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28/09/2013: Commentaries in the Swiss daily newspapers "La Tribune de Genève", "24-Heures" in the context of the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC on September 27 in Stockholm, Sweden
28/09/2013: Interview in the Swiss daily newspapers "La Liberté" and "Le Courrier / Genève" concerning the release of the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC on September 27 in Stockholm, Sweden, on the changes brought to the governance of the IPCC, and to the possible future of the organization
16/09/2013: Article on the final events of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, in Paris and along the Seine River, in the French magazine "Affiches Parisiennes" and the technical journal "Composites World"
11/09/2013: Article on the arrival the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, in Paris, on the on-line site of the "Boston Herald"
10/09/2013: Article on the final stopover of "Tûranor Planet Solar" in Paris at the end of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, in the following newspapers and on-line sites:
"Le Monde" online
"Le Figaro"
"Le Parisien"
"La Tribune de Genève"
"24-Heures (Lausanne)"
08/09/2013: A short article on the imminent arrival of "Tûranor Planet Solar" in Paris at the end of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, in the nautical pages of the French daily newspaper "Le Figaro"
07/09/2013: Full-page article on the main conclusions of the EU/FP7 "ACQWA" project coordinated by the Climate Group at the University of Geneva, following the conclusion of the project after 5 years of coordinatinon. In the Swiss daily newspaper "Le Temps"
05/09/2013: Compilation of reports on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition and the Swiss solar-powered vessel, on the website of "Responding to Climate Change" , accessible via: RTCC
04/09/2013: Short excerpt in "Le Monde" (Paris) concerning the next arrival of "Planet Solar" in Paris at the end of its 2013 expedition
03/09/2013: Short report on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, as the Swiss solar-powered vessel passes beneath the Tower Bridge in London, thus marking the end of the "DeepWater" expedition. In the French-Swiss daily newspaper "Le Temps";
02/09/2013: Short report on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, as the Swiss solar-powered vessel arrives in London, thus marking the end of the "DeepWater" expedition. In the UK daily newspapers "Daily Mail" and nautical journals "Charter World", "Super Yacht", "Nautisme Info";
01/09/2013: Short report on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, as the Swiss solar-powered vessel passes beneath the Tower Bridge in London, in the Sunday newspapers "Sunday Express" and the "Sun on Sunday";
29/08/2013: Short report on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, as the Swiss solar-powered vessel complete its Trans-Atlantic crossing and land-fall in Ostende, Belgium, in the nautical pages of the French daily newspaper "Le Figaro". Also in the Swiss media network "SDA" (Schweizerische Depeschenagentur)
02/08/2013: Short report on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, as the Swiss solar-powered vessel arrives in St John's/Newfoundland, in the nautical pages of the French daily newspaper "Le Figaro"
02/08/2013: Several reports on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, as the Swiss solar-powered vessel arrives in St John's/Newfoundland, in the specialized nautical press, notably: "Maritime Directory", "Cleant Technica", and "Charter World"
30/07/2013: Interview concerning the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, in the Swiss online media site"Largeur.Com"
19/07/2013: Report on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition and the Swiss solar-powered vessel, in the Canadian daily newspapers "Chronicle-Herald" and "City News Toronto"
11/07/2013: Short article on the exhibition in Geneva that is dedicated to the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, in the Geneva daily newspaper "Le Courrier"
10/07/2013: Citation concerning chaotic behavior of weather and climate, following a short article written in the context of the International Year of Mathematics on the French website www.mpt2013.fr, in the French-Swiss daily newspaper "Le Temps"
08/07/2013: Report on the opening of the exhibition in Geneva dedicated to the scientific issues that the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition is addressing, in the Geneva daily newspaper "La Tribune de Genève"
08/07/2013: Science report on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, in the Zurich daily newspaper "TAGES ANZEIGER"
08/07/2013: Report on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition and the Swiss solar-powered vessel, in the specialized nautical review "CRUISING CLUB DE SUISSE"
06/07/2013: Full page report on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition and the Swiss solar-powered vessel, in the science pages of the German national daily newspaper "Die Welt", accessible via: Die Welt
25/06/2013: Science report on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, in the "NEW YORK TIMES", accessible via: New York Times/Science Pages
24/06/2013: Report on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, in the daily Boston newspaper"BOSTON GLOBE", accessible via: Boston Globe
21/06/2013: "Full page update report on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" project in New York, in "La Tribune de Genève"
19/06/2013: Online report on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, in the "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE", in its series on "The Great Energy Challenge", accessible via: National Geographic Energy Challenge
18/06/2013: "Extensive reporting on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" project, after the arrival of the solar-powered vessel in New York, in the following media:
The Economic Times online
The Huffington Post online
Le Figaro, Paris
La Presse (Canada) online
Phys.Org online
International Business Times
Business Insider Australia
Global Post
... and further media reports from the United States, Canada, France, Switzerland, Brazil, China, Pakistan, India, Singapore, the Philippines and Belgium !
15/06/2013: "Full-page article on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" project, in the "Miami Herald " . DeepWater
13/06/2013: Article on "PlanetSolar DeepWater" project, in the Swiss technical review "Revue Technique Suiise " .
03/06/2013: "Portrait of a Swiss personality" with reflections on climatic change issues and the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" project, in the Swiss daily newspaper "24-heures " .
30/05/2013: Report on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition and the "live iceberg" exhibit within the University of Geneva, in the Swiss daily newspaper "La Tribune de Genève " .
