matin), Newspaper and Web articles (La DH, La libre, L’Avenir, RTBF, RTLInfo, Le Vif, TVcom, L’Avenir BW)

July 16

Publication about Silicon isotopes in Arctic and sub-Arctic glacial meltwaters

July 1

Simon Malvaux is joining the team WeThaw for 2 months

Simon Malvaux is joining the team WeThaw for 2 months as a stage, as part of his Master program at Université de Liège

June 19

MSc thesis defenses

MSc thesis defenses

MSc thesis defense of Maxime Thomas and Loic Debry about permafrost soils at the end of June 2019

May 23

Outreach in Science Today

Interview in ScienceToday about the WeThaw project