Outreach

09/24 – Un drone de cinéma et un géoradar pour scanner l’intérieur des glaciers

Bastien was interviewed by Le Temps, a highly respected and widely read newspaper in French-speaking Switzerland, on his work with drone-based GPR for the characterization and monitoring of alpine glaciers. This YouTube video is the result.

03/24 – Ma thèse en 180 secondes

Bastien took part in the scientific outreach competition MT180, where he explained his PhD project in less than 3 minutes. How many liters of liquid water are contained in the Otemma glacier? The answer is in this video. English subtitles available.

09/23 – Impressions from the field: Our journey to the Otemma glacier

First made for the Alpine Glaciology Meeting in 2023, this short outreach video created by Bastien is now available on Youtube. Click if you want to get a glimpse of what our fieldwork is like and how the drone-based GPR system works.

05/23 – Pint of Science Festival, Lausanne

In the scope of the Pint of Science Festival, Bastien spent an evening in a bar in Lausanne talking about our research to a broad audience. Click here for more info.

08/22 – Etudier les glaciers des Alpes avant leur disparition

Marc Gagliardone is a journalist for Nouvo, a news channel part of the Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS). Last August he interviewed Johanna and Bastien while they were working on the Rhône glacier.

01/22 – La Cabane des Diablerets Scientifique

In January 2022, Johanna and Bastien spent a night at the Cabane des Diablerets, a mountain hut located just below the Tsanfleuron glacier. They gave a talk about their work on the glacier and the overall importance and impact of glaciers in Switzerland.

01/22 – In the heart of the Swiss glaciers

While working on the Tsanfleuron glacier, a team of young videographers from the University of Geneva interviewed Johanna and Bastien and made this video to explain their work in plain language.