25/05/2013: Interview on the unusually cool and wet spring 2013 in Switzerland, in the Swiss daily newspaper "Le Matin " .
25/05/2013: Article on the possible mechanisms underlying the cool and wet srping 2013 in Switzerland, in the Swiss daily newspaper "24-heures " .
23/05/2013: Article on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" Project in the Swiss-German daily newspaper "Tages Anzeiger " .
16/05/2013: Article on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" Project in the Swiss weekly magazine "Terre et NAture " .
14/05/2013: Article on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" Project in the Swiss nautical journal "Nautique.ch" .
19/04/2013: Articles in many Moroccon daily newspapers on the first stopover of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition in Rabat, Morocco. Among the major titles: "Matin.ma", "La Nouvelle Tribune", "Menara.ma", "Maghress".
17/04/2013: Articles in several specialist maritime journals on the first stopover of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition in Rabat, Morocco. Among the major titles: "Maritime Press", "CHarter World", and "Maritime Directories" (UK); "ABC.es" (Spain); and "Mediamaritim International" (Germany).
28/03/2013: Articles in most Swiss-French daily newspapers on the departure of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, in particular "Le Temps", "La Tribune de Genève", "24-heures", "L'Express de Neuchâtel", "La Liberté", "Le Nouvelliste". Also in the Swiss-German press: "Neue Zurcher Zeitung (NZZ)" and "St-Galler Tagblatt". Further articles in the French and German media (e.g., "Le Figaro").
15/12/2012: Article in "L'Express de Neuchâtel" on the objectives of the "Planet Solar Deepwater Expedition".
18/11/2012: Article in "Le Matin Dimanche" on the paradox of cold winters emerging in Europe despite the strong retreat of sea-ice in the Arctic.
11/10/2012: Full-page article in "Le Temps" on the "Planet Solar Deepwater Project", that aims to use in 2013 the Swiss solar-powered vessel "Planet Solar" to undertake pionneering measurements along the Gulf Stream, from Miami (Florida) to Longyearbyen (Svalbard/Spitzbergen). The artile also mentions that the "Deepwater" project won the "Global+5" Innovation Award in Geneva on October 9, 2012. Following this article, a number of other media carried articles on this project, notably "Le Figaro" (Paris), "L'Express" (Neuchâtel), "La Liberté" (Fribourg), and a number of Swiss-German media in Basel, Solothurn, Olten, Chur, and Liechstenstein.
28/07/2012: Report on the ACQWA-related research on Tien-Shan glaciers and water resources, in "Le Temps"
05/02/2012: Interview in the Sunady newspaper "Le Matin Dimanche" concerning our societies' perspectives on cold waves as experienced in most of Europe in early February 2012
24/12/2011: Interview in the daily newspaper "La Tribune de Genève" concerning a retrospective analysis of environmental and climate extremes in 2011
17/12/2011: Interview in the daily newspaper "La Tribune de Genève" concerning the strong winter wind-storm "Joachim" that affected Switzerland on December 16, 2011
01/12/2011: Interview in the daily newspaper "Le Temps" concerning current knowledge on climatic change at the start of the climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa (COP-17)
21/10/2011: Interview in the daily newspaper "Le Matin" concerning the viability of a lifetime ski-pass offer for medium-elevation ski-resorts
14/05/2011: Interview in the Geneva newspaper "La Tribune de Genève" concerning the exceptional drought conditions in parts of Europe and Switzerland since the beginning of the year 2011
08/05/2011: Citation in the Sunday newspaper "Le Matin Dimanche" concerning a recent study by US scientists linking climatic change and the stratospheric ozone hole
24/02/2011: Report in the Neuchâtel newspaper "L'Express" concerning the agreement between the ACQWA project coordinated by M. Beniston and the Canton of Valais
09/02/2011: Interviews and newspaper reports on the signing of an information exchange agreement between the ACQWA project coordinated by M. Beniston and the Canton of Valais, in the daily newspapers "Le Nouvelliste", "Le Temps", and "Le Courrier"
14/01/2011: Interview in the daily newspaper "Tribune de Genève" on the links between the 2010-2011 La Nina event and extreme weather (e.g., floods in Queensland, Australia)
01/12/2010: Interview in the weekly journal "Coopération", with respect to a projected trip to Antarctica in January 2013
25/11/2010: Interview in the daily newspapers "Tribune de Genève" and "24-Heures" (Lausanne) concerning the issues related to the climate negotiations (COP-16) scheduled for early December 2010 in Cancun, Mexico
18/08/2010: Interview in the weekly magazine "L'Illustré" concerning the extreme climate events in Asia
13/08/2010: Quotes in "Le Temps" concerning the extreme climate events in Asia
11/08/2010: Quotes in "Le Matin" concerning the extreme events in Russia, Pakistan and China and its possible relevance to climatic change
15/07/2010: Interview concerning the possible changes in water resources in the Alps in a warmer climate, in the weekly journal "Terre et Nature"
07/05/2010: Interview by the "Tribune de Genève" on the controversies raised by "climate skeptics"
13/04/2010: Quotes concerning the attacks on the IPCC reports, in the "Tribune de Genève" and "Le Courrier"
12/04/2010: Quotes concerning the extent of the ice sheet during the last ice age and the risks that a greenhouse world may not lead to appropriate conditions for a return of the next ice age, in "La Tribune de Genève"
