Grand Parcours - Festive evening

Conference theme: Will glaciers survive global warming? What are the associated
associated risks?
With the participation of Christian Vincent, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement - Glaciologie- UGA/CNRS

Summary: Mountain glaciers have been undergoing significant and easily identifiable changes over the past few decades.
over the last few decades. In various regions of the world, including the Swiss
including the Swiss, Austrian, Italian and French Alps, they are being measured in great detail. We
examine the extent to which glacier fluctuations are similar throughout the Alpine
Alpine chain and how they reflect climate change.
How are glaciers behaving in the Alps, particularly the Vanoise, and in other
other regions of the world? What is the impact of climate on these glaciers? What are the
risks associated with glaciers? What is the future of these glaciers? Could these changes
affect river flow in the Alps or other regions of the world?
regions of the world? What research is currently being carried out on glaciers?
glaciers? These are the questions we'll be tackling.

Christian Vincent is a research engineer in the Glaciology Department at the Institut des
Géosciences de l'Environnement (Saint Martin d'Hères campus). He has been studying mountain
mountain glaciers for the past 30 years on 3 themes: climate change,
understanding glacier flow processes, and natural hazards of glacial origin.
glacial origin. His research focuses on Alpine, Andean and Himalayan glaciers. He
is author or co-author of 115 scientific publications. He has also written books
including "What's new on the White Planet", in collaboration with his colleague
colleague Bernard Francou.

Conference from 7 p.m.