Is it the pristine white beaches of the beautiful Great Glorious attracts like a magnet, so many green turtles, or absolute isolation of this archipelago became, like other scattered islands, a nature reserve? The fact remains, year after year, steadfast, these marine reptiles, protected today, come back in numbers to breed there. To better understand this phenomenon of migration, of Montpellier CNRS partner for the event at the University of Pisa, Ifremer and Kélonia, continuing his research in the field. The mystery of the green turtles navigation will he finally lifted ?

Europa previous survey missions have never really led researchers to work on his mangrove still present today many questions. The multidisciplinary mission in 2006 will strive to unravel the mystery that is still both in its operation and the wildlife it supports.

Matthieu Lecorre researcher at the ECOMAR laboratory of the University of Reunion Island back on the small island of Lys in the archipelago of the Glorieuses. Accompanied by two students, he just continue working are launched a year earlier. Measure the result of rodent extermination campaign, continue levies on terns present in large numbers on site, tasks abound.

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This documentary takes us on a long journey to the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It highlights the establishment and functioning of marine protected areas, a concept initiated by the IOC since 2006.

From Mauritius to Reunion, passing through Madagascar, the Comoros or the Seychelles, discover how local people are trying to continue their activities while preserving these endangered marine ecosystems.

This work of supervision, education and empowerment with project participants and users of these MPAs will continue to secure the resources and to embark on a path of sustainable development. This is the challenge of the project led by the World Wide Fund (WWF), mandated by the IOC in collaboration with various agencies of the countries of the region.

Afin d'imager la structure du manteau supérieur et inférieur sous La Réunion, des stations sismologiques ont été déployées sur une superficie de 2000x2000 km2 centrée sur La Réunion. A l'aide du navire océanographique Marion Dufresne, 57 stations de fond de mer ont été déposées autour de La Réunion et sur les rides centrale et sud-ouest indienne, pour une durée d'une année (Oct. 2012 à Oct. 2013).

Ce documentaire de 51 minutes illustre ce travail de recherche scientifique.

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Il est de plus en plus reconnu que les panaches volcaniques constituent un risque environnemental et de santé publique important. Comprendre les processus qui génèrent et font évoluer ces panaches volcaniques représente un défi trans-disciplinaire entre le domaine volcanologie et atmosphère.

Le film ‘‘Panaches du Piton de la Fournaise’ présente cette approche nouvelle, notamment conduite par l’université de la Réunion via sa fédération de recherche OMNCG et l’Agence Nationale de la Recherche.

Au détour de sites naturels d’exceptions de la Réunion, ce commentaire de 13’ vous entrainera à la rencontre de chercheurs passionnés et vous représentera les premiers résultats de ce programme unique en son genre.

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Volcanic plumes can drive significant environmental, economic and societal risks, but the lack of knowledge about their evolution makes forecasting their impact difficult. The aim of The STRAP research project (Transdisciplinary Synergy to Respond to Aleas related to Volcanic Plains) is to improve our ability to model sources, transport and impact of a diluted volcanic plumes on air quality and climate. This challenge involves communication and interaction between key scientific fields such as volcanology, atmospheric chemistry and physic, and remote sensing. STRAP is funded by the National Research Agency and is supported by the OSU-R (Observatory of Sciences of the Universe - La Reunion).

The 13-minute long film proposed here is based on the first in situ measurements obtained from the source to the regional scale on the plumes of Piton de la Fournaise hot spot basaltic volcano (Reunion Island) thanks to its numerous eruptions in 2015. It foreshadows a larger 52-minute film on the entire work of the STRAP project

Various field shootings could be performed featuring LACy (Laboratoire de l’Atmosphère et des Cyclones – Reunion Island University) and OVPF (Observatory of Piton de la Fournaise/IPGP) scientists (sampling of lava, gas measurements by ULM or in situ in near source field, mobile lidar experiment from proximal to distal locations). The film shows the teams of scientists and engineers in their work of observation of the plumes and summarizes the preliminary results. This is an original film produced and realized by the University of La Reunion in partnership with French National Research Agency

Most volcanoes on Earth are located on the edges of tectonic plates. Others, such as Kilauea in Hawaii or the Piton de la Fournaise in Reunion Island, are situated at the center of oceanic plates and seem insensitive to tectonics. These hotspots have been very active for several tens of millions of years and their origin is hotly debated in the community of Earth Sciences. They could provide valuable information on the deep working of the planet and its cooling. Many of these hotspots are located in the middle of oceans, which makes them difficult to instrument. Technical advances in recent decades have enabled the safe deployment of measuring instruments on the ocean floor for long periods of measurement.The project RHUM-RUM has to image the deep structure of the earth, from the crust to the core, at a depth of 2900 km, around Reunion Island, to provide answers on the origin of this volcanism.

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