22/01/2010: Quotes concerning the attacks against the errors in the IPCC reports, in "Le Temps"
21/12/2009: Interview in “La Tribune de Genève” and « 24-Heures » concerning the outcome of the Copenhagen climate summit
05/12/2009: Interview in "Sudostschweiz" on climate research in Switzerland
03/12/2009: Interviews in “Tribune de Genève” and “24-Heures” concerning COP-15 in Copenhagen
02/11/2009: Article in the financial weekly "Bilan" concerning the possibility of creating a supercomputing center dedicated to Earth and Climate Simulations
16/10/2009: Article in "Agri Hebdo" on issues related to the impacts of climatic change on agriculture
25/09/2009: Articles in « Le Temps », « Tribune de Genève » on the formal opening of the Institute for Environmental Sciences at the University of Geneva
05/09/2009: Citation in "The Financial Times" with respect to heat waves and impacts on wine-growing
04/09/2009: Interview in "La Tribune de Genève" in the context of World Climate Conference 3
28/08/2009: Interview concerning the possibilities and limits of seasonal climate forecasts in the daily newspaper "Le Temps"
13/05/2009: Review of the book "Changements Climatiques et Impacts" in the daily newspaper "Tribune de Genève"
09/05/2009: Review of the book "Changements Climatiques et Impacts" in the daily newspaper "24-Heures"
30/04/2009: Review of the book "Changements Climatiques et Impacts" in the daily newspaper "Le Temps"
22/04/2009: Interview in the weekly magazine "L'Illustré" on climate issues following the publication of the book "Changements Climatiques et Impacts
04/04/2009: Interview in "24-Heures" concerning the supposed debates on climatic change
02/04/2009: Interview in "L'Hebdo" following the publication of the book "Changements Climatiques et Impacts" (click here for more information)
31/03/2009: Interview in "Le Matin" concerning the risks of flooding following the heavy snowfalls in the Alps during the 2008/2009 Winter season
14/02/2009: Interview in "L'Express de Neuchâtel" concerning the persistence of the cold winter 2008/2009.
12/02/2009: Interview in "24-Heures (Lausanne)" concerning the possible links between a La Nina in the Pacific, the February 2009 heatwave in Australia, and the cold-wave in Western and Central Europe.
16/01/2009: Citation in "La Tribune de Genève" and "24-Heures" concerning the surprise overturning of North Atlantic waters in 2008.
09/12/2008: Interview on Global Warming in the Winter 2008/2009 issue of Swiss Learning Magazine
01/12/2008: Citation in “Le Monde” concerning the possibilities of moving forward during the Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol in Poznan, Poland (01-12.12.2008)
01/12/2008: Interview concerning the objectives of the Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol in Poznan, Poland (01-12.12.2008), in “La Tribune de Genève” and “24-Heures
30/11/2008: Interview/debate with Jacques Levy (EPF-Lausanne) in « Le Temps » concerning the reality of climate change and how to avoid the most negative impacts
30/11/2008: Announcement in several newspapers of the EU-FP7 “ACQWA” project that we initiated and are coordinating : “La Tribune de Genève”, “24-Heures”, “La Liberté” and“Le Temps” in particular
09/05/2008: Citation in "La Tribune de Genève" concerning the behavior of glaciers under warmer climatic conditions
08/05/2008: Article in the magazine "L'Echo Magazine" on the consequences of global warming for the Lake Geneva region of Switzerland
02/04/2008: Article in the weekly magazine "L'Illustré" on retreating glaciers in the Alps and the Poles
20/03/2008: Article in the daily newspaper "Le Temps" concerning the future Environment Institute of the University of Geneva
16/01/2008: Article in the weekly magazine "L'Hebdo" concerning views on energy savings as a means to reduce the human impact on climate
01/12/2007: Full-page interview in "24-Heures" on climate research in general and the significance of the Nobel Peace Prize in particular
24/11/2007: Article on regional climate model projections for Europein the first issue of Météo Magazine
18/10/2007: Article in "Terre et Nature" on the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
13/10/2007: Article in "Le Courrier de Genève" on the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
04/10/2007: Article in "Le Matin" and "La Tribune de Genève" on heat wave projections by 2100
13/08/2007: Article in “Le Nouvelliste” and associated newspapers (“La Liberté”, “Le Courrier de Genève”) on the bad weather in Valais
31/05/2007: Article following "election" to the "100 Personalities of Suisse Romande - 2007" in the weekly magazine "L'Hebdo"
19/04/2007: Article on warming and heat waves in Switzerland in "L'Illustré"
16/04/2007: Commentary on the probability of a heat wave during the Summer of 2007 ("Le Quotidien du Jura")
31/01/2007: Interview of Stéphane Goyette concerning issues of climate modeling ("Le Temps")
07/12/2006: Article on predicting the future in the weekly magazine "L'Hebdo"
05/10/2006: Special issue of the weekly magazine "L'Hebdo" with several interviews of M. Beniston on future climate trends and impacts

Opinion and Scientific Articles in the daily newspaper "Le Temps"

(M. Beniston unless otherwise stated)

From 2005-2011, approximately once every two months, an article by M. Beniston, appeared in the French-Swiss daily newspaper “Le Temps”, on issues related to climate events and climate policy:

13/05/2011: Sous nos latitudes, le climat sera-t-il chaud et sec?
