SCIENCES – Biology

Blue Planet, Red and Green Photosynthesis

Productivity and Carbon Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystems

Edited by

Stephen Christopher Maberly, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), United Kingdom
Brigitte Gontero, CNRS - BIP, France

June 2022

This book describes the mechanisms that allow aquatic photosynthetic organisms to contribute about half of the global primary productivity; in order to mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon dioxide and producing oxygen, they transform the original... (Read more)

Natural History Collections in the Science of the 21st Century

A Sustainable Resource for Open Science

Edited by

Roseli Pellens, Institute of Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity, France

January 2022

Natural history collections have recently acquired an unprecedented place of importance in scientific research. Originally created in the context of systematics and taxonomy, they are now proving to be fundamental for answering various scientific and socie... (Read more)

The Explosion of Life Forms

Living Beings and Morphology

Edited by

Georges Chapouthier, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
Marie-Christine Maurel, Sorbonne University, France

May 2021

One of the essential characteristics of living beings is the explosion of variety in their forms that is intrinsically linked to the diversity of the environments they have adapted to. This book, the result of collaboration between international special... (Read more)

Virology

Edited by

María Carla Saleh, Institut Pasteur, France
Félix Augusto Rey, Institut Pasteur, France

May 2021

Viruses interact with all forms of life and have shaped evolution for 4 billion years. The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the importance of conducting scientific research into viruses to understand the interactions between them and their hosts. Virology i... (Read more)

SCIENCES – Biology

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