Comme à chaque fois que l’on vit une période météorologique anormale, comme cet hiver et ce printemps exceptionnellement secs et doux, on peut légitimement se poser la question de savoir si l’on se trouve dans une logique de changement climatique…
15/04/2011: Limiter la hausse des températures planétaires à 2°C de plus qu’en 1900 ne résoudra pas tout…
On a vu passer ces derniers jours, noyée dans l’actualité turbulente des révolutions en cours en Afrique du Nord, l’information selon laquelle le Conseil des Etats serait favorable à une réduction de 20% des émissions de CO2 pour contribuer à la lutte contre le réchauffement climatique. La Suisse confirme ainsi son alignement sur les positions de l’Union Européenne qui visent à limiter la hausse des températures du globe à « seulement » 2°C de plus que les valeurs préindustrielles. Une gageure, puisque les gouvernements et l’économie devront trouver les moyens, et rapidement, pour que les températures planétaires ne dépassent pas 1 à 1,25°C à partir d’aujourd’hui, la hausse étant déjà de près de 1°C depuis le milieu du XIXe siècle. Autant dire une cible très difficile à atteindre, vu la longue inertie du système climatique…
23/12/2010: Nous grelotons et le climat se réchauffe? Explications d'un paradoxe apparent...
Après une décennie d’hivers très doux, nous retrouvons les rigueurs d’antan. Ces tendances sont dues à l’action changeante de deux centres d’activité climatique, l’anticyclone des Açores et la dépression de l’Islande. Par Martin Beniston Après une décennie d’hivers très doux, nous retrouvons les rigueurs d’antan. Ces tendances sont dues à l’action changeante de deux centres d’activité climatique, l’anticyclone des Açores et la dépression de l’Islande...
19/03/2010: Climat, GIEC et la tentation du déni... En tant que climatologue ayant participé activement au GIEC comme l’un de ses vice-présidents de 1992 à 1997, je suis frappé par la virulence des attaques contre cette organisation qui, certes, a pris au fil des années une lourdeur administrative et bureaucratique très onusienne. Dans un premier temps très irrité par ces attaques à répétition – la controverse est après tout l’un des fonds de commerce des médias – je dois constater que le GIEC n’a pas saisi à temps l’ampleur de son problème de communication ni l’occasion de rectifier le tir par rapport à ses regrettables erreurs. Vu son rôle dans le modelage de la politique climatique internationale, le GIEC ne peut se permettre de cafouiller au niveau de sa communication… Espérons que la commission d’évaluation mise en place par le Secrétaire général de l’ONU permettra de calmer les esprits.
17/12/2009: Le Chili, l’eau et la Suisse de demain... L’étude de ce qui se passe dans les cours d’eau chiliens est intéressante à plus d’un titre. Au niveau physique, bien sûr, car lorsque les glaciers auront disparu et que la neige sera beaucoup moins abondante, l’eau commencera à manquer très sérieusement en de nombreux endroits du pays...
29/09/2009: Les détracteurs de la thèse du réchauffement climatique passent à l'attaque subtile... Un récent article signé par un membre du Collège des Humanités de l’EPFL dans les pages « Eclairages » du « Temps » (16 septembre 2009), basé sur un article paru dans une obscure revue de physique, illustre la nouvelle approche utilisée par les détracteurs de la thèse du réchauffement. Ce n’est plus l’attaque frontale des sceptiques du climat du passé, mais une approche qui utilise – parfois hors contexte – des articles, citations, reportages d’experts de tout ordre. Ces attaques sont adoucies par des conclusions de type « mais il faudra de toute façon aborder la question de l’utilisation de l’énergie fossile », sur des bases essentiellement économiques mais, curieusement, peu humanistes…
14/05/2009: La banquise polaire, un maillon faiblissant du système climatique. De retour d'une expédition au pôle Nord et dans l'Arctique russe, [...] force est de constater que cette fascinante région est soumise à des mutations nettement plus rapides que prévu et qui vont transformer non seulement l'écosystème arctique en particulier mais également le climat de notre planète en général...
19/02/2009: Barack Obama peut-il dompter le climat? Un vent nouveau a envahi ces derniers jours la politique américaine et mondiale avec l’investiture de Barack Obama le 20 janvier dernier, tandis qu’un vent mauvais balayait le sud-ouest de la France quatre jours plus tard. On tentera de mettre en relation ces deux événements forts médiatisés…
14/11/2008: Crise financière: le climatet l'environnement attendront….Les évènements qui s’accélèrent depuis quelques semaines par rapport à la crise financière ne sont pas sans rappeler la chute du Mur de Berlin en 1989 et l’effondrement du système soviétique, et d’aucuns voient dans la crise planétaire actuelle la fin du modèle capitaliste. Je ne suis pas économiste, ...
25/09/2008: Les 20 ans du GIEC (Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat). Le 31 août dernier s’est tenue au Bâtiment des Forces Motrices à Genève une cérémonie en l’honneur des 20 ans du GIEC, en présence notamment de Ban Ki-moon, secrétaire-général de l’ONU, et de Moritz Leuenberger, conseiller fédéral...
26/06/2008: Patrimoine de l'humanité, le vignoble de Lavaux résistera au changement climatique. Le réchauffement climatique pourrait être fatal au glacier d'Aletsch, inscrit au Patrimoine de l'Unesco. Lavaux, qui l'y a rejoint, pourra mieux s'adapter. Même si le chasselas risque un jour ou l'autre d'être remplacé par des vins du Midi...
09/05/2008: Réchauffement: des ouragans moins nombreux, mais encore plus violents. Malgré nos connaissances actuelles, les capacités de prédire l'évolution future des tempêtes tropicales en fonction des changements climatiques restent limitées, en raison de l'immense masse des données à analyser pour les simulations.
11/03/2008: Eau, pétrole, climat: un point de non-retour? L'horizon 2040-2050 n'est plus très loin et, pour beaucoup de décisions à prendre sur le long terme, c'est déjà "demain". Il serait grand temps que les responsables cessent de tergiverser chaque fois qu'un rapport alarmant sur l'état de nos ressources planétaires est publié...
31/01/2008: Krach boursier, fibrillation cardiaque, extrêmes climatiques, même combat... Une analyse mathématique a pu démontrer que le passage de l'ordre rigide au chaos destructeur est identique, quel que soit le système, et concerne aussi bien les fluctuations économiques, biologiques, que climatiques...
04/12/2007: La Conférence sur le climat à Bali: un tournant? A quoi servent les grandes rencontres internationales sur les problèmes d'écologie? A avancer? A tourner en rond? Elles servent en tout cas à asseoir le souci de préservation de la planète sur l'agenda des gouvernants et dans l'opinion publique. Les solutions, elles, sont lentes...
23/10/2007: Nobel pour le climat: le monde va-t-il se réveiller? Il faut espérer que le Prix Nobel attribué à Al Gore et au GIEC contribuera à dépasser les bonnes intentions, notamment dans le financement de la formation: car on commence à manquer de spécialistes dans les domaines scientifiques permettant d'aborder les problèmes climatiques..
18/9/2007: La désertification est un processus physique avec forte dimension humaine. Un récent colloque à Wengen a permis à des chercheurs du monde entier de préciser quelques mécanismes de la désertification et leurs conséquences. Ainsi, en Afrique, ce sont moins les céréales que les protéines qui manquent..
29/05/2007: Nos saisons anormalement chaudes ressemblent déjà au climat prévu en 2100. Les saisons record de ces dernières années atteignent déjà, voire dépassent ponctuellement, les températures prévues pour la fin du XXIe siècle. Cela permet d'entrevoir leurs impacts environnementaux et économiques futurs..
30/03/2007: Au pays de l'hiver, le réchauffement climatique inquiète aussi. Au Québec, l'hiver ne s'est installé que très tardivement et des records de chaleur ont été enregistrés, dépassant de 25° les moyennes habituelles. La fonte de la banquise perturbe le style de vie traditionnel des autochtones canadiens..
12/01/2007: Le climat vous souhaite une bonne et chaude année 2007. Si le rapport de 2001 du Groupe intergouvernemental pour l'étude de l'évolution du climat prévoyait un réchauffement de 2 à 6°C, l'une des conclusions du rapport 2007 est que l'on se situera plutôt vers 6°C..
17/11/2006: Climat: un rapport plus important par son auteur que par son contenu. Le rapport Stern sur le coût à l'économie mondiale du réchauffement, parce qu'il provient du monde des affaires et non de la communauté scientifique, a plus de chances de mobiliser les responsables économiques et politiques...
3/11/2006: Climat: le dialogue entre écologie et économie remplace la confrontation. Alors que les professionnels commencent à intégrer le réchauffement de la planète dans leurs stratégies d'avenir, on constate à quel point les mentalités ont changé et comment le dialogue entre disciplines s'est amélioré...
26/09/2006: Climat: On commence à percer les mécanismes subtils des vagues de chaleur en Europe. De nouvelles études permettent de mieux cerner la genèse et l'intensité des canicules sur l'Europe. Elles permettent de prévoir des canicules au moins aussi intenses que celle de 2003 pour cinq étés au moins sur dix d'ici à la fin du siècle...
21/08/2006: Ne pas confondre recherche et administration. Le commentaire paru dans Le Temps du 27 juillet par rapport au changement de rectorat à l'Université de Genève m'a quelque peu surpris. L'auteur prétend qu'il serait peut-être judicieux d'attendre «l'assainissement» de l'Université avant d'envisager de nouvelles structures, notamment la création de ...
20/06/2006. Le public perçoit-il mieux le changement climatique? Martin Beniston, président du département de géosciences de l'Université de Fribourg, interprète le succès de films comme celui d'Al Gore et d'autres comme des signes de progrès...

Radio

(M. Beniston unless otherwise stated)

27/09/2013: Guest interview ("L'Invité du Matin") on the Radio-Télévision-Suisse morning radio news program with respect to the release of the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
27/09/2013: Interview on the regional news network "Radio Fribourg" to comment on the release of the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC
10/09/2013: Radio interviews on the final stopover of "Tûranor Planet Solar" in Paris at the end of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, in the following newspapers and on-line sites:
"France Info"
"Radio Classique"
06/09/2013: 15-minute interview on the French-Swiss radio station "RTS La Première", concerning the conclusions of the EU/FP7 "ACQWA" project as the 5-year project coordinated by the Climate Group comes to a close. Accessible via: CQFD
03/09/2013: Interviews of the navigation and scientific teams of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition as the Swiss solar-powered vessels arrives in London, by BBC World Service radio, accessible via: (Click on "Solar-powered ship" link): BBC World Service
17.08.2013: Live panel discussion on extreme weather and climate, on the English service of "China Radio International"
26/06/2013: Interviews of the navigation and scientific teams of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, by the on-line environmental network "Living On Earth", accessible via: (Click on "Solar-powered ship" link): Living on Earth Interviews
25/06/2013: Special one-hour program on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, in the context of the "CQFD" broadcast on the French-Swiss radio station "RTS La Première", accessible via: CQFD
25.06.2013: Live interview on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, in the context of the solar-powered vessel's stopover in Boston, with "Radio Monaco International" radio station
24.06.2013: Interviews on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, in the context of the solar-powered vessel's stopover in Boston, with Boston Public Radio channel
18.06.2013: Interviews on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, in the context of the solar-powered vessel's stopover in New York, with:
Radio-Télévision Belge, Belgian news service
The Take Away, US on-line radio news and talk-shows
24.05.2013: Guest interview ("L'Invité du Matin") on the Radio-Télévision-Suisse morning radio news program concerning the particularly cool and wet spring of 2013
01.04.2013: Interview on the Radio-Télévision-Suisse morning radio news program concerning the possible links between the North Atlantic Oscillation and the cool and wet spring of 2013
10.09.2012: Discussion on the Radio-Télévision-Suisse "CQFD" Science Program on the environmental implications of receding sea ice
10-15.09.2012: Early-morning clips on musical and professional choices in life, Radio-Télévision-Suisse "MP3" Program
29.08.2012: Interview on the World Radio Switzerland English service with respect to the observation of a sharp reduction in Arctic Sea Ice during the Summer of 2012
22.08.2012: Interview on the Radio Suisse Romande early morning news with respect to the observation of a sharp reduction in Arctic Sea Ice during the Summer of 2012
13.12.2011: Interview on Radio France International to comment on the Canadian Government's intention to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol
30.11.2011: Interview on the Radio Suisse Romande early morning news with respect to the WMO report on the State of the World's Climate 2011, indicating a clear warming trend globally
16.11.2011: Interview on the Radio Suisse Romande science broadcats ("Impatience"), with respect to successes and difficulties in climate model projections of future climates
12.11.2011: Interview on the Radio Suisse Romande science and society broadcats ("Allo la terre"), to comment on the catastrophic floods in Italy, Southern France and Thaïland
03.10.2011: Interview on the Radio Suisse Romande morning news as the guest of the 7:30 AM news slot ("L'Invité de la Rédaction"), to comment inter alia the record-breaking month of September in Switzerland and Europe
15.08.2011: Interview on the Radio Suisse Romande science program "Impatiences", related to the polar expedition by the Swiss sailing boat "Chamade" and the general problems of climatic change in the Arctic
08.02.2011: Interview on the Radio Suisse Romande evening news concerning the information exchange agreement between the EU ACQWA project coordinated by M. Beniston and the local government of the Canton of Valais
24.12.2010: Interview on RTBS (Belgian radio service) on snow and skiing in the Alps in a warmer climate
10.12.2010: Hour-long interview on "Babylone", a talk-show on various aspects of science and personal history
27.10.2010: Participation in a debate on Radio Suisse Romande "Espace 2" broadcast on the problems of decision-making in environmental affairs
22.10.2010: Guest on the English morning news show of World Radio Switzerland
31/08/2010: Interview on Radio Suisse Romande evening news concerning the conclusions of the UN report on the functionning of the IPCC
15/08/2010: Interview on the Swiss-German radio channel DRS-1 concerning the extreme climatic events in Asia (forest fires and heat wave in Russia; rain-driven mudslides in China; floods in Pakistan and Ladakh)
10/08/2010: Comment on Canal 3 / Bienne on the possible links between climatic change and the extreme weather events in Russia, Pakistan and China
21/04/2010: Comment on Radio Suisse Romande news service regarding the potential climatic impacts of the Icelandic volcanoe eruption
15/02/2010: Interview on the English service of World Radio Switzerland concerning the errors in the IPCC report
10/02/2010: Interview on the morning news program of Radio Suisse Romande related to the functionning of the IPCC
22/01/2010: Interview on the morning news program of Radio Suisse Romande concerning the errors in the IPCC report on glacier melting in the Himalaya
17/01/2010: Interview on Radio Suisse Romande program "Dans les bras du figuier", on various aspects of life, history and outlook
01/01/2010: Interview on the French Service of "Deutsche Welle" (Bonn, Germany) regarding the perspectives for climate policy in 2010
25/12/2009: Interview on the French Service of "Deutsche Welle" (Bonn, Germany) regarding the political events related to climate that took place in 2009
21/12/2009: Interview on World Radio Switzerland concerning the outcome of the Copenhagen climate summit
18/12/2009: Interview on “Radio-Cité” (Geneva) on the likely outcome of the Copenhagen climate summit
07/12/2009: Participation in a lunchtime news debate on “Radio-Cité” (Geneva) related to COP-15 in Copenhagen
06/11/2009: Participation in the "guest" part of the morning news of Radio Suisse Romande concerning the forthcoming COP-15 climate conference in Copenhagen
05/11/2009: Interview on Radio Suisse Romande concerning the difficult negociations of the pre-COP15 meeting in Barcelona
20/09/2009: Interview on Radio 702 Johannesburg and Radio Cape Talk (South Africa) concerning the respective positions of the industrialized and the developing world in the Copenhagen process
18/09/2009: Interview on World Radio Switzerland related to climate and the perspectives of the Copenhagen COP-15 meeting in December, 2009
06/08/2009: Participation in the talk-show "De Quoi je me Mêle" of the Radio Suisse Romande, on issues pertaining to the impacts of climatic change on Switzerland
03/08/2009: Interview on Radio Suisse Romande, morning news service, concerning the Green Pioneering Summit in Verbier (August 1-2, 2009)
26/05/2009: Participation in the scientific programme "Impatience" of the Radio Suisse Romande, on issues of global dimming and global brightening
26/05/2009: Interview on Radio Suisse Romande, morning news service, concerning fine particles in the atmosphere and their potential impacts on human health
08/05/2009: Participation in the scientific programme "Impatience" of the Radio Suisse Romande, in part to talk about the book "Changements Climatiques et Impacts"
13/03/2009: Interview on World Radio Switzerland on the outcomes of the Copenhagen Climate Conference (March 9-13, 2009)
23/02/2009: Interview on Radio Suisse Romande 7 AM news concerning the persistence and amount of snow of the 2008/2009 winter season in Switzerland
02/01/2009: Interview on the French Service of Deutsche Welle on the perspectives for climate negotiations in 2009
01/12/2008: Interview on World Radio Switzerland related to the possible outcomes of the Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol in Poznan (01.12.2008-12.12.2008)
17/11/2008: Interview on the 12:30 news of Radio Suisse Romande related to the risks associated with a reduction in the priority of climate protection as a result of the global financial crisis
17/11/2008: Interview on Radio Chablais on climate issues in advance of a seminar on climatic change to take place in Monthey/VS on November 20, 2008
08/07/2008: Interview on the 12:30 news of Radio Suisse Romande related to the G8 decision to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2050
06/04/2008: Interview on the Radio Suisse Romande programme “Haute Définition” related to chaos theory and climate
26/03/2008: Radio Suisse Romande commentary on the news related to Antarctic sea ice dislocation
08/02/2008: Radio Suisse Romande, participation in "Le Grand 8" on issues related to fraud in science
02/02/2008: Radio DRS, interview on the uncertainties in complex systems
30/01/2008: Radio Suisse Romande commentary on the link between warm ocean temperatures and hurricane activity
15/12/2007: Radio Suisse Romande, commentary on the outcome of the Bali Connference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
21/10/2007: Radio Suisse Romande, short commentary on views of Swiss politicians and their response to climatic change issues
12/10/2007: Interviews by Radio Suisse Romande, Radio Suisse Internationale and Agence Télégraphique Suisse concerning the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize awarded inter alia to the IPCC
29/08/2007: 20-minute talk-show on Radio Suisse Romande on climate and water (“Impatiences”)
22/08/2007: Interview on climate and water issues in Africa, French Service of “DeutscheWelle” international radio
20/08/2007: Participation in a debate on Radio Suisse Romande (8 AM news) on whether the media talk too much about climatic change (Stéphane Goyette)
05/07/2007: Radio Suisse Romande, Commentary on the abnormally warm seasons of the past 12 months
15/05/2007: One-hour talk-show on Radio Suisse Romande on climate (“Devine qui vient Dîner”)
11/05/2007: Press conference at the Palais des Nations (Geneva) concerning the publication of the IPCC AR4 (WGII) report. Radio Suisse Romande, Radio-Lac, and several newspapers (Le Temps, La Tribune de Genève, Le Nouvelliste, La Liberté) prepare articles on the event over the following few days
16/04/2007: Interview on "Allô la Planète", France-Inter (Paris)
03/02/2007: Commentary on the publication of the IPCC AR4 (WG1) report, Radio Suisse Romande
15/12/2006: Interview on Radio Suisse Romande concerning the unusually mild start to the winter
12/11/2006: Interview on Radio Suisse Romande concerning the record warm autumn of 2006

Television and Internet-TV

(M. Beniston unless otherwise stated)

27/09/2013: Interview on the website of the news network "France-24" to comment on the release of the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC
26/09/2013: Interview concerning the apparent pause in global warming in the past decade, on the main evening news of the French-Swiss TV network RTS "TJ-Soir"
20/09/2013: Internet-TV interview concerning the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition of the French weekly magazine "Le Point"
11/09/2013: TV interviews with the captain of "Tûranor Planet Solar" (Gérard d'Aboveille) and the leader of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition (Martin Beniston), to report on the expedition as it completed its Gulf Stream mission and arrived in Paris, on the French national TV Channel "FR3" evening news service
10/09/2013: TV interviews and reports on the final stopover of "Tûranor Planet Solar" in Paris at the end of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, on the following TV channels and on-line sites:
"CNN"
"RTS" (French-Swiss TV) evening news
"TF1" French TV, prime-time evening news "Le 20-Heures"
"BFM-TV" continuous French news channel
"M6" Commercial French TV channel
"RTBF" Belgian-French national TV channel
05/09/2013:Mini-documentary on "France 2" morning service concerning the imminent arrival of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition in Paris.
05/09/2013:Mini-documentary on the "BBC WORLD SERVICE" concerning the arrival of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition in London. Accessible via: BBC.
05/09/2013:Short documentary on the imminent arrival of "Planet Solar" in Paris at the end of the 2013 expedition, on the France 3 TV network (France3-Haute Normandie). Accessible via: FR3.
05/09/2013:Mini-documentary on the on-line channel of the "Guardian" newspaper concerning the arrival of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition in London. Accessible via: The Guardian.
02.08.2013: Report on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) News network during the stopover of the solar-powered vessel in St John's, Newfoundland
18/07/2013:Mini-documentary on the Canadian CTV Channel concerning the arrival of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Accessible via: CTV-Canada.
28/06/2013:Mini-documentary on the 19:30 evening news programme of the Radio-Télévision Suisse (RTS French Service) concerning the scientific objectives of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, filmed in Miami, New York, and Boston, and accessible via: TJSoir.
26.06.2013: Report on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, with the Fox News network in Boston
24.06.2013: Interview on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, in the context of the solar-powered vessel's stopover in Boston, with the ABC network in Boston
18.06.2013: Interview on the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition, in the context of the solar-powered vessel's stopover in New York, with:
Bloomberg-TV
CBS News
NBC News
France-24
Al Djazeera English News Service
... and others
06/06/2013:Interview on the evening news of the TV Suisse Romande concerning the critical flood situation in Central and Eastern Europe.
03/06/2013:Interview on CBS-Miami news channel concerning the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition and its imminent departure from Miami for its measurement campaign on the Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic.
16/05/2013:TV Suisse Romande, on-line set of interviews (in French) in the context of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" project, accessible via: "DeepWater"
30/03/2013:Interview on the 19:30 evening news programme of the Radio-Télévision Suisse (RTS French Service) concerning the unusually cool and wet spring of 2013.
28/03/2013:Interview on the 19:30 evening news programme of the Radio-Télévision Suisse (RTS French Service) on the departure of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition.
27/03/2013:Interview on the 24-hour French news service "BFM-TV" related to the departure of the "PlanetSolar DeepWater" expedition.
10/01/2013:Interview on the 19:30 evening news programme of the Radio-Télévision Suisse (RTS French Service) on the extreme events in Australia and the general context of changing extremes in a warming climate.
16/11/2012:ARTE TV, contribution to a broadcast on the Aletsch Glacier in the Swiss Alps and its scientific, scenic, and cultural aspects.
08/10/2012:TV Suisse Romande, comment on the apparent paradox between shrinking Arctic sea ice and increasing Antarctic ice mass.
15/02/2012:TV Svizzera Italiana, comment on the recent NASA global warming animation and its implications for Arctic climatic change.
14/02/2012:TV Suisse Romande, interview on the evening news "TJ Soir" concerning the state of Arctic warming and the apparent paradox with the anonalously cold early February in Europe.
11/12/2011:TV Suisse Romande, interview on the evening news "TJ Soir" concerning the outcomes of the Durban Conference of the Parties to the Climate Convention (COP-17) and the future of the Kyoto Protocol.
15/08/2011:TV Suisse Romande, on-line set of interviews in the context of the excursion through the North-West Passage (Canadian arctic) of the Swiss sailing boat "Chamade", accessible via: "Climat"
14/08/2010: TV Suisse Romande, interview on the evening news (TJ Soir 19:30) concerning the extreme climatic events in Russia, China and Pakistan
11-17/03/2010: 9-minute program on the ACQWA project coordinated by the C3i Climate Group of the University of Geneva, on the international TV channel EURONEWS (in its scientific documentary series "Futuris"). Available via Euronews YouTube Alpine Waters
30/11/2009: Guest interview on the programme “Geopolitis” of the TV Suisse Romande, concerning the objectives of COP-15 in Copenhagen
29/09/2009: Interview on RAI “Regione Aosta” in the context of the European ACQWA project and the objectives of the 2009 Annual General Assembly meeting in Courmayeur, Italy
31/08/2009: France-24 TV, interview at the opening of the 3rd World Climate Conference in Geneva
04/04/2009: TV Suisse Romande, interview on the evening news (TJ Soir 19:30) on the risks of flooding following the heavy snowfalls of the 2008/2009 Winter season.
22/01/2009: TV Suisse Romande, interview on the lunchtime news (TJ Midi 12:45) on Antarctic warming
07/11/2008: TV Suisse Romande (Science Show "Nouvo"), interview on using geo-engineering techniques to combat global warming
01/10/208: TV Suisse Romande (Science Show "Le Court Du Jour"), interview on the implications of receding glaciers in a warmer climate
08/07/2008: TV Suisse Romande (TJ Soir, 19:30), commentary on the G-8 decision to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2050
16/04/2008: France 3, Children's Science Program "C'est pas Sorcier", consultancy and citation in the program dedicated to snow and skiing in the Alps in a warmer climate
17/02/2008: Discovery Channel, contribution to the documentary "Megaworld Switzerland"
15/12/2007: TV Suisse Romande (TJ Soir, 19:30) commentary on the outcome of the Bali Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
02/12/2007: TV Suisse Romande, interview on climate projections for Switzerland (“Mise au Point”)
13/10/2007: TV Suisse Romande (TJ Soir, 19:30) commentary on the increase in ice mass at the summit of the Mont Blanc
17/09/2007: TV Suisse Romande (TJ Midi, 12:45 and TJ Soir, 19:30), commentary on the new Masters Program on Environmental Science at the University of Geneva
04/10/2007: TV Suisse Romande (TJ Soir, 19:30) item on the findings of the paper by Beniston published end August in Geophysical Research Letters on the record seasons in Switzerland since 2003 and the probability of repetition in a warmer climate by 2100
06/04/2007: TV Suisse Romande (TJ Soir, 19:30), interview regarding the publication of the "Impacts" volume of the IPCC 4th Assessment Report
03/02/2007: Comment on the publication of the IPCC 4th Assessment Report, TV Suisse Romande (TJ Soir), by Douglas Cripe
04/01/2007: Comment on the TV Suisse Romande evening news (TJ Soir, 19:30) concerning the UK Hadley Center projections of 2007 as the warmest year on record
12/11/2006: Contribution to the TV Suisse Romande program “Infrarouge” on the reality of